1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,650 2 00:00:03,650 --> 00:00:06,310 Pat Kahn: OK, all right, we are now recording. 3 00:00:06,310 --> 00:00:08,840 So hello to everybody. 4 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:12,370 As Gail said, I'm Pat Kahn. 5 00:00:12,370 --> 00:00:16,030 I'm the Children and Family Programs Director in the Faith 6 00:00:16,030 --> 00:00:17,450 Development Office. 7 00:00:17,450 --> 00:00:24,210 And I am really excited to introduce Sarah Neely, who 8 00:00:24,210 --> 00:00:26,160 is our presenter tonight. 9 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:30,110 I've put that her role is she's on the Teaching Tolerance 10 00:00:30,110 --> 00:00:31,810 Advisory Board. 11 00:00:31,810 --> 00:00:36,100 But the great news is she's a Unitarian Universalist. 12 00:00:36,100 --> 00:00:38,300 And she's going to tell you more about that. 13 00:00:38,300 --> 00:00:40,125 And you'll see from the background, 14 00:00:40,125 --> 00:00:43,570 you can probably guess that she's also a school teacher, 15 00:00:43,570 --> 00:00:47,160 because she's recording from her classroom. 16 00:00:47,160 --> 00:00:53,560 So let me just go ahead and do a quick chalice lighting. 17 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:58,290 This is from the new Lifting Our Voices. 18 00:00:58,290 --> 00:01:01,880 These are words of John Gibb Millspaugh. 19 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:03,680 "Leave aside the little thoughts that 20 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:07,500 distract you, for this place, like all places, 21 00:01:07,500 --> 00:01:09,220 is a holy place. 22 00:01:09,220 --> 00:01:13,060 And now, like all times, is a holy time. 23 00:01:13,060 --> 00:01:16,920 Join with this community of seekers and together 24 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,580 let us find." 25 00:01:19,580 --> 00:01:31,830 So I am now going change to another set of slides. 26 00:01:31,830 --> 00:01:34,250 And as soon as they are up on the screen, 27 00:01:34,250 --> 00:01:36,930 Sarah, if you would tell us a little bit more 28 00:01:36,930 --> 00:01:40,130 about yourself first and then take it away with the slides. 29 00:01:40,130 --> 00:01:40,880 Sarah Neely: Sure. 30 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,110 Welcome, everyone. 31 00:01:43,110 --> 00:01:45,090 I'm really excited to be here. 32 00:01:45,090 --> 00:01:46,700 My name is Sarah Neely. 33 00:01:46,700 --> 00:01:50,710 And I'm from Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 34 00:01:50,710 --> 00:01:54,500 which is in the Detroit area. 35 00:01:54,500 --> 00:01:59,275 I'm a mot to a 10-year-old and an eight-year-old daughter, 36 00:01:59,275 --> 00:02:02,220 who go to the same school that I teach in. 37 00:02:02,220 --> 00:02:04,390 So I'm a second grade teacher. 38 00:02:04,390 --> 00:02:08,259 I'm also a member of the Grosse Pointe Unitarian Church 39 00:02:08,259 --> 00:02:11,940 since 2000 about. 40 00:02:11,940 --> 00:02:17,430 I've been teaching in Grosse Pointe for 22 years. 41 00:02:17,430 --> 00:02:19,850 And as Pat mentioned, I'm also honored 42 00:02:19,850 --> 00:02:24,390 to have been chosen as one of the members of the Teacher 43 00:02:24,390 --> 00:02:28,240 Advisory Board for Teaching Tolerance. 44 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:32,250 I was inspired to do this webinar by the obvious link I 45 00:02:32,250 --> 00:02:34,590 found between the Teaching Tolerance 46 00:02:34,590 --> 00:02:38,590 philosophy and their anti-bias curriculum 47 00:02:38,590 --> 00:02:42,810 and our UU principles, especially the first principle. 48 00:02:42,810 --> 00:02:45,390 The believing in the inherent worth and dignity 49 00:02:45,390 --> 00:02:47,670 of all people. 50 00:02:47,670 --> 00:02:51,820 So I believe really strongly that these materials 51 00:02:51,820 --> 00:02:57,260 are going to make a difference in our churches, our schools, 52 00:02:57,260 --> 00:02:58,550 and our homes. 53 00:02:58,550 --> 00:03:01,580 And you have to believe how much I believe in that 54 00:03:01,580 --> 00:03:04,770 to do a webinar in September. 55 00:03:04,770 --> 00:03:08,440 If you know teachers, September's a very busy month. 56 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:12,210 So I think the materials you'll find meet 57 00:03:12,210 --> 00:03:14,650 the trifecta of awesomeness. 58 00:03:14,650 --> 00:03:16,060 Number one, they're fabulous. 59 00:03:16,060 --> 00:03:18,570 Number two, they're a perfect fit. 60 00:03:18,570 --> 00:03:22,540 And number three, they're free, which is pretty awesome. 61 00:03:22,540 --> 00:03:24,110 So I welcome you all. 62 00:03:24,110 --> 00:03:27,310 And I'm really glad to be here. 63 00:03:27,310 --> 00:03:35,150 First off, teaching tolerance is a project of the Southern 64 00:03:35,150 --> 00:03:37,950 Poverty Law Center. 65 00:03:37,950 --> 00:03:42,470 And the Southern Poverty Law Center was founded in 1971. 66 00:03:42,470 --> 00:03:46,200 And it's dedicated itself to fighting hate and bigotry 67 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,050 and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members 68 00:03:49,050 --> 00:03:50,860 of our society. 69 00:03:50,860 --> 00:03:54,040 So they do that through litigation, education, 70 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,570 and other forms of advocacy. 71 00:03:56,570 --> 00:04:00,355 They really felt strongly that Teaching Tolerance, 72 00:04:00,355 --> 00:04:16,300 the educational materials, needed to be created. 73 00:04:16,300 --> 00:04:18,940 You might be already familiar with Teaching Tolerance 74 00:04:18,940 --> 00:04:20,180 magazine. 75 00:04:20,180 --> 00:04:24,010 This has been going on for many, many years. 76 00:04:24,010 --> 00:04:26,950 And Teaching Tolerance actually sends this magazine. 77 00:04:26,950 --> 00:04:29,880 It comes out twice a year, once in September 78 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:34,660 and once in January to over 450,000 schools. 