Homeroom
Collection of Lessons, Ideas, Resources, & Conversation Starters
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SEL Circle Time: Please share at least one:
Vegas Rule! |
Reminders | & Annoucements |
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- Responsible
- On time
- Works well with others
- Good communicator
- Committed
2020-2021 8B Representatives:
TBD & TBD
- Attend council meetings once a month
- Bring information back to your class from the monthly meetings
- Bring any requests/suggestions from your class to the executive board
- Assist with recycling every Thursday morning
- Assist with events planned for your grade level
- Meet with executive board during lunch/recess as necessary to plan events or service projects for your grade level.
Understanding Your Self & Social Emotional Learning (SEL):







Education - Life Planning / Learner Profiles:
- 5 Essentials My School My Voice Mid-Year Survey
- Naviance for CPS
- PATHWAYS to SUCCESS
- Learner Profile - Demographic & Interests (All About Me)
- HSA Learner Profile Dimensions
- EducationPlanner.org (Learning Styles)
- Learner Profile WS (Who Are You?)
- Cornell: Multiple Intelligences
- SLV: Interest Inventory
- VARK: Learning Styles
- Upworthy: What is Wrong with U.S. schools Article
- QuizUp
- Remente (Smart Goals)
- Don’t Break the Chain!
- Teenager Hit Back After Being Put on the ‘Ugliest Girl’ List Article
- Fox News: Burger King Bullying Jr. (Video)
- TED Talk: Rethink Before You Type (Video)
- Here's What Firearms Looked Like When the Founding Fathers Wrote the 2nd Amendment
- CNN: Students of Stoneman Douglas Take a Stand (Complete Town Hall Meeting)
- TIME: What to know about March For Our Lives
- National Rifle Association (NRA) Website
- ABC News: Which Lawmakers took the most money from the NRA
- UK Metro News: NRA Money in US Politics
- Fortune: Top 10 NRA Spending
- The Hill: Top 50 Most Powerful Lobbyist / Special Interest Groups in DC
- Detroit Press: Online School is a Nightmare
- APost: 70-Year Old Teacher
- Jay Shetty: Professor Teaches Importance of Letting it Go
- Don't Widen The Plate Article
- Famous Failures Video
- Never Give Up! Powerful Inspirational True Story Video
- Ted: If I Knew I Couldn't Fail Video
- Vin Scully's Final Message Video
- Charles Schulz (Peanuts) Philosophy Article
- Kid President: 20 Things We Should Say More Video
- Washington Post - No Room for Average Students
- John McCain's Constitutional Center Speech
- Lou Gehrig Speech from Ken Burns Baseball
- Rick Rigsby: The Wisdom of a 3rd Grade Dropout
- No but, Yes but, Yes and Game (7 min Video)
- No but, Yes but, Yes and Game (3 min Video)
- Ted Ed: Yes and (Video)
- Ted Ed: Power of Yes (Video)
- Can a Haircut Change Your Life (Video)
- CNN: Coat Designed to Save Lives (Video)
- Father Gregory Boyle's Speech (Video)
- Rubik's Cube: A Question, Waiting (Video)
- ABC News: 31 National Emergencies Still in Effect
- Ranker: Complete List of Every Single Active US National Emergency
- "How Dare You" Greta Thunberg Tears into UN Leaders (Video)
- Mr. Rogers Makes Tom Hanks Cry (Video)
- Now This: Sacha Baron Cohen rips Social Media (Video)
A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words (2):
- Boston Globe: Photos from Charlottesville
- Flags & Other Symbols Used By Alt-Right at Charlottesville
- CNN: 25 Most Iconic Photographs
- BlazePress: 62 Incredible Images
- Time Magazine: The 100 Most Influential Photographs of All Time
- 16 Disturbing Photos of How Scary the World Used to Be
- Bored Panda: 54 Rare Historical Photos That You Probably Have Never Seen
- History Orbit: Last Known Historical Photos
- Splendid Glimpse: Pictures Speak a Thousand Words (Video)
- Elite Readers: 29 Disturbing Photos Before Tragedy
Discussions on Equality, Race & Privilege (3):
- The Unequal Opportunity Race (Video)
- Dragnet 1968 Message to Teenagers Almost 50 Years Later (Video)
- Why America is NOT the Greatest Country in the World, Anymore (Video)
- What is Respect to a Millennial, a Boomer, and a Gen X’er? Article
- Ryan Leaf: Letter To Younger Self
- Ryan Leaf Story (Video)
- 1998 Draft: Retrospect Leaf vs. Manning (Video)
- Teaching Tolerance
- Facing History: Identity Chart (Who Am I?)
- TIME: Officer protects KKK 1st Amendment
- CNN: Trump's Day-to-Day Response to Charlottesville (Video)
- ESPN: Coach Gregg Popovich on Privilege (Video)
- What Was Life Really Like During Reconstruction
- TED Talk: The Danger of a Single Story Video
- NatGeo: America Inside Out - White Anxiety
- Now This: 1943 Anti-Fascism (Video)
- Nature v. Nurture Debate
- Adam Ruins Everything - Shocking Way Private Prisons Make Money (Video)
- Health Care: US vs. Canada (Video)
- Good Girls: Sorry, Not Sorry (Video)
- Heartless: Children in Immigration Court (Video)
- Ken Burns on Race Relations (Video)
- My Domaine: Chivalry & Feminism - Can you have both?
- Billie Eilish responds 'This is how I look'













