8th Grade

Positive Classroom Behavior

A positive classroom begins with you Read ideas and find resources on establishing and maintaining acceptable behavior…

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Health and Safety

Social and Emotional Development

Social Skills

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Maniac Magee Literature Guide

This Newbery Medal winner tells the mythical tale of a legendary hero: 12 year old Jeffrey Magee – known as Maniac…

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Reading and Literature

African-American History

Equality Struggles

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Dealing with Technology in the Classroom

A primer on new technology that students may be introducing to the classroom to cheat, bully, or harm others. Find tips…

Subjects:

Health and Safety

Bullying

Internet Safety

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Cyberbullying: The Downside of New Media Technology

New media technology — cell phones, PDAs, and computers — has given rise to a new form of bullying called cyberbullying.…

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Social Studies and History

Society Development and Technology

Health and Safety

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Students act out skits showing typical conflicts that arise in school and then resolve them using a problem-solving…

Acting Out Conflict

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Safety

Social Skills

Health and Safety

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Socially Inappropriate Behaviors

Descriptions of socially inappropriate behaviors and suggestions on how to break their cycles.

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Health and Safety

Bullying

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Try This, Not That Growth Mindset Activity

Try This, Not That is a basic writing prompt activity that students can work on at the start of every school week.…

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Exercise: Creating a Mantra

How can we teach our students to regulate their emotions, thoughts and behaviors? How can we support them to develop…

Subjects:

Social and Emotional Development

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Emotion Similes Writing Project

Examples of emotion similes, and a writing project for using them Learn about how to convey emotion in written…

Subjects

Reading and Literature

Poetry

Creative Writing

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Discussion and activity guide for the harrowing survival story Use this printable when teaching the book My Side of the…

My Side of the Mountain

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Fiction

Life Skills

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Seedfolks Teacher's Guide

Examine the themes and characters in Newbery Medalist Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks, a series of first-person vignettes…

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Social Studies and History

Holocaust

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WORKSHEETS

Understanding Discrimination

Students use prior knowledge to write about several forms of discrimination.

Subjects:

Teaching about Racism, Prejudice & Discrimination in America

Equality Struggles

Culture and Diversity

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GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

Looks Like/Sounds Like Graphic Organizer

Use this graphic organizer to help students brainstorm how groups work well together and what they need from each other…

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An introduction to social-emotional learning for teachers and administrators

The "What" and "Why" of Social-Emotional Learning

Heard a lot about social-emotional learning, but not sure how to get started with it in your school or classroom?…

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Extension Activities for Island of the Blue Dolphins

WORKSHEETS

Island of the Blue Dolphins Activities

Explore extension lessons and activities related to Island of the Blue Dolphins, the classic children's novel. Use this…

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Social Studies and History

Cultural Groups

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This handout is for use in the There Are Many Ways to Resolve Conflicts lesson plan.

Identify the Resolution

Subjects

Social Skills

Social and Emotional Development

Health and Safety

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Cyber Bullying: A Guide for Teachers

Use this teacher's guide along with Unfriended by Rachel Vail to discuss cyber bullying. The modern-day tale for young…

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Bullying

Internet Safety

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talking with students about war and violence

Talking With Children About War and Violence In the World

Talking to students about Ukraine? Educators for Social Responsibility has prepared this guide for adults who are…

Subjects:

Social Studies and History

Historic Wars and Military Action

Social and Emotional Development

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In this conflict-resolution lesson, students discuss the use of violence, the reasons people fight, and the consequences…

What About Fighting?

Subjects

Social Skills

Social and Emotional Development

Health and Safety

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Tape Recorder Fight Role Play

The Acting Out Conflict lesson plan incorporates a role playing activity detailed in this script. Use this activity to…

Subjects:

Health and Safety

Social and Emotional Development

Social Skills

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Discussion Guide to Bystander

Lead a serious classroom discussion about bullying, cyber-bullying, and "the bystander effect" with the discussion…

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Language Arts and Writing

Bullying

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An activity to center and focus students

3 Collective Breaths (Secondary)

This breath work activity from Breathe For Change is designed to reduce students' stress, enhance their awareness, and…

Subjects:

Social and Emotional Development

Health and Safety

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What's So Bad or Good About Conflict?

Students discuss the meaning of the word "conflict" and give examples of positive and negative situations they have…

Subjects

Safety

Social Skills

Health and Safety

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