All Practices
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Understanding Universe of Obligation
Students explore how groups, communities, and nations define who belongs and who does not, and how these decisions are made.
Responding to Differences
Students explore how our beliefs about differences influence the ways in which we see and choose to interact with each other.
From Sympathy to Action
Students think about the factors that encourage and discourage people to act when they confront suffering or injustice.
Four Corners
An interactive learning strategy that helps students clarify their own ideas and hear other perspectives—while getting them out of their seats.
Active Listening for School Staff
School staff connect with each other through empathy and understanding.
Carousel Brainstorming
A cooperative learning technique that engages all students’ participation through movement, discussion, and communication of ideas.
Loving-Kindness for Someone You Care About
Students mentally send good wishes to someone who is important to them.
A Moment for Me: A Self-Compassion Break for Teens
Students learn how to comfort themselves during stressful times.
Mindful Poetry Moments
A daily mindfulness and poetry appreciation practice for the whole school or a single classroom
Earthrise: Bearing Witness to Our Planet
Students reflect on what it means to “bear witness” to something.
Earthrise: Fostering Awe
Students reflect on how the Earthrise photograph instills a sense of awe and wonder towards our planet.
Earthrise: Cultivating Global Citizenship
Students reflect on how the Earthrise photograph offered humans a new way to see the Earth: without borders or boundaries.
Earthrise: Instilling Reverence for the Earth
Students reflect on how the Earthrise photograph instills a sense of reverence and awe, encouraging us to be stewards of the Earth.
Modeling SEL for Students
Staff members brainstorm how they will intentionally model SEL in their interactions with students.
Why Do Good People Do Bad Things?
Students explore, reflect, and write about being an upstander rather than a bystander.
What Is A Flourishing Life?
Students explore and write about what makes a good life.
The Virtue of Good Sense
Students define and practice “good sense,” or the will and know-how to do the right thing.
Rhyming Body Scan for Young Children
Students practice noticing body sensations and relaxing body parts.
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