Culture & Digital Literacies Resources for Educators by Emily S

Learning for Justice

esilverio97 — 2025-04-06 19:05:41 UTC

Learning for Justice is a website that offers free k-12 lesson plans, learning standards, and professional development materials. These tools are centered around diversity, equity, justice, and creating an inclusive classroom.

Facing History and Ourselves

esilverio97 — 2025-04-06 19:05:43 UTC

Facing History and Ourselves offers educators with recourses for teaching about historical events through different lenses. This organization also offers unit plans and professional development opportunities for teachers.

PBS Teachers

esilverio97 — 2025-04-06 19:05:46 UTC

PBS LearningMedia for teachers offers learning materials for all grades from pre-K to 12th grade. This site has a collection of interactive lessons and videos that discuss cultural awareness and diversity. This site also offers professional development materials for educators.

iCivics

esilverio97 — 2025-04-06 19:05:47 UTC

iCivics is a website that offers educators free resources on civic education. iCivics offers learning through lesson plans for teachers and interactive games for students. These resources help students understand topics like democracy, government, and civic responsibility.

Learning for Justice - Digital Footprint Activity

esilverio97 — 2025-04-06 19:25:23 UTC

Educators can use this lesson to teach their students about the importance of safety within the online communities they are part of. Learning for Justice offers lesson objectives, standards, activities and handouts for educators to use during the lessons. With this lesson, Educators can simulate participation in an online community through the role playing activities in the lesson.

Facing History & Ourselves - First Day of School Activity

esilverio97 — 2025-04-06 19:41:37 UTC

The first week of school is important when setting the tone in a classroom. Educators can use Concentric Circles to learn about their classmates during the first week. This lesson is great for understanding student goals and desires for the school year early on. This activity can also be paired with a reading or video to get insight on student thinking.

PBS - Global Climate Change Activity

esilverio97 — 2025-04-06 20:10:05 UTC

Middle school and high school teachers can use the lesson plan on Global Climate Change to teach students about about STEM and civic engagement. Using thermometers, jars, a wet paper towel and sunlight, students will be able to learn about the greenhouse effect. This lesson offers students a hands-on experience to help understand Greenhouse Gases.

iCivics - Neighborhood Good Game

esilverio97 — 2025-04-06 20:37:27 UTC

Neighborhood Good is an interactive game available on iCivics. Educators can use this game to further extend student understanding of civic engagements and building communities. This game is great for students in grades K-12. The game also offers features like auditory assistance and is available in Spanish.

Class Dojo (SEL)

esilverio97 — 2025-04-06 21:04:12 UTC

Class Dojo not only offers communication between parents and schools, but also offers social-emotional activities and lessons for educators for free. Teachers can discuss topics like empathy, gratitude, respect and more with their students.

Class Dojo - Big Challenges Activity

esilverio97 — 2025-04-06 21:25:24 UTC

Students can sometimes struggle with overcoming challenges. Using this tool, teachers can show videos of Mojo to help students talk through ways Mojo can overcome challenges. Teachers can have open discussions about how students can overcome their own challenges.