79 00:04:34,660 --> 00:04:39,700 So they try to get a copy to every school in the country. 80 00:04:39,700 --> 00:04:43,730 And if you don't see this at your school, 81 00:04:43,730 --> 00:04:45,570 or if you want to get it at your church, 82 00:04:45,570 --> 00:04:48,010 it's very easy to sign up for this. 83 00:04:48,010 --> 00:04:49,650 It, again, is free. 84 00:04:49,650 --> 00:04:52,010 And from the web page, tolerance.org, 85 00:04:52,010 --> 00:04:54,900 that you see in the chat box, you 86 00:04:54,900 --> 00:04:59,250 can go right to signing up for a weekly newsletter, 87 00:04:59,250 --> 00:05:03,880 this magazine, and a number of the other materials 88 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:12,170 that I'm going to talk about today. 89 00:05:12,170 --> 00:05:15,490 These are some fabulous, fabulous films-- 90 00:05:15,490 --> 00:05:17,900 really critically acclaimed films-- 91 00:05:17,900 --> 00:05:23,280 that are perfect for your RE classes 92 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:26,400 or for classrooms in schools. 93 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,090 Because they're not feature films, feature length, 94 00:05:29,090 --> 00:05:31,780 they're under an hour long. 95 00:05:31,780 --> 00:05:36,750 So you could foresee having your classes look at these videos. 96 00:05:36,750 --> 00:05:39,350 They also come with lesson plans. 97 00:05:39,350 --> 00:05:41,760 And you can order them online. 98 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:45,110 So it gets right at the heart of a lot 99 00:05:45,110 --> 00:05:52,590 of issues that especially would be covered in a UU curriculum. 100 00:05:52,590 --> 00:05:55,950 So I have to tell you this weekend was 101 00:05:55,950 --> 00:05:57,260 a busy weekend at our church. 102 00:05:57,260 --> 00:06:01,870 We welcomed our new minister and had an installation service. 103 00:06:01,870 --> 00:06:05,720 And we had many dignitaries from the UUA come out. 104 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,360 And maybe you recognize some of them. 105 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:12,820 We had Reverend Dr. Cynthia Landrum from the East Liberty 106 00:06:12,820 --> 00:06:14,300 UU Church. 107 00:06:14,300 --> 00:06:16,810 We had Reverend Dr. Lisa Presley who's 108 00:06:16,810 --> 00:06:20,496 the MidAmerica region rep. 109 00:06:20,496 --> 00:06:22,500 And then we had some local people 110 00:06:22,500 --> 00:06:25,100 from like a diversity group that we 111 00:06:25,100 --> 00:06:27,970 have called Diversity GP and a woman who 112 00:06:27,970 --> 00:06:32,860 just started a chapter of the NAACP in Grosse Pointe. 113 00:06:32,860 --> 00:06:38,320 And everyone was talking about how this is the time 114 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:44,210 to talk to kids, to teach, to take action in terms 115 00:06:44,210 --> 00:06:47,200 of racial and social justice. 116 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:52,750 So all of these materials are, I think, really timely and really 117 00:06:52,750 --> 00:06:58,230 handy, because this is really our charge here really 118 00:06:58,230 --> 00:07:02,180 as the UUA movement. 119 00:07:02,180 --> 00:07:04,230 This is that the latest film that came out. 120 00:07:04,230 --> 00:07:06,610 It was published in February this year. 121 00:07:06,610 --> 00:07:08,680 And it was published to commemorate 122 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:12,340 the 50th anniversary of Selma to Montgomery March. 123 00:07:12,340 --> 00:07:14,970 When I went to Alabama this summer 124 00:07:14,970 --> 00:07:17,240 for the annual meeting of Teaching Tolerance, 125 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:19,000 I got to walk that bridge. 126 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,310 And that was pretty awesome-- I mean, just 127 00:07:21,310 --> 00:07:24,560 to see, to walk in the same places, to be at the church 128 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,100 where the meetings took place. 129 00:07:27,100 --> 00:07:30,550 And we were able to actually see-- 130 00:07:30,550 --> 00:07:33,250 they had right in the middle of the sidewalk, 131 00:07:33,250 --> 00:07:37,170 they had a memorial to Reverend Reeb, 132 00:07:37,170 --> 00:07:44,970 who was the Unitarian minister who was one of the clergy who 133 00:07:44,970 --> 00:07:47,810 took King's call to come. 134 00:07:47,810 --> 00:07:51,260 And it was pretty awesome, a pretty, pretty awesome thing. 135 00:07:51,260 --> 00:07:53,544 So this is a great story. 136 00:07:53,544 --> 00:07:54,960 It tells the story of the students 137 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:58,170 and the teachers in Selma in the years leading up 138 00:07:58,170 --> 00:08:01,170 to Bloody Sunday and the march to Montgomery. 139 00:08:01,170 --> 00:08:04,130 Again, this is free to educators. 140 00:08:04,130 --> 00:08:09,380 It also at the end kind of has a guide 141 00:08:09,380 --> 00:08:13,170 that helps you to encourage people to build awareness 142 00:08:13,170 --> 00:08:19,690 for voting and to take action on actually using 143 00:08:19,690 --> 00:08:24,270 the right of voting and to reduce the apathy that we 144 00:08:24,270 --> 00:08:28,610 have in our voting groups. 145 00:08:28,610 --> 00:08:33,580 So not only do we have all these lovely videos, really powerful 146 00:08:33,580 --> 00:08:37,649 videos, but there are lots of resources for the classroom 147 00:08:37,649 --> 00:08:39,030 online. 148 00:08:39,030 --> 00:08:42,679 There over 400 free lesson plans. 149 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:47,320 And that goes from pre-K level to grade 12. 150 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,860 You can search them by topic, grade level, subject area, 151 00:08:50,860 --> 00:08:56,020 or one of the four domains of the anti-bias curriculum-- 152 00:08:56,020 --> 00:08:59,250 identity, diversity, justice, and action. 