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Six on School: Ready or not, a new era of homeschooling has begun; Distance Learning with N-YHS, Free Digital Curriculum Resources!; I'm A Teacher, And It Feels Like My City Doesn’t Care About My Life; Sample Online Lesson on the Rwandan Genocide; A Healthy Reminder to Educators During School Closures; Remote Learning: This Is Not a Drill!

Ready or not, a new era of homeschooling has begun

          As coronavirus concerns shutter school around the world, will poor students be left behind?

"Like it or not, we are suddenly a nation of home schoolers, with little preparation. The rapidly spreading coronavirus is instantly changing the way education is delivered, as school and home become the same place.

Millions more children and families are involuntarily joining the 1.7 million kids already home-schooled by choice. “How to homeschool” is trending on Google. For many families, the switch is a crippling inconvenience. For others, it’s an even bigger catastrophe: they may not be able to afford proper meals for their children, much less the technology and connectivity needed for online learning.

Some 70 percent of the city’s 1.1 million students come from low-income families, and thousands are homeless. In Los Angeles and Chicago, where schools closures were previously announced, the rates of poverty are even higher.

For some children hastily thrust into this new way of learning, school offers far more stability and predictability than their home lives. Shuttering schools in the face of coronavirus will shine a light on the many other roles schools provide beyond academics for fragile families, from caring adults, friendships and predictable routines to breakfast, lunch, music lessons and sports.

In addition, most schools and teachers are unprepared to take their lessons online, and the education they can offer over the internet, on the fly, could be rough and wildly uneven. In New York, officials admitted as much as they announced that schools would close Monday, and that they needed a few days to plan for new ways of instruction.

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Ready or not, a new era of homeschooling has begun

Ready or not, a new era of homeschooling has begun As coronavirus concerns shutter school around the world, teachers and families are learning how to homeschool bu...

Free K-12 curriculum resources for teaching and learning at home.

New-York Historical Society | Social Studies Enrichment

Distance Learning with N-YHS

Free Digital Curriculum Resources!

Free Digital Curriculum Resources!

I'm A Teacher, And It Feels Like My City Doesn’t Care About My Life

Let the teachers stay home. We will work. We always do.

"But for now, we will continue to work. I spent this morning reaching out to all of my advisory students and their parents and checking in to help ease their mind, sending texts to let them know that we will be here, to help them get set up online with internet access, to talk, to walk them through the next set of unknowns. They thanked me, told me “God Bless You,” told me, “Stay safe.” I smiled because I knew they meant it. 

Each of my daughter’s teachers reached out to me, too, and when I reminded them to worry first about their own health and well-being, they chuckled, understanding that the love we have for our students and ourselves overlaps, sometimes muddies the waters in a beautiful way. I could feel the humanity on the other end of my phone today, reminding me that all of us teachers have created our circle, virtually holding hands in the face of one of the biggest scares and the biggest letdowns, still doing what we do best: leading with love."

I'm A Teacher, And It Feels Like My City Doesn’t Care About My Life

I'm A Teacher, And It Feels Like My City Doesn’t Care About My Life NYC teachers won’t forget this.

Sample Online Lesson on the Rwandan Genocide

Sample 10th Grade Global History Online Lesson on the Rwandan Genocide

Developed by Alan Singer, director of social studies education at Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY.

 

In response to the Corona Virus, schools across the country are closed and teachers are racing to prepare online lessons for their students. First a confession, I am not a tech geek and I have always resisted online instruction, but know I recognize that teachers have no choice. This lesson is designed to reintroduce to students and extend their understanding of the New York State “enduring issue” of human rights violations, in this case, genocide.  [Word Doc. from Alan attached]

 

To support social studies teachers and their students, I recommend the following approach to online instruction.

1. It provides students with a video where a teacher explains the lesson before students begin the assignments and includes document analysis, guiding questions, and a range of different types of documents (multiple entry points), and requires written explanations by students, including an exit ticket.
2. The lesson concludes with a follow-up question for students to consider. Rwanda is a case study of genocide, something that happened repeatedly in global history and could happen again. What makes people engage in mass murder and how can it be prevented?
3. In this case the EXIT TICKET is also the AIM QUESTION. Students could complete the assignments on a format like Google Docs or Classroom or submit their answers as a Microsoft Word attachment.
4. What I am most interested in here is modeling a document-based lesson that includes the explanatory video. I posted the sample explanatory video on YouTube.
5. Teachers should create their own lessons and edit documents based on the academic performance levels of their students.

Link to Teacher Explanation for students on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6piF4Caaig&feature=youtu.be

Alan Singer, Director, Secondary Education Social Studies 
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 A Reminder to Educators During School Closures

If you are having trouble reading this email, read the online version. March 17, 2020 A Healthy Reminder to Educators During School Closures In this article, Maribel Valdez Gonzalez, an instructional coach experiencing long-term school closures in Washington state shares some encouraging words for fellow educators who are grappling with the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, the well-being of their students and their own emotions. The Mind Online Podcast // Hosted by Monita K. Bell  What We’re Watching // Teaching Tolerance Staff Queer America Podcast // Hosted by Leila Rupp and John D'Emilio                         Speaking Up Against Racism Around the New Coronavirus The spread of the new coronavirus has become racialized, so it’s critical that educators understand the historical context and confront racist tropes and xenophobia from students and colleagues. Educators must continuously disrupt and address issues of hate and bias, which often find their way into schools.                          Digital Literacy in a Time of Crisis and Confusion As digital literacy becomes paramount to understanding the coronavirus—and as many educators, students and families adjust to online learning—our K-12 lessons on evaluating online sources can help students stay informed and engaged in their own research. Explore our digital literacy resources to learn more.                         “Do Something” Student Tasks for Distance Learning If you’re looking for ways to support families in facilitating student learning, Teaching Tolerance’s “Do Something” student tasks are a good place to start. Our Oral History Project, Buddy Share and Identity Artifacts Museum, like many of our “Do Something” tasks, are easily adapted for distance learning.                         Best Practices for Family and Community Engagement As schools close and classrooms empty, it’s more important than ever to keep in contact with the families of the students you serve. Check out TT’s family and community engagement resources to dive into best practices for building and maintaining these relationships.

Remote Learning: This Is Not a Drill!

Join SML › SHARE: Remote Learning: This Is Not A Drill! Philip, Remember February? January? Or even a week ago? Oh boy. We had a schedule and a routine. We waved goodbye to our kids at the bus stop, and we greeted students as they entered the classroom. We went to work; we taught; we sent kids to sport practices, playdates, and birthday parties. We welcomed kids back from school and learned about what they did in class, PE, art and music. Then, with little warning, we became homeschool parents and distance-learning teachers. Yesterday, we finished day one of teleworking and full-time homeschooling, in the midst of ensuring we have all the right resources for educators and parents for learning at home and about the coronavirus. Meanwhile, we’re getting ready for our annual Share My Lesson Virtual Conference next week (it might be the only conference not canceled). Breathe. My husband is a 12th-grade high school English teacher. Even though he’s an incredibly effective teacher, we both feel woefully unprepared to homeschool our two children (ages 4 and 7). Over the weekend, we saw lots of examples of homeschool agendas; ultimately, we put our new schedule on construction paper (which may eventually be needed as toilet paper). We attempted to follow the schedule and found our kids being more the teacher than the student. Our first-grader was very good at telling us how her teacher, Dr. Vick, did this and that. Oh, and she loved PE (which for us was a walk in the woods). And then there was the balance of videoconferencing and live webinars with kids coming in and out of the room. Remember this gem? I predict more of these videos popping up on late night talk shows or "American's Funniest Home Videos." I don’t know if you are going through the ups and downs of this new “normal,” but I sure am. On the one hand, I’m glad to have more time at home with my kids, and I do not miss the Washington, D.C., traffic. I’m finding humor everywhere I can to stay sane, and I’m exercising every day, even if it’s just going for a walk. On the other hand, I feel completely inadequate when it comes to ensuring that our kids are getting the academics they need when my time is divided between them and my work. I am mourning the loss of our normal school day schedule with my daughter’s first-grade teacher (a teacher of the year who has moved mountains with our daughter’s learning). We literally felt like we hit the jackpot when we got Dr. Vick this fall. She has created a community of committed learners, mathematicians and bird lovers. And I see Dr. Vick’s handiwork in our daughter’s commitment to learning, even at home. We know it is overwhelming. That's why we are continuing to build our SML collection of resources on the coronavirus for parents and educators who are trying to find a new normal. This new resource list features free online tools for educators and parents alike. From online communication tools, like Zoom, or online classes from Scholastic, we have made our recommendations based on age group and topic to make it easy to find something for everyone. As you explore each resource, you will find instructions on how to directly access the free resources now, or find thousands of free lessons already added to Share My Lesson by our partners. If you’re a parent of younger kids, how are you doing it? What’s your schedule? How is remote learning working? And how is it working for middle school and high school students? As an educator, what is your best advice for parents? Comment here. And as Shonda Rhimes says: We couldn't agree more! GET FREE RESOURCES