Ideas and Resources to Address the Muslim and Refugee Ban in the Classroom
Protesters at Dulles Airport on Saturday night. We were demanding entrance to the United States for people affected by the ban. Coming off a weekend of protesting, I find myself thinking hard about what to say to my students tomorrow when they ask me about the news. We saw some of our students at the rally at the White House today. They will want to share observations from their experience tomorrow. Students will also have questions about checks and balances since we recently concluded a unit on US Government. They will have overheard conversations between adults and understood only snippets of what was going on in the media. Where do we start? Our planned read aloud for tomorrow! Start with a read aloud. Ask students what connections they can make to the story. Can they make text to self connections? Model by thinking of a time you yourself were homesick or scared or missed someone.