Maps Explain Stuff / Understanding Chicago (4):
- BallotPedia: Chicago Mayoral Election a Comparison
- The Most Famous Brand From Every State (Mental Floss)
- The Most Famous Bands Per State (Billboard)
- Twisted: 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
- Maps of World
- Washington Post: 40 Maps That Explain the World
- VOX: Gun violence in America, explained in 17 maps and charts
- Rage Against The Machine - Sleep Now in the Fire
- Graham Nash - Chicago (We Can Change the World)
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio
- Shania Twain - Not Just a Pretty Face
- Ariana Grande - One Last Time (One Love Manchester)
- Bob Marley - Work
- Barenaked Ladies - If I Had a $1,000,000
- U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
- Radiohead - Creep
- Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
- Cold War Kids - Saint John
- Jack Johnson - Cookie Jar
- Gil Scott Herron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
- Eminem - Mockingbird
- Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire
- Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
- Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
- The Doors - The Unknown Soldier
- Cat Stevens - Peace Train
- Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Sum 41 - We Are All To Blame
- Andrew Bird - Pulaski at Night
- Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
- Johnny Cash - Ballad of Ira Hayes
- Bob Dylan - The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol
- Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind
- Bob Dylan - Masters of War
- Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'
- Bob Dylan - Hurricane
- Bob Dylan - With God On Our Side
- Bob Dylan - Oxford Town (Richie Haven's cover)
- Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fail
- Bob Dylan - Only a Pawn in Their Game
- John Lennon - Jealous Guy
- John Lennon - Happy Xmas (War is Over)
- John Lennon - Imagine
- Pink Floyd - Money
- Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1)
- Riley Green - I Wish My Grandpas Never Died
- Sir Chloe - Michelle
- Matt Maltese - As the World Caves In
- Alie X - June Gloom
- Blink 182 - Adam's Song
- Idles - I Dream Guillotine
- Borns - Electric Love
- Clairo - Sofia
- U2 - Where the Streets Have No Names
- Conan Gray - Heather
- The Format - Oceans
- Field Medic - Powerful Love
- One Republic - I Lived
- The Chainsmokers - Sick Boy
- Ranker.com
- Humans Don't Deserve the Earth (Video)
- Forbes: Facial Recognition Technology Pros v. Cons
- George W. Bush - 33 Original Paintings
- Historical Figures Back from the Dead
- Most Enlightened Leaders in World History
- Dying Words: Spoken by Famous People
- Famous People Who Have Been Through Depression
- Christopher Columbus Facts They Don't Teach You
- 12 Bizarre Facts about Pirates
- TIME: 100 Most Influential People of 2018
- Best Duos of All Time
- Greatest Minds of All Time
- List25: 25 Worst People of All Time
- Instagram Celeb You Need to Hear (Video)
- Nas Daily: Exciting Journey of Trash (Video)
"You can’t be all things to all people."
Creating a Community Activities (7):










Create a Random Short Story Exercise:
What person are you at this point during the school year? Why? Please share.

The "I Like Notecards" Lessons & Just Because Discussions (8):
- Print your name on the top like (Streit, Ryan)
- What is your favorite sport to play?
- What is your favorite sport team?
- What is your favorite food?
- What is your favorite band/musician?
- What HS do you hope to attend? NOTE: No worries - These won’t be read aloud if you don’t want to share.
- Who is your best friend?
- What do you believe is your best personal quality?
- What personality trait do you think could use some improvement?
- Think about it and write adjectives that describe self-respect
- Share with a friend and openly discuss
- Good & Bad Qualities or Character Traits
– Meet with your partner – Remember this is to better your relationships and
not to tear them apart.
- Are character traits a choice?
- Does equality mean treating everyone the same?
Homeroom Discussion #1:
I think there are three places people feel invincible to say and act without repercussions:
- Driving a car
- Attending a sporting event
- Behind a keyboard
What do you think? Did I miss anything?
Homeroom Discussion #2: