Last Updated on June 25, 2021
“The purpose of education is to cultivate thoughtful, informed, competent, creative, and compassionate students who, filled with a sense of wonder and an appreciation of life in all of its diversity, see themselves as active participants in creating a more just society.” -Facing History staffer and veteran educator Doc Miller
For our second collaborative webinar with Facing History and Ourselves, we explored how teachers can set up space for social and emotional learning (SEL) in their classrooms by teaching current events and using high-quality audio resources. Listen to this webinar to find great resources to help you establish safe and reflective classrooms and choose which current events and issues to address with your students.
Here is a link to the webinar slides.
These Facing History resources were mentioned in the webinar:
- Facing History and SEL
- Fostering Civil Discourse
- Post-Election resources
- We Need to Talk
- Current Events
- Current Event Checklist
- Current Event idea: The Many Faces of Global Migration
- Identity Chart
- Choices in Little Rock Unit
These Listenwise stories on immigration were also highlighted:
- Insight Into What It’s Like to be a Refugee
- A 13-year-old Child Migrant Tells His Story
- American Children, Immigrant Parents
These additional Listenwise stories address SEL competencies and skills articulated in the CASEL Framework:
- Empathy: Empathy, War and Video Games
- Positive Relationships: Exploring Afghanistan through ‘The Kite Runner’
- Responsible Decision Making: Flavored Vaping Attracts Teens
- Social Awareness: Teen Girls and Positive Social Media Messages
- Stress Management: Teens and Stress