153 00:08:59,250 --> 00:09:02,730 So this is where this set of materials 154 00:09:02,730 --> 00:09:05,480 is different than most and how it really 155 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:10,400 aligns to UU philosophy, because it has those last two things-- 156 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,640 justice and action. 157 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:21,380 So they're really a lot of active lessons. 158 00:09:21,380 --> 00:09:24,650 One of the special projects that is 159 00:09:24,650 --> 00:09:26,550 available for older kids, which would 160 00:09:26,550 --> 00:09:30,850 be great for a senior group-- a group of senior high students-- 161 00:09:30,850 --> 00:09:35,670 is we have worked closely with Michelle Alexander 162 00:09:35,670 --> 00:09:37,800 author of The New Jim Crow. 163 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:42,990 So there are large an extensive excerpts of her book, 164 00:09:42,990 --> 00:09:46,390 with her permission and her blessings, 165 00:09:46,390 --> 00:09:50,650 that you're able to use with kids, as well 166 00:09:50,650 --> 00:09:54,090 as text dependent questions, which is all 167 00:09:54,090 --> 00:09:56,400 the rage with the Common Core. 168 00:09:56,400 --> 00:10:01,080 And there's also a guide that goes with it. 169 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:06,220 So the teacher guide leads you through really 170 00:10:06,220 --> 00:10:10,310 closely examining this book. 171 00:10:10,310 --> 00:10:12,110 And there's a nice letter, actually, 172 00:10:12,110 --> 00:10:17,200 if you go online to see how Michelle Alexander is 173 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:22,530 so excited that her book is being used with kids. 174 00:10:22,530 --> 00:10:26,020 So that's a very, very, very powerful book 175 00:10:26,020 --> 00:10:29,310 to read with senior high level students. 176 00:10:29,310 --> 00:10:31,380 It would really make an awesome book club 177 00:10:31,380 --> 00:10:35,520 for your senior high kids. 178 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:40,090 We also have lots of professional development. 179 00:10:40,090 --> 00:10:43,020 The professional development is also free and online. 180 00:10:43,020 --> 00:10:47,090 There are live webinars and on-demand webinars 181 00:10:47,090 --> 00:10:49,000 that are there archived. 182 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:54,140 There are all kinds of resources. 183 00:10:54,140 --> 00:10:58,680 There are guides, publications, that you 184 00:10:58,680 --> 00:11:00,660 can print right from the web. 185 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:06,970 Some of them that aren't printable, you can ask for, 186 00:11:06,970 --> 00:11:08,870 and they will send them to you. 187 00:11:08,870 --> 00:11:14,125 So there are lots and lots of resources that you can use. 188 00:11:14,125 --> 00:11:20,330 They have film kits as well that are like the teacher's guides 189 00:11:20,330 --> 00:11:25,360 that are made to support and supplement HBO movies. 190 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:29,810 So some of those would include the Loving story, so the story 191 00:11:29,810 --> 00:11:31,620 interracial marriages. [BUZZING SOUND] 192 00:11:31,620 --> 00:11:34,980 And so there's a whole group-- sorry, 193 00:11:34,980 --> 00:11:41,410 that's people trying to enter the building. 194 00:11:41,410 --> 00:11:43,760 There's a whole film kit that goes 195 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:47,020 with that including a guide with questions 196 00:11:47,020 --> 00:11:48,870 that you go through the film with. 197 00:11:48,870 --> 00:11:52,530 One Survivor Remembers, so about the Holocaust, 198 00:11:52,530 --> 00:11:57,910 and Prom Night in Mississippi are among the HBO movies 199 00:11:57,910 --> 00:12:02,719 that you can get guides too. 200 00:12:02,719 --> 00:12:04,260 Teaching Tolerance also has something 201 00:12:04,260 --> 00:12:09,740 called Appendix D, which really is a great resource for going 202 00:12:09,740 --> 00:12:11,900 through and thinking about the considerations 203 00:12:11,900 --> 00:12:18,090 that you need to think about in selecting diverse tests. 204 00:12:18,090 --> 00:12:22,110 So the four things, there are complexity, diversity 205 00:12:22,110 --> 00:12:27,650 in representation, critical literacy, and reader and task 206 00:12:27,650 --> 00:12:29,060 considerations. 207 00:12:29,060 --> 00:12:33,000 So I could see this being used as like a text adaption 208 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:34,310 thing for a school. 209 00:12:34,310 --> 00:12:37,140 Or if you are looking for ordering 210 00:12:37,140 --> 00:12:40,230 some new books for your RE, you can kind of 211 00:12:40,230 --> 00:12:42,160 look, OK, well, what kinds of books 212 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:47,220 would reflect and represent the students that we 213 00:12:47,220 --> 00:12:50,260 have or the world at large? 214 00:12:50,260 --> 00:12:57,960 Because really we want to show kids the larger world. 215 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:02,190 Teaching Tolerance also has special issues of publications. 216 00:13:02,190 --> 00:13:07,540 And these would also be really awesome reading for, I'd say, 217 00:13:07,540 --> 00:13:10,450 juniors or seniors. 218 00:13:10,450 --> 00:13:12,890 There are reports, like there's one 219 00:13:12,890 --> 00:13:15,170 that's "Injustice on Our Plates" and that 220 00:13:15,170 --> 00:13:17,960 reports an immigrant women that are 221 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:19,830 working in the food industry. 222 00:13:19,830 --> 00:13:22,540 So you can do a lot of reading into that. 223 00:13:22,540 --> 00:13:28,450 It can also be matched with some research and some action type 224 00:13:28,450 --> 00:13:29,960 activities. 225 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:34,230 There's another guide for best practices 226 00:13:34,230 --> 00:13:38,710 in an institution for limited English proficient families 227 00:13:38,710 --> 00:13:42,760 and students and for LGBT students. 