I put this picture (see left) on our fridge a few months ago, and I remember the moment when my daughters first saw it and stared for a while as they processed this idea. But for all of us older than 18, we sure do know that we are still growing up. In this circle "What do we want adults to know about our lives?" from Circle Forward, students have the opportunity to reflect and share about what they would like adults to understand.

November 8th is a big election day! Here are some great resources to teach students about voting and why it matters: 

- Learning for Justice voting lessons

- Facing History U.S. election lessons

- V is for Voting read by Sankofa Read Aloud

- Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act read by Sankofa Read Aloud

- "Why teach about elections and voting?" resources from Tufts University

I love these ideas from the Cult of Pedagogy about collaboration projects. I especially love how Jennifer Gonzalez addresses Dr. Gholdy Muhammad's idea of "criticality" and Jamila Dugan and Shane Safir's idea of "agency" in each example. If you feel like some or a lot of your students hate group work because they don't want their grade to suffer when someone else in the group is not doing their share, you could check out the ideas Joe Feldman shares about group work in Grading for Equity.  

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