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Election Day is upon us. No matter the outcome, this might bring up a lot of questions, feelings, and opinions for students. Check out this Teaching Tolerance or Edutopia resource, and more...
Election Day is upon us and first things first—are you ready to cast your vote? We recommend you visit Vote.org for specific information about the ways you can vote in your state.
The election might bring up a lot of questions, feelings, and opinions for students. You can plan ahead for talking about the election in your classroom with What will you do on Wednesday? from Teaching Tolerance or this blog from Edutopia focused on students' social and emotional needs related to the election.
Collaborate With Parents
Join Naomi Harm and NAF on November 12 at 3 PM ET to discover how educators can design new innovative high school and career-focused collaboration and communication strategies with parents.
Finance:Engage students with Saturday Night Live’s skit about a unique program to manage debt called Don't Buy Stuff You CANNOT Afford. Then, have your students look over EconEdLink’sLearning about Credit Card Use with loan and credit card calculators to analyze the pros and cons of credit card use.
Accounting:After students learn about several accounting topics, use this fun activity to have them demonstrate their understanding by playing Accounting Jeopardy.
Business: Have your students watch this YouTube video to introduce the Four Types of Economies. Your students can then discuss how different societies answer the same fundamental economic questions by Comparing Economic Systems.
Entrepreneurship: Inform your students about how to get funding for their start-up business by registering for Financing Options for Small Businesses. This self-paced training exercise is an introduction to financing options for businesses including determining financial needs, loans, grants, and more.
There are lots of off-camera options for staying creative in the way you deliver your practice online. Hear from Dr. Michael Wesch on what online teachers can learn from YouTubers about engaging students. And with Election Day this week, check out this blog from Edutopia for tools to foster social and emotional learning while connecting the election to math, literacy, and social studies lessons.
WHAT WE'RE LEARNING - RACIAL EQUITY IN PRACTICE
Engage students in the topic of racial equity while they're out in the world with a 21-day walking meditation from the founders of Girltrek, where they'll explore a one Black woman or moment in history in each.
WHEN WORK-BASED LEARNING GOES VIRTUAL
Check out our easy-to-use Partner Involvement Interest Survey to gauge new partner work-based learning and advisory board involvement interests. Use this as a "call-to-action" at events. Next, watch this NAF Next 2020 learning session showcasing the benefits of leveraging various types of organizations from the community to enhance classroom learning.
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