Creating Community in Your Classroom
Seven ways to help your students feel connected.
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Life Lessons Through Sports  
Developing confident, independent kids.
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Hate Hurts
Survivor speaks of hope & Holocausts today.
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Maintaining a Safe Environment
Keeping school free from threatening words & actions.
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Research: Social & Emotional Development
Learning to stand in someone else's shoes. Text and videos. (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
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Student Video: Bullying
Protecting fellow students from being bullied. (U-Tube;Time: 3:53 min)
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BEST OF THE BOARDS
THE most positive word a student can hear is his/her name. I make a point of saying things like, "As Whitney said"...Read more

Of course consideration for others should be taught, as well as empathy, etc.  Read more

Teaching teamwork & respect: File these lesson ideas away for use with new classes.  Read more  

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Model & Demonstrate What Respect Means
The student must be shown what the expected behavior looks like, sounds like, and feels like. Modeling is the key to success. It's not enough to…
     —Dan Celetti, teacher implementing research-based learning strategies for literacy, numeracy, & character development, Ontario, Canada

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Katrina Curriculum Package for Educators
Social impact of the hurricane.

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Helping Their Latino Peers Graduate from High School

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Build a Classroom Community and Bully-Free Zone
Grades 3-7. PBS.

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Pacer Center's Kids Against Bullying 
Young people with disabilities.

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