228 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:46,210 They also have come out with the school-to-prison pipeline. 229 00:13:46,210 --> 00:13:49,050 So those are all interesting reports 230 00:13:49,050 --> 00:13:54,420 to read and like to make a project to act on what 231 00:13:54,420 --> 00:13:59,780 is going on in those reports. 232 00:13:59,780 --> 00:14:03,300 A huge initiative from Teaching Tolerance 233 00:14:03,300 --> 00:14:05,120 is Teaching the Movement. 234 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:10,940 So a few years goes, in 2011, Teaching Tolerance 235 00:14:10,940 --> 00:14:14,330 created a first report, and they looked at every state union 236 00:14:14,330 --> 00:14:17,100 to see-- kind of like a report card-- 237 00:14:17,100 --> 00:14:22,320 how they were doing on actually teaching the movement. 238 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:26,300 Because what they found was pretty much 239 00:14:26,300 --> 00:14:29,120 teaching of the civil rights boiled down 240 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:37,040 to Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, and some marches. 241 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:40,650 And so the complexity, the planning, 242 00:14:40,650 --> 00:14:44,290 like the strategic nature of what they were doing, 243 00:14:44,290 --> 00:14:51,180 and the fact that it was based with citizens 244 00:14:51,180 --> 00:14:54,600 that came together and made those things happen 245 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:56,400 are often left out. 246 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:59,470 So Teaching Tolerance has been working very hard 247 00:14:59,470 --> 00:15:04,790 with states at the state level to help them-- give them 248 00:15:04,790 --> 00:15:08,430 more materials and kind of point them in the right direction 249 00:15:08,430 --> 00:15:13,320 to further integrate more of the Civil Rights Movement 250 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:17,330 really into K through 12 social studies. 251 00:15:17,330 --> 00:15:22,900 So this would be actually kind of an interesting document 252 00:15:22,900 --> 00:15:26,270 to get, check out how your state ranks, 253 00:15:26,270 --> 00:15:32,190 and then even have maybe your senior high students talk 254 00:15:32,190 --> 00:15:35,580 to perhaps the school board or something about what 255 00:15:35,580 --> 00:15:39,280 are we doing to integrate more of the Civil Rights Movement 256 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:41,250 into our curriculum. 257 00:15:41,250 --> 00:15:50,260 So it really gives your kids of voice in what they're learning. 258 00:15:50,260 --> 00:15:52,970 These are a couple of awesome guides-- 259 00:15:52,970 --> 00:15:57,420 Speak Up and Responding to Hate and Bias at School. 260 00:15:57,420 --> 00:16:00,650 They're guides for-- I think it's really 261 00:16:00,650 --> 00:16:07,400 a perfect thing for our kids who are really into justice. 262 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:09,610 Number one, when they see something, 263 00:16:09,610 --> 00:16:12,980 they want to speak up and they don't know what to say. 264 00:16:12,980 --> 00:16:17,650 Because you can say something and make it really productive. 265 00:16:17,650 --> 00:16:20,170 And you also know that you can say something and make it 266 00:16:20,170 --> 00:16:21,840 kind of worse. 267 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:27,120 So these are awesome guides that kind of 268 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:31,360 go through the steps of how you might deal 269 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:33,680 with something that's said at school 270 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:42,200 by a teacher, the principal, or a coach, or another student. 271 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:44,980 And it gives you some handy language 272 00:16:44,980 --> 00:16:48,670 so that you kind of practice. 273 00:16:48,670 --> 00:16:50,440 You think about, commit to it, and you 274 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:53,340 practice, so that when you're encounter 275 00:16:53,340 --> 00:16:59,410 some kind of bias, which you will, kids know what to say. 276 00:16:59,410 --> 00:17:01,580 And the Responding to Hate and Bias at School 277 00:17:01,580 --> 00:17:06,510 kind of gives schools steps to go through. 278 00:17:06,510 --> 00:17:11,490 And this could be done as well like within your church. 279 00:17:11,490 --> 00:17:14,569 I know a lot of churches have had things 280 00:17:14,569 --> 00:17:20,020 happen to their Black Lives Matter signs and posters. 281 00:17:20,020 --> 00:17:24,829 So when one of those hate crimes kind of comes up, 282 00:17:24,829 --> 00:17:27,270 there are some ways to go through 283 00:17:27,270 --> 00:17:31,660 in a process to deal with it and think about where 284 00:17:31,660 --> 00:17:33,280 this is coming from. 285 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:37,240 The school climate questionnaire, I think, 286 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:41,730 could be used at your church, as well as at school. 287 00:17:41,730 --> 00:17:44,690 And it's kind of like a rating system, 288 00:17:44,690 --> 00:17:49,500 where you give it to-- I think it has been given to children, 289 00:17:49,500 --> 00:17:52,350 students, and it has been given to staff, 290 00:17:52,350 --> 00:17:56,030 so that you can see, like, OK, do people feel welcome? 291 00:17:56,030 --> 00:17:57,900 Do people feel listened to? 292 00:17:57,900 --> 00:18:00,040 Do people feel equal? 293 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:06,330 So that would be another awesome kind of project 294 00:18:06,330 --> 00:18:10,170 that senior high students and probably junior high students 295 00:18:10,170 --> 00:18:15,090 could do among their group or also present to their schools 296 00:18:15,090 --> 00:18:25,580 as something that they think is an important step to take. 297 00:18:25,580 --> 00:18:29,710 Teaching Tolerance has a list of critical practices 298 00:18:29,710 --> 00:18:31,700 for anti-bias education. 