Teaching Tolerance

My item of interest is a website called Teaching Tolerance which provides resources and tools to help schools address equity within the building and gives articles and supports around current issues.  I choose this website because it can be filtered down by different categories such as: race and ethnicity, religion, ability, sexuality, class, immigration, bullying, and activism.  You can also find information and curriculum around SEL in the classrooms and how to incorporate that into your schools.  There are many free resources and the ask is for only a donation if one is able. 

There are many other resources beyond articles, including lesson plans and posters.  I like the lesson plans because they can be filtered down by the above categories and also by grade ranging from kindergarten all the way through grade 12. There are text for students and text for educators.  You can also subscribe to get articles sent to your email that are appropriate for what is currently going on.  For example, there was an article about how to speak with students about being mindful about Halloween costumes and why that is important.  There are currently articles about Thanksgiving and what that actually means for Indigenous Persons in America.

The website is located at www.tolerance.org

Social Emotional Learning books (Pre-K- 5th grade) and questions

My first item of interest is a list of books for friendship skills, bullying anger management, acceptance, adversity, divorce, changing families, feelings, and emotions. This list of books is a useful tool for implementing a social-emotional learning (SEL) lesson. Each of these books illustrates powerful messages and are separated by theme and grade levels.

I decided to share this book list because it helps with effectively applying the knowledge, discussion, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions by using the narrative approach. By using this technique, it will motivate the children to learn, use their critical thinking skills; ability to connect and reflect from the book. It may also help students express kindness, empathy, and cope with challenges that they are currently experiencing or have in the past.

In the context of my internship at District 104, my supervisor and I plan to use this list of books as guidance when planning our SEL lessons. This serves as a great tool because we can share with teachers and parents to help them talk about specific topics. This list of books is appropriate for grades Pre-K - 5th grade.


I have attached the documents of the list of books and questions to ask to promote social-emotional learning. I hope this is helpful to you! Here is the link from where I got the list of books: https://pin.it/jwvwckyxxedljz

Social Worker Toolbox

While doing some research I came across this website that I thought had some good resources.  There are different resources, activities and education material for students and their family.  Topics include alcohol use,  bullying, mental health (depression, suicide, anxiety) self harm, domestic violence, parenting, social emotional skills and so much more.  Curriculums, planning and intervention handouts and assessments are also provided to use. Website also includes books suggestions on various topics such as grief and loss, bullying and adoption.  The website provides resources for so many topics that I suggest you check it out!


http://www.socialworkerstoolbox.com/

The Bully Project

Bullying is a huge issue in our schools, and as social workers, we often deal with children on both sides.  Preventing bullying from happening and developing policies to address bullying in our schools is a necessity.  The film can be used as a whole school Tier 1 intervention and can be followed by classroom discussion using materials provided by The BULLY Project at www.thebullyproject.com

The film BULLY was released in 2011 and follows the stories of children who experience bullying by their peers, the responses of the school administration and the communities.  The film has two versions. The full version is PG-13 and contains graphic language.  The shortened version is PG and is appropriate for younger children.

The BULLY Project website contains resources for parents, educators, and students.  The cost of the package with both versions and tool kit is $50 for DVD, or $38 via Dropbox.

Preview of the film BULLY