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Use these SEL World Kindness Day activities and ideas for the International Day for Tolerance to ensure that every day includes a little (or a lot of!) kindness in your school.
Christine Condon
Shaped Editor-in-Chief
Try these fall activities for elementary students in your classroom that put a twist on common fall themes.
Shaped Staff
Three experts discuss the recognition of Indigenous Peoples' Day and its coverage in schools, including resources, teaching tips, and more.
Choose the formative assessments for social studies that work best for your classroom to improve student learning.
Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor
Celebrate the Festival of Lights with these Hanukkah classroom games and activities for elementary students.
Jordan Friedman
Shaped Editor
Looking for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month ideas? We've got you covered with activities spanning Grades Pre-K–12.
Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Executive Editor
Happy spring! Need some engaging in-person and remote classroom activities to celebrate the season? Try these 8 spring activities for elementary students.
Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor
Read key tips for teachers and parents on talking to children about troubling events in the news.
Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Executive Editor
Get your whole class feeling the love this February 14. Try these Valentine’s Day activities for middle school and high school students.
Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Executive Editor
Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor
Learn how to teach the Holocaust in schools and overcome the challenges of teaching this subject with these insights and guidelines from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
HMH Staff
Explore 7 Chinese New Year classroom activities. Celebrate the Lunar New Year in your elementary or middle school class with a focus on cultural awareness, symbolism, and more.
Onalee Smith
Shaped Contributor
Explore 5 Martin Luther King Jr. project ideas and activities to honor MLK and his contributions to the civil rights movement.
Onalee Smith
Shaped Contributor
Ready for a fresh start in your classroom? Say goodbye to the old and hello to the new with our fun New Year's activities for students.
Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Executive Editor
These 12 Olympics activities for elementary and middle school students will let them sharpen their math, social studies, and writing skills.
Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor
Give a lesson on the significance of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day with these Pearl Harbor activities for elementary and middle school students.
Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor
How do we reframe our pedagogy to incorporate multiple narratives within our classrooms? We can start with three building blocks: reading, content integration, and scaffolding of information.
David J. O’Connor
American Indian Studies Consultant, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Paul ST Rykken
Lecturer, First Nations Studies Department, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Discover helpful tips for teaching the election process to elementary students and how important voting is in a democratic society.
LaNesha Tabb
Kindergarten Teacher, Indianapolis, IN
Use these National Hispanic Heritage Month activities and lesson ideas to honor Hispanic American contributions and influences in our society.
Daniel Poremba
Senior Tier II Specialist, HMH
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