14 Children’s Books About Refugees
Image via Takver/Flickr. by Marsha Rakestraw The headlines are full of news about refugees – from war, climate, and other factors. And while we adults struggle with what to do and how to help, many...
View ArticleI Am Not a Number
by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer Second Story Press, 2016. Grades 3-6 A dark shadow fills the doorway, and Irene’s life is changed forever. One minute her family is living life on Nipissing First...
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by Loic Dauvillier First Second, 2014 76 pgs Grades 2-6 In Hidden, Elsa wakes up in the middle of the night to find her grandmother, Dounia, downstairs, upset about a bad dream. Elsa tells her...
View ArticleWhat’s New Wednesday: News & Resources for Educators & Solutionaries
Each week find a round-up of selected resources, news stories, and commentary related to humane living, global ethical issues, and positive solutions. Here’s some news to know for this week: Via The...
View Article#FridayFeature: 4 Chapter Books for Kids About Refugees
by Marsha Rakestraw According to the UN Refugee Agency’s new Global Trends study, more than 65 million women, children, and men were “forcibly displaced at the end of 2016,” which is the highest in...
View ArticleHuman Rights for All? (lesson plans)
by Marsha Rakestraw December 10, 2017, marks International Human Rights Day, which this year honors the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As much progress as humanity has...
View ArticleWhat’s New Wednesday 12-20-17: News & Resources for Educators & Solutionaries
Each week find a round-up of selected resources, news stories, and commentary related to global ethical issues and positive solutions. (Note: There won’t be a What’s New Wednesday for next week due to...
View Article15 Most Popular Humane Education Activities in 2017
Humane education activities and lesson plans are just one of the many resources we provide for teachers, activists, and changemakers via our online Resource Center. We offer more than 125 humane...
View ArticleWhat’s New Wednesday 4-18-18: News & Resources for Educators & Solutionaries
Each week find a round-up of selected news and resources related to global ethical issues and positive solutions that you can use in your solutionary teaching/work. Here’s some recent news worth...
View ArticleWhy We Need Solutionary Educators: People Have Forgotten About (or Never...
by Marsha Rakestraw “Never again!” was something often repeated after the Holocaust of World War II. “Never again!” was a promise to future generations that the world would refuse to allow such...
View ArticleiWitness
Created by the USC Shoah Foundation, iWitness is a website that offers access to “more than, 1,500 full life histories, testimonies of survivors and witnesses to the Holocaust and other genocides for...
View ArticleJohn Leguizamo’s Latin History for Morons
by John Leguizamo Netflix, 2018 TV-MA 90 min Grades 10 and up Based on his broadway show, actor and comedian John Leguizamo has created a comedy special for Netflix that uses the platform of wanting to...
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