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No More "Us" and "Them": Classroom Lessons and Activities to Promote Peer Respect
It is imperative that teachers build community in their classrooms and across their academic teams and grades in order to make school a safe and supportive place for adolescents. Teachers must help their students acknowledge that they belong to a group together, that they are part of a “we” or “us,” and that any differences—divergent talents, backgrounds, experiences, cultures, and skills—only make “us” stronger and better.
No More “Us” and “Them” delineates what steps educators can take to create an atmosphere where adolescent students feel accepted, included, and valuable to themselves and to their peers. The goal of this book is to change adolescent attitudes to lead to not just acceptance and tolerance, but toward an expansion of “us” and respect for their classmates that will serve to spread an even wider net of respect.
This book provides ideas for lessons and activities that can be integrated into existing curricula and that meet a variety of content area standards in language arts, social studies, science, mathematics, foreign languages, physical education, art, and music, while also proposing ideas for advisory or homeroom periods and class, team, and grade gatherings to build respect in our classrooms, our schools, and our communities.
No More “Us” and “Them” delineates what steps educators can take to create an atmosphere where adolescent students feel accepted, included, and valuable to themselves and to their peers. The goal of this book is to change adolescent attitudes to lead to not just acceptance and tolerance, but toward an expansion of “us” and respect for their classmates that will serve to spread an even wider net of respect.
This book provides ideas for lessons and activities that can be integrated into existing curricula and that meet a variety of content area standards in language arts, social studies, science, mathematics, foreign languages, physical education, art, and music, while also proposing ideas for advisory or homeroom periods and class, team, and grade gatherings to build respect in our classrooms, our schools, and our communities.
160 pages, Hardcover
First published May 9, 2012
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May 18, 2020
As a first-year high school media specialist, I found this book to be invaluable. Ms. Roessing is masterful in creating lessons that foster inclusivity while helping students learn to value what they read, along with valuing others' opinions. I used this book as a PLC presentation for both social studies and ELA in my school. The teachers were amazed. I particularly love the chapters devoted to Reading for Respect. This book is truly a gem!
June 10, 2023
One of the best PD centered books I have read geared toward the middle school classroom. I finished the book feeling energized and invigorated to go back to school and make my classroom more inclusive and collaborative.
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