Education in Emergencies
Tornado Response for Teens: Right After a Tornado
A guide that offers information to teens about how they may be feeling after a tornado and ways to cope with those feelings. Things can look very different right after a tornado. Students' houses and other buildings may be damaged, they may not ...
Education in Emergencies
Newsthink: Palestine and Israel
A lesson to explore the rules of war and their importance during conflict based on the ongoing conflict in Palestine and Israel. Using two photographs, students practice empathy to understand why following International Humanitarian Law – the rules o...
TACL
Trauma-Focused Teaching: Understanding Our Brains (Part 2)
Over a series of four sessions, practitioners from the MedStar Georgetown WISE center shared their expertise on how we can support students and teachers through the lens of a trauma-informed practice. In this second session, we delved into understand...
Climate Education
Declaring a Climate Emergency at Your School
This PDF guide draws from the firsthand experience of the authors on how to declare a climate emergency in a school. Teachers can use this guide to learn from a real-life case study and adapt the strategies to create similar initiatives in their own ...