Ed Change
Exchanging Stories: Names
Students write short stories about their names and share them in small groups to help build community in the classroom.
Curated OER
Crimes from Mother Goose
Students use Nursery rhymes in a discussion of crimes and criminals in order to study how criminal law has developed and changed to maintain an organized society. They decide on the identity of criminals, the crime, and the name of the...
Ed Change
Who I Am Poems
Students write short poems, starting each line with "I am," describing in their own words who they are and what is salient to their identity.
Curated OER
World War II Holocaust Introduction
Middle schoolers explore the concept of identity by categorizing themselves based on physical characteristics. In this Holocaust activity, students discuss the differences between their classmates and separate each other based on...