Teaching Resources

A guide for teachers on how to defuse tension and reduce conflict in difficult situations. Lesson activities are designed to help students when tensions are in the air and a disagreement seems to be building into something more threatening. Students ...

An activity booklet for children in which they can join Wrigley the dog as she helps her family prepare for extreme cold by staying informed, packing emergency supplies, and making a family communication plan.

In this lesson, students will discuss the human causes of Amazon rainforest destruction, explore the role of the Amazon in the lives of Indigenous people, and understand how the destruction of the Amazon can affect people’s lives. Using photos, stude...

In this video, University of Texas, San Antonio professor Laura Rendon presents her work on contemplative education and issues of social justice and diversity.

Nos vies bas carbone (Our Low-Carbon Lives) was born out of several years of voluntary work on climate issues, and is based on the analysis that education must be at the heart of multiple strategies to contain global warming and keep our planet habit...

Explore this Brené Brown talk at SXSWedu from 2017 during which she discusses the need to understand how scarcity affects the way we lead and teach, and to learn how to engage with vulnerability and recognize and combat shame.