299 00:18:31,700 --> 00:18:37,120 These are outlines that are broken down. 300 00:18:37,120 --> 00:18:40,900 And it basically describes culturally responsive teaching. 301 00:18:40,900 --> 00:18:43,470 So there are four different categories-- instruction, 302 00:18:43,470 --> 00:18:47,090 classroom culture, family and community engagement, 303 00:18:47,090 --> 00:18:50,610 and teacher leadership. 304 00:18:50,610 --> 00:18:53,820 They're strategies here for your classrooms and church. 305 00:18:53,820 --> 00:18:56,120 And this would also be something that 306 00:18:56,120 --> 00:19:03,760 would be awesome to share with your local schools. 307 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:06,370 Another really awesome thing for schools-- 308 00:19:06,370 --> 00:19:08,160 although I was thinking of ways you 309 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:11,660 could do this in your church-- is "Mix It Up At Lunch." 310 00:19:11,660 --> 00:19:15,500 So "Mix It Up At Lunch" started 13 years ago. 311 00:19:15,500 --> 00:19:16,930 And it's generally one day. 312 00:19:16,930 --> 00:19:19,680 And I think it's October 28 this year. 313 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:20,780 You sign up for it. 314 00:19:20,780 --> 00:19:23,070 And then the school tries to figure out 315 00:19:23,070 --> 00:19:25,760 a way that they can mix the students up, 316 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:29,620 because usually students in senior and junior high 317 00:19:29,620 --> 00:19:33,400 sit by only their friends and people they know. 318 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:34,300 And you mix it up. 319 00:19:34,300 --> 00:19:36,640 But you're not just sitting by the person. 320 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:38,660 There are planned activities that you 321 00:19:38,660 --> 00:19:42,950 do-- maybe discussion prompts or a little "get to know you" 322 00:19:42,950 --> 00:19:46,660 activities, ice breakers that you do on that day. 323 00:19:46,660 --> 00:19:50,730 And it's not just a fun thing to do on that day, 324 00:19:50,730 --> 00:19:54,560 because studies have shown that interactions across group lines 325 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:56,510 can help reduce prejudice. 326 00:19:56,510 --> 00:19:59,140 So if you can do it for one day, hopefully you 327 00:19:59,140 --> 00:20:04,650 start making friends that you wouldn't have had before. 328 00:20:04,650 --> 00:20:07,260 And hopefully that continues to grow. 329 00:20:07,260 --> 00:20:08,510 So that's kind of a fun thing. 330 00:20:08,510 --> 00:20:12,260 I was thinking, I know in our church, when we have RE, 331 00:20:12,260 --> 00:20:14,210 we have the younger students together. 332 00:20:14,210 --> 00:20:15,670 The juniors are off somewhere else. 333 00:20:15,670 --> 00:20:18,690 And the seniors meet at a different time. 334 00:20:18,690 --> 00:20:21,136 You could do something where it's kind of a mix up 335 00:20:21,136 --> 00:20:25,620 day at church, where you have all the different ages mixed 336 00:20:25,620 --> 00:20:26,260 up. 337 00:20:26,260 --> 00:20:28,230 And that would be kind of a nice thing, 338 00:20:28,230 --> 00:20:32,530 because I feel like I miss the senior high students, 339 00:20:32,530 --> 00:20:37,290 their leadership, and I missed seeing the little kids really 340 00:20:37,290 --> 00:20:41,890 gain from having these older kids work with them, 341 00:20:41,890 --> 00:20:44,870 help them, or even teach a lesson to them. 342 00:20:44,870 --> 00:20:46,770 So a mix it up a church day would really 343 00:20:46,770 --> 00:20:51,250 be an awesome thing as well. 344 00:20:51,250 --> 00:20:58,140 All right, so on the Teach Tolerance page, 345 00:20:58,140 --> 00:21:01,410 the staff at Teaching Tolerance is awesome. 346 00:21:01,410 --> 00:21:08,510 They go out of their way to be on top of all the news 347 00:21:08,510 --> 00:21:13,140 events, all the new books that are coming out, 348 00:21:13,140 --> 00:21:14,950 articles, blogs. 349 00:21:14,950 --> 00:21:20,020 So if you go and you sign into the web page, 350 00:21:20,020 --> 00:21:21,620 there's a daily blog. 351 00:21:21,620 --> 00:21:26,260 They have plain old educators like me. 352 00:21:26,260 --> 00:21:29,740 They have experts in the fields of different things. 353 00:21:29,740 --> 00:21:31,430 They have Teaching Tolerance staff 354 00:21:31,430 --> 00:21:33,990 who are writing these blogs. 355 00:21:33,990 --> 00:21:37,010 And they have a weekly collection of top headlines 356 00:21:37,010 --> 00:21:38,210 from the week. 357 00:21:38,210 --> 00:21:41,270 So it's a great way to kind of keep 358 00:21:41,270 --> 00:21:44,380 on top of information and current events, 359 00:21:44,380 --> 00:21:52,090 particularly dealing with diversity. 360 00:21:52,090 --> 00:21:54,560 You can get to Teaching Tolerance 361 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,290 and interact with them at any of these sites. 362 00:21:57,290 --> 00:21:59,670 They have Facebook page, a Twitter page, 363 00:21:59,670 --> 00:22:01,240 and Pinterest page. 364 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,270 So there are lots of great ideas and educators 365 00:22:04,270 --> 00:22:07,200 who are talking about it. 366 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,980 I think there's a Twitter chat for Teaching 367 00:22:09,980 --> 00:22:12,840 Tolerance on the second Tuesday each month. 368 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:16,490 So you can you find out what's happening 369 00:22:16,490 --> 00:22:21,010 and really have your finger on the pulse what's going on 370 00:22:21,010 --> 00:22:24,340 and what's relevant, and what is happening. 371 00:22:24,340 --> 00:22:28,440 I think the Facebook page is probably the largest number 372 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:33,430 of people on that certain page. 373 00:22:33,430 --> 00:22:37,870 And we are going to be taking a look at another really 374 00:22:37,870 --> 00:22:44,510 super exciting tool from really pre-K to 12th grade. 