Critical Conversations & Civility
in a Digital World
Helping Teachers & Students Have Tough Classroom Conversations
What Should I Expect?
This FREE workshop is designed for teachers of all grade levels (with differentiation) to provide actionable strategies to take back to the classroom to help students construct sound arguments while remaining respectful to the ideas and opinions of others. Participants will participate in activities, readings, discussions, and more while working through ways to help students enter a world where talking about race, religion, and politics is no longer something we can (or should) avoid. We'll tackle tough topics, historical and modern, and think about how we interact with them with students in age-appropriate ways, both online and in person.
Calling all classroom teachers, instructional coaches, teacher leaders
Monday, April 8th, 9am-3pm
1235 5th Avenue South
Fort Dodge, IA
- Lower Level Conference
- Lunch on your own
- Bring a device to work on
Connect Across Content!
Diverse perspectives and well-researched arguments cross content areas! We'll explore connections to ELA, Social Studies, Computer Science, the ISTE Technology standards, and more!
Presenter: Leslie Pralle Keehn
Rough Draft Agenda:
9:30-11:30 Group Activity, Discussion, Classroom Application
11:30-12:30 Lunch
12:30-2:30 Breakout Group Activity, Discussion, Classroom Application
2:30-3:00 Resource Sharing, Closing, Evaluation
Resources will include Teaching Tolerance, Edutopia, Facing History, and more!
Questions?
Contact Leslie Pralle Osborn at lpralleosborn@plaea.org for questions or for more information!