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Wagonload of Compassion

  • Post category:Age 13-18 / Age 19+ / Age 5-13 / Birth to Age 5 / Collaboration / Commitment / Compassion / Connection / Critical Thinking

Share individual stories of people in need. Identify what everyone can contribute. Where could we find the needed materials? Together as a group, deliver the donated items to a nearby…

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What Should We Do?

  • Post category:Age 13-18 / Age 5-13 / Birth to Age 5 / Collaboration / Commitment / Compassion / Conflict Resolution / Connection / Courage / Critical Thinking

Show pictures and/or video of certain situations at school and in the surrounding neighborhood. Examples include: seeing garbage on the floor, an elderly person dropping their cane, a person not…

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Thankenstein

  • Post category:Age 5-13 / Birth to Age 5 / Collaboration / Commitment / Courage

Adult writes at the top of a blank paper, “I’m so grateful that if I were a monster created by a mad scientist, my name would be Thankenstein.” Give each…

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Technology Blackouts

  • Post category:Age 13-18 / Age 19+ / Age 5-13 / Birth to Age 5 / Collaboration / Commitment / Conflict Resolution

Set aside times during the day when no one in the family touches technology. Turn off all cell phones, televisions, computers, etc. Youth who are always engaged in technology are…

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Silent Signals

  • Post category:Age 13-18 / Age 5-13 / Birth to Age 5 / Collaboration / Commitment / Conflict Resolution / Courage

Adults often talk too much and our youth tune out. A silent signal speaks louder than words. Smile and point to the shoes that need to be picked up; use…

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Shared Values and Commitments

  • Post category:Age 13-18 / Age 19+ / Age 5-13 / Birth to Age 5 / Collaboration / Commitment / Connection / Critical Thinking

What do we want to see in our community, classroom or home? Identify shared rules together. Call them “peace actions” or ask individuals what they want to call them. Individuals…

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Safe Spaces

  • Post category:Age 13-18 / Age 19+ / Age 5-13 / Birth to Age 5 / Commitment / Conflict Resolution

Ensure there is always a safe space for conversation. This is a space to gather, a place that honors, respects and makes people feel they can collaborate safely inside. Safe…

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Revision Toolbox

  • Post category:Age 13-18 / Age 5-13 / Collaboration / Commitment / Critical Thinking

Teach youth that the writing process isn’t finished after the first draft. A good Revision Toolbox has tools that work with word choice, writing structures, and voice. Encourage youth to…

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Puzzles

  • Post category:Age 13-18 / Age 19+ / Age 5-13 / Birth to Age 5 / Collaboration / Commitment / Critical Thinking

Puzzles are a good way to encourage critical thinking with all ages of youth. In order to successfully complete a puzzle, they must work with both individual, disconnected parts, and…

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Process Writing

  • Post category:Age 13-18 / Age 19+ / Collaboration / Commitment / Critical Thinking

Break up a writing task into the following components: Pre-Write; First Draft; Mini Lesson; Peer Share; Revise; Edit; Publish. To Pre-Write, youth research, brainstorm, and outline their ideas. Then they…

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