375 00:22:44,510 --> 00:22:47,690 It's the Perspectives for a Diverse America. 376 00:22:47,690 --> 00:22:57,070 It is literacy-based, anti-bias curriculum. 377 00:22:57,070 --> 00:23:01,100 There's a whole anthology of diverse texts. 378 00:23:01,100 --> 00:23:04,680 It's full of activities that you can choose. 379 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:08,010 And we're going to be going through like how to create 380 00:23:08,010 --> 00:23:10,210 a lesson a little bit later. 381 00:23:10,210 --> 00:23:19,080 But this is a powerful tool for creating lessons. 382 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,464 In order to create the Prospectus for Diverse America, 383 00:23:22,464 --> 00:23:24,130 Teaching Tolerance went back to the work 384 00:23:24,130 --> 00:23:25,990 of Louise Derman Sparks and Julie 385 00:23:25,990 --> 00:23:30,940 Olsen, who wrote the Anti-bias Education for Young Children 386 00:23:30,940 --> 00:23:32,570 and Ourselves. 387 00:23:32,570 --> 00:23:38,970 So they focus on from all this information putting these four 388 00:23:38,970 --> 00:23:45,540 goals into four domains-- so the identity, where each child will 389 00:23:45,540 --> 00:23:47,990 demonstrate self-awareness, confidence, family 390 00:23:47,990 --> 00:23:51,180 pride, and positive social identities; 391 00:23:51,180 --> 00:23:53,970 diversity, where each child will express comfort 392 00:23:53,970 --> 00:23:57,120 and joy with human diversity, accurate 393 00:23:57,120 --> 00:24:00,620 language for human differences, and deep caring connections. 394 00:24:00,620 --> 00:24:03,580 I have to say that's pretty much where 395 00:24:03,580 --> 00:24:09,210 the identity and diversity sections are pretty well done 396 00:24:09,210 --> 00:24:11,550 in schools. 397 00:24:11,550 --> 00:24:14,610 But that's usually where people leave off. 398 00:24:14,610 --> 00:24:18,600 So it's important for our school, our RE programs 399 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:22,650 to make sure to get these last two in-- so the justice, where 400 00:24:22,650 --> 00:24:26,510 each child will increasingly recognize unfairness, have 401 00:24:26,510 --> 00:24:31,010 language to describe unfairness, and understand that unfairness 402 00:24:31,010 --> 00:24:35,900 hurts; as well as action to demonstrate empowerment 403 00:24:35,900 --> 00:24:37,830 and the skills to act with others 404 00:24:37,830 --> 00:24:42,600 or alone against prejudice and/or discriminatory actions. 405 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,660 So that action is really, I think 406 00:24:44,660 --> 00:24:48,810 that really the justice and action portions, 407 00:24:48,810 --> 00:24:54,580 I just think that is what UUs do. 408 00:24:54,580 --> 00:25:01,580 So I'm very excited that it's in this curriculum that 409 00:25:01,580 --> 00:25:03,420 is out to the schools. 410 00:25:03,420 --> 00:25:07,630 But I know that our RE directors and RE teachers 411 00:25:07,630 --> 00:25:10,740 and volunteers will pick up on that justice and action 412 00:25:10,740 --> 00:25:14,860 section. 413 00:25:14,860 --> 00:25:17,870 Underneath each of those domains, 414 00:25:17,870 --> 00:25:20,860 there are five anchor standards-- so 415 00:25:20,860 --> 00:25:27,970 kind of going through how to get to those big goals. 416 00:25:27,970 --> 00:25:31,150 When you get to the anti-bias framework, 417 00:25:31,150 --> 00:25:35,230 you can search and create single lessons 418 00:25:35,230 --> 00:25:37,380 based on one of those four domains. 419 00:25:37,380 --> 00:25:40,560 So you can choose your grade level and identity, diversity, 420 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:49,110 justice, or action. 421 00:25:49,110 --> 00:25:52,950 The professional development resources 422 00:25:52,950 --> 00:25:56,280 that are here in the anti-bias framework part of the Teaching 423 00:25:56,280 --> 00:26:02,020 Tolerance web page, there's more in-depth lessons 424 00:26:02,020 --> 00:26:04,050 and professional development to help 425 00:26:04,050 --> 00:26:08,430 you to more deeply understand those different domains if you 426 00:26:08,430 --> 00:26:13,600 need more explanation. 427 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,990 And this latest Teaching Tolerance magazine-- 428 00:26:16,990 --> 00:26:21,860 this was number 49 here-- this was a storytelling issue. 429 00:26:21,860 --> 00:26:25,070 And this was full of, again, really important things, 430 00:26:25,070 --> 00:26:26,260 primary sources. 431 00:26:26,260 --> 00:26:29,315 And they have the use of the graphic novels, 432 00:26:29,315 --> 00:26:30,190 which is interesting. 433 00:26:30,190 --> 00:26:33,890 And they've done them around the topic of Ferguson. 434 00:26:33,890 --> 00:26:39,820 So not only incorporating things for different kinds of texts 435 00:26:39,820 --> 00:26:45,860 for maybe kids who aren't really excited to read a big report, 436 00:26:45,860 --> 00:26:48,630 but also wrapping in current events. 437 00:26:48,630 --> 00:26:50,060 So it's pretty awesome. 438 00:26:50,060 --> 00:26:55,820 In the magazine, there are also really great features, 439 00:26:55,820 --> 00:26:57,260 such as the "Story Corner." 440 00:26:57,260 --> 00:26:59,980 They have "Ed Cafe," "Down the Hall," 441 00:26:59,980 --> 00:27:04,320 "Why I Teach," "Staff Picks," "What We're Watching," 442 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:05,400 and "Tool Kits." 443 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:09,080 So you can literally go just through your magazine 444 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,030 and find out and, I mean, hear wonderful stories of teaching 445 00:27:12,030 --> 00:27:15,350 that's going on in the field, but also find really 446 00:27:15,350 --> 00:27:19,050 fabulous books for your RE program that are diverse. 447 00:27:19,050 --> 00:27:22,990 You can find out what is on TV for your own interest, 448 00:27:22,990 --> 00:27:32,030 all kinds of movies and videos that are these kinds of topics. 449 00:27:32,030 --> 00:27:34,900 So here we have 11 things that you 450 00:27:34,900 --> 00:27:43,980 can do today to get more in-depth in Teaching Tolerance. 451 00:27:43,980 --> 00:27:46,900 So number one is sign up for a newsletter. 452 00:27:46,900 --> 00:27:50,670 So I hope that you will do that when the webinar is up, 453 00:27:50,670 --> 00:27:52,895 or if you have two devices going, 454 00:27:52,895 --> 00:27:55,840 you can do it at the same time. 455 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,300 That's usually what I do. 456 00:27:58,300 --> 00:28:01,410 You can like us on Facebook. 457 00:28:01,410 --> 00:28:11,800 You can subscribe to the magazine, follow on Twitter, 458 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,790 download some of our publications 459 00:28:14,790 --> 00:28:17,890 and print them, print different displays. 460 00:28:17,890 --> 00:28:20,920 There's a one world poster that you can print. 461 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,170 There are all kinds of posters that you can print. 462 00:28:23,170 --> 00:28:24,270 It's really awesome. 463 00:28:24,270 --> 00:28:29,640 You can read, share and comment on our blogs. 464 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:34,930 Use the featured lesson form the base of lessons that are there. 465 00:28:34,930 --> 00:28:37,750 Register for "Mix It Up At Lunch" day. 466 00:28:37,750 --> 00:28:41,630 Register and explore the Perspectives 467 00:28:41,630 --> 00:28:43,480 for a Diverse America. 468 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:46,500 So we are actually going to be doing that exploration right 469 00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:47,000 now. 470 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,950 So you can cross that one right off the list. 471 00:28:49,950 --> 00:28:51,730 But I do hope that you take some time 472 00:28:51,730 --> 00:28:56,890 and really take a look at each of those things for yourself 473 00:28:56,890 --> 00:28:58,730 and that you're able to then share 474 00:28:58,730 --> 00:29:03,090 that with your other people in your church or in your area, 475 00:29:03,090 --> 00:29:05,600 if you get together in regional areas, 476 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:09,470 because it's a great thing to kind of explore together. 477 00:29:09,470 --> 00:29:12,700 So we are going to actually take a look at Perspectives 478 00:29:12,700 --> 00:29:14,730 for a Diverse America. 479 00:29:14,730 --> 00:29:16,970 And I'm going to show you how really easy 480 00:29:16,970 --> 00:29:20,830 it is to make a learning plan. 481 00:29:20,830 --> 00:29:24,890 So Pat's going to share her screen. 482 00:29:24,890 --> 00:29:28,780 Pat Kahn: And Sarah's going to tell me what to do. 483 00:29:28,780 --> 00:29:31,470 And just a quick aside too, I want 484 00:29:31,470 --> 00:29:35,170 to mention that these are all great resources for home 485 00:29:35,170 --> 00:29:36,990 schoolers too. 486 00:29:36,990 --> 00:29:38,520 Don't forget about that. 487 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:41,570 OK, so we're going to build a learning plan, right, Sarah? 488 00:29:41,570 --> 00:29:43,653 Sarah Neely: We're going to build a learning plan. 489 00:29:43,653 --> 00:29:46,830 So previously Pat registered for a Perspectives 490 00:29:46,830 --> 00:29:48,570 and she signed in. 491 00:29:48,570 --> 00:29:50,650 And when she signed in, she got to-- 492 00:29:50,650 --> 00:29:52,260 can you click back one, Pat. 493 00:29:52,260 --> 00:29:53,872 Pat Kahn: Yep. 494 00:29:53,872 --> 00:29:55,330 Sarah Neely: She got to this screen 495 00:29:55,330 --> 00:30:04,260 after she signed in, where it says build a learning plan. 496 00:30:04,260 --> 00:30:06,220 Pat Kahn: I don't follow direction well. 497 00:30:06,220 --> 00:30:08,850 Here let me see. 498 00:30:08,850 --> 00:30:11,010 I was trying to get back to the Perspective one, 499 00:30:11,010 --> 00:30:12,980 but right over here, Build a Learning. 500 00:30:12,980 --> 00:30:17,080 Sarah Neely: So then you click Build A Learning Plan. 501 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:21,520 And it gives you the option of a different grade level. 502 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:27,950 So let's just choose grades 3 through 5. 503 00:30:27,950 --> 00:30:33,170 So this is all part of sort of a backwards design method. 504 00:30:33,170 --> 00:30:36,050 So we start with this essential question. 505 00:30:36,050 --> 00:30:39,980 You can write your own if you happen to have one, and then 506 00:30:39,980 --> 00:30:43,030 go right to selecting a central text. 507 00:30:43,030 --> 00:30:46,430 Or you can just go right down to the anti-bias framework 508 00:30:46,430 --> 00:30:49,910 as they're questions under each of these. 509 00:30:49,910 --> 00:30:54,800 So let's go to, how about, a justice-based question. 510 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:56,440 If we click on that. 511 00:30:56,440 --> 00:31:00,550 And then scroll down, there are lots and lots 512 00:31:00,550 --> 00:31:06,510 of questions that we could use that would fit into your theme. 513 00:31:06,510 --> 00:31:11,050 I kind of like-- let's go to the power of privilege. 514 00:31:11,050 --> 00:31:14,410 And how about that first one? 515 00:31:14,410 --> 00:31:20,540 Why does being a group member matter to me to my group? 516 00:31:20,540 --> 00:31:22,550 Oh, sorry, I'm reading the wrong one. 517 00:31:22,550 --> 00:31:23,540 You're good. 518 00:31:23,540 --> 00:31:25,940 When should power and privilege be limited? 519 00:31:25,940 --> 00:31:28,490 So that's really a timely question, right? 520 00:31:28,490 --> 00:31:30,760 Because we have lots of instances 521 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:35,270 right now in the news where police have a lot of power. 522 00:31:35,270 --> 00:31:37,560 And should some of their power be limited? 523 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:38,310 We don't know. 524 00:31:38,310 --> 00:31:39,960 So this is a great question. 