TeachOne: Words Bring Peace
What can I say and do to build a peaceful and inclusive community?
Who are the helpers in my community who build a peaceful and inclusive climate?
This unit includes elementary and secondary versions of a lesson that teaches respectful language for positive group formation, such as at the beginning of the school year. Using literature to build relationships through trauma-informed practices, facilitators teach youth the choices they have to influence a peaceful and inclusive community. Both lessons include a project that brings comfort in the local community. Learners gain awareness of the work and needs of community helpers and design service that supports them. Learners recognize that everyone has something to give from the heart.
In this lesson, the students learn to use their voice to say something to make the world a better place. This is an opportunity to demonstrate and feel the impact of kindness, inclusion, and listening on a caring community. Students learn from a community helper about the needs they observe in the community. They make and donate a "calming box" so the tool may help youth calm themselves. Use this at the beginning of the year to set a tone and learn skills of effective language that are good for all.
In this lesson, students learn that we all have ideas and talents to make the world a better place. This is an opportunity to demonstrate and feel the impact of kindness, inclusion, and listening on a caring community. Students learn from a community helper about the needs they observe in the community. They make and donate a "calming kit" so the tool may help youth calm themselves. Use this at the beginning of the year to set a tone and learn skills of effective language that are good for all.