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Free critical thinking service learning resources
Genius Hour Learning Guide: What is Genius Hour?
Looking for a practical and user-friendly guide to introduce your learners to the concept of Genius Hour?Designed to be utilized with my book, Genius Hour: Passion Projects that Ignite Innovation and Student Inquiry, this resource is designed to help learners understand the foundational principles of Genius Hour and how it can be applied to their own learning journey. Through a step-by-step introduction to the 6 Ps of Genius Hour - passion, plan, pitch, project, product, and presentation - stude
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Not Grade Specific
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Personality Inventory
This is a quick activity to do with kids to have them assess their personality and character. Students are given a list of character traits and must evaluate how they use each one in their life. This is a great character education lesson!
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5th - 12th
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Twenty First Century Skills/ Process Skill Assessment Rubric
Use this rubric to assess students' growth in Twenty First Century Skills (process skills) during project-based learning, problem-based learning, product development, or general class activities. The rubric assesses creativity, critical thinking, interpersonal skills, communication, and research. An open area for written feedback is also provided.
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Free Money
I hope you get the idea I wrote this book to be an easy way to make money from the Internet. We are now in the golden age. You can make money only by using your mind. We are now in an era where you are not obligated to use physical effort. You can now get a good salary while you are at home.
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Higher Education, Adult Education
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Share the World with Ratty the Rat
Meet Ratty, a cuddly plush rat that you can use with your class as a complement to the activities in our Share the World curriculum kit. Your students will learn to value the needs and wants of others, including their peers, as Ratty inspires them to see even the smallest animals as individuals deserving of respect.We’re offering to send Ratty to your class for free*, but he is in very limited supply so don't delay! If you’re interested, please e-mail Info@teachkind.org with your school mailing
Grades:
K - 3rd
Kids & Communityt: A Student Led Service Project
Students learn to develop their own service learning projects. The framework lets student work in groups to express voice and choice, while the youth leader acts as more of a facilitator. Great for first time projects.
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3rd - 6th
Professional Development Course: Teaching Decision-Making Skills
This course is designed to support teachers in developing the language and techniques for teaching decision-making skills to students. Teaching this skill is important because our decisions shape the quality of our lives, communities, and environment. Many decision-making models are available, and this course is designed around one called Stakeholders-Consequences Decision Making or SCDM. It was developed at Northwestern University to be taught alongside Environmental Science content and in the
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Not Grade Specific
Challenging Assumptions (Digital Version): A Social Justice Curriculum
Challenging Assumptions is TeachKind’s free, new social justice curriculum designed to educate and empower students in grades 9–12 to challenge societal norms and inspire compassion and empathy toward others regardless of species, race, gender, sexual identity, age, or ability. With these materials, students examine the intersections of many forms of prejudice, synthesize information from the historical framework that they’ve studied throughout their schooling, and use new information to do the
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9th - 12th
Daily Life in Haiti: Micka's Story-Power Point Digital Lesson
This ready to use PowerPoint Digital Story Book will encourage lively and throughful conversation and learning about the students' own daily life circumstances as compared to students in Haiti. This lesson is one of several aimed at encouraging internationalizing the US curriculum. See our website for more information: www.powerofeducationfoundation.org
Daily Life in Haiti: Micka�s Story Power Point Digital Lesson by The Power of Education Foundation is licensed under a Creative Commons
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K - 5th
HEART Humane Education: Real Stories of Food Justice Advocates (Gr. 6-8)
Students will research specific concerns related to the negative impact food production has on people, animals, and the environment. They will read about the work of a few modern-day food justice advocates and the strategies that they are implementing to improve the working conditions of farmworkers, prevent inequitable access to food, protect animals, and increase sustainable farming practices.
Students first discuss what justice means and then connect the concept of justice to how our food is
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6th - 8th
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SPARKING CHANGE - 10 TIPS FOR YOUR ACTIVISM PROJECT
The Ultimate Checklist to Spark Change - Clear and concise tips for students who want to be game changers in their communities!
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Examining Islamophobia: Fordson Documentary
Viewing Guide and Short Essay Questions for "Fordson", a documentary about a high school football team in a predominantly Muslim community. This lesson is intended to inform students about the Islam religion and to dismantle current perceptions of Muslims in America. By viewing this documentary and exploring these questions, students will look critically at Islamophobia and its harm to society. They will also brainstorm how to actively combat Islamophobia in their school and local community.
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6th - 12th
Lisa the Vegetarian: The Simpsons and ethical eating
Social justice is a common theme in the animated television series The Simpsons. While the show admits a slant towards liberalism and the writers seem to embrace appreciation for progressive ideals, the show makes jokes across the political spectrum. Topics ranging from environmental justice to LGBTQ rights to sexism have been featured on The Simpsons. This social justice emphasis has not gone unnoticed, with the series and movie winning several social justice awards, such as the Environmental M
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6th - 9th
Also included in: The Simpsons series: using The Simpsons for social justice discussion
Help Students, Parents, or Teachers Bring Out Their Best
Every student, parent, or teachers want to do their best, but may not know exactly how to go about it. So they respond and act blindly, hoping for the best. It might be that they cannot improve their performance with support or guidance. Now they need not feel that way. Here’s a FREE tool that will help them get a better perspective on their character and behavior.
The power point presentation may be adapted to either a group of students, a group of parents, or a group of teachers. Or, simply
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
How Green Are You?
This is an awareness raising powerpoint on this planet on which we live. It consists of ten slides with pictures. It is attractively displayed and gives some background to the movement in process of "greening".
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6th - 11th
Save Costa Rica's Territorio de Zaguates: How Can We Save This No-Kill Shelter?
Have you heard of Territorio de Zaguates? If you do a quick Google search, you will find articles in the Smithsonian, links to the Netflix documentary, Dogs, and even a link to People magazine. I stumbled on it while trying to create a PBL around the children's novel, Winn Dixie. This is a beautiful sanctuary in the mountains of Costa Rica giving shelter in a country of over 1 million stray dogs to over 1,300 strays. However, two years ago the National Animal Health Service found fault with t
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5th - 10th
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Senior Project Handbook
This is a handbook to review the components of global senior project. The intention is to provide seniors with an internship, research, and final project aligned with their passion. While researching they should find a way that this topic connects to the global world. This is for a full year Senior Projects course.
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12th
Making Changes - Thinking to Action Template - Social Studies - Science - VOs
Empower learners of all age levels to move from identifying needs for change to considering possible steps for action. This two page template can be used in a variety of different subject areas and learning contexts. A ‘how to use’ slide is included with examples of ways the template might be used for Science, Social Studies or Engineering.Individual, paired or small group use is an option.Print them off or use them as a digital task.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Goal Setting
This is a great sheet for students who are struggling to create goals and how to measure them. There is a space for academic, behavior, and personal goals for students.
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Not Grade Specific
Preschool Expedition Template EL Education
Are you working in an EL Education school and want to join in on the fun and engaging learning in your PreK classroom?Expeditionize your preschool curriculum to increase engagement and hands on learning in your classroom using this planning template to ensure alignment!
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PreK
design thinking planning
To support student planning in open-ended design think projects
Grades:
1st - 5th
Compassion after Trauma - Discussion Guide
This exercise can be used by:TeachersCounselorsCoaches
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Not Grade Specific
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Helping the Older Generation
This can be used to introduce how we can help the Elderly or people older than us. Student's can brainstorm, then complete the worksheet, drawing a picture of them helping an older adult.
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PreK - 2nd
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