525 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:42,010 Once you have the question, then you're 526 00:31:42,010 --> 00:31:44,500 going to go to the bottom where it says Next 527 00:31:44,500 --> 00:31:48,190 Steps Central Text. 528 00:31:48,190 --> 00:31:53,060 So the text-- this comes from the anthology. 529 00:31:53,060 --> 00:31:55,730 The text have little icons. 530 00:31:55,730 --> 00:31:58,360 Some of them are from a book. 531 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:01,130 Some of them, like the pencil kind of indicates 532 00:32:01,130 --> 00:32:03,670 that it's like an excerpt from-- it 533 00:32:03,670 --> 00:32:07,870 could be from a document, a story, a poem, 534 00:32:07,870 --> 00:32:09,120 something like that. 535 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:12,180 And then there is kind of a little movie signal. 536 00:32:12,180 --> 00:32:16,860 That would signal either a video or an audio. 537 00:32:16,860 --> 00:32:19,420 So there are great things in here. 538 00:32:19,420 --> 00:32:21,800 Some of them are primary source. 539 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:23,000 And some of them are not. 540 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:26,470 So there's a combination of fiction, nonfiction. 541 00:32:26,470 --> 00:32:31,590 It's really, really, rich anthology. 542 00:32:31,590 --> 00:32:35,300 So we think about power and privilege. 543 00:32:35,300 --> 00:32:40,690 There's the 14th Amendment, War on the Peaceful, Ain't I Woman. 544 00:32:40,690 --> 00:32:45,350 Let's just choose-- how about let's 545 00:32:45,350 --> 00:32:47,590 choose the excerpt from the United States 546 00:32:47,590 --> 00:32:49,010 Declaration of Independence. 547 00:32:49,010 --> 00:32:53,340 You see that Pat? 548 00:32:53,340 --> 00:32:56,820 Pat Kahn: From the Declaration of Independence? 549 00:32:56,820 --> 00:32:59,280 Sarah Neely: I see it right now on the left. 550 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:02,220 Pat Kahn: On the left, wait a minute. 551 00:33:02,220 --> 00:33:04,380 Let me go back up here. 552 00:33:04,380 --> 00:33:06,120 There we go. 553 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:09,194 Are we going to read more or select it? 554 00:33:09,194 --> 00:33:10,360 Sarah Neely: Just select it. 555 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,940 You can read it and you can check it out. 556 00:33:12,940 --> 00:33:16,247 But let's just for the sake of time select it. 557 00:33:16,247 --> 00:33:18,080 And then we're going to the next step, which 558 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,960 is Write to the Source, which gives you some writing 559 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:25,180 activities that you could do. 560 00:33:25,180 --> 00:33:27,910 And they go in depth as to how they 561 00:33:27,910 --> 00:33:31,330 want you to do that-- point of view, small moments, cause 562 00:33:31,330 --> 00:33:34,910 and effect, fact and opinion. 563 00:33:34,910 --> 00:33:37,720 You can customize it once you get there. 564 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:41,430 And at the top, if you kind of scroll to the top there, 565 00:33:41,430 --> 00:33:48,510 Pat, you can see in blue, it says, Skip To Do Something. 566 00:33:48,510 --> 00:33:51,460 If you don't want to do a writing activity, 567 00:33:51,460 --> 00:33:53,010 then you can just hit Skip. 568 00:33:53,010 --> 00:33:58,010 So let's Skip To Do Something. 569 00:33:58,010 --> 00:34:00,770 So we want to actually to do something here. 570 00:34:00,770 --> 00:34:03,240 And there are lots of choices for us 571 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:06,550 to find here-- writing a community 572 00:34:06,550 --> 00:34:11,000 newsletter, persuasive letters, artistic expression, poetry 573 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,080 and storytelling, puppet show. 574 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:18,650 So you kind of see how there's so many great things 575 00:34:18,650 --> 00:34:19,810 that you could choose. 576 00:34:19,810 --> 00:34:23,770 How about let's do oral history project? 577 00:34:23,770 --> 00:34:24,480 That looks fun. 578 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:31,000 How about we choose that. 579 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:38,000 OK, and then for your purposes, the next section is Word Work. 580 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:41,690 That would probably be more appropriate for school. 581 00:34:41,690 --> 00:34:46,150 However, one of the things with all this diversity learning 582 00:34:46,150 --> 00:34:49,718 is that it's important to know what you're talking about 583 00:34:49,718 --> 00:34:50,509 and the vocabulary. 584 00:34:50,509 --> 00:34:54,780 And there's certain words that you want to use 585 00:34:54,780 --> 00:34:57,100 and certain words that you don't want to use. 586 00:34:57,100 --> 00:34:59,150 So you might want to use Word Work. 587 00:34:59,150 --> 00:35:05,590 But let's just-- oops-- did we select that oral history 588 00:35:05,590 --> 00:35:06,950 project? 589 00:35:06,950 --> 00:35:09,990 Pat Kahn: OK, gotcha. 590 00:35:09,990 --> 00:35:11,950 Sarah Neely: And then go to the next step. 591 00:35:11,950 --> 00:35:16,620 Let's skip the Word Work and go to Close Critical Reading. 592 00:35:16,620 --> 00:35:17,569 Pat Kahn: OK. 593 00:35:17,569 --> 00:35:19,110 Sarah Neely: This is something that's 594 00:35:19,110 --> 00:35:24,620 very big in the Common Core, to closely read and analyze. 595 00:35:24,620 --> 00:35:27,000 And really since this is grade five 596 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,390 you can-- or three through five, you're 597 00:35:29,390 --> 00:35:32,210 still doing that really critical analysis. 598 00:35:32,210 --> 00:35:35,410 And that would give us shorter pieces of text. 599 00:35:35,410 --> 00:35:40,990 And I think your kids would actually really love this. 600 00:35:40,990 