I’ve written about the organization Facing History and Ourselves before. Last week, I participated in a webinar with Dena Simmons, Ed.D, Assistant Director of Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, and Associate Research Scientist at the Yale Child Study Center. The webinar—Social-Emotional Learning for an Antiracist Future—was a live event only. But Edutopia has a short video with Dr. Simmons—6 Ways to be an Antiracist Educator—that you can watch here.
I followed Dr. Simmons’ Instagram feed and noticed a post she made after the Tuesday presidential debate. She wrote:
“As part of today’s collective healing with students, ask them the same question I posted two days ago and invite them to freedom-dream what kind of country, larger community, they want to live in and what that country looks and feels like to be in.”
Election resources for young people and their families and teachers
The Election Collection, PBS Learning media: for middle and high school
Teach and Learn with the 2020 Election, New York Times
Let’s Talk about Election 2020, KQED Learn in partnership with PBS Newshour, Student Reporting Labs, and National Writing Project: featuring student perspectives
Young Voters Guide to Social Media and the News, Common Sense Media
Art Heals
Flower Punk, a film by Alison Klayman. 28:42 minutes. I encourage you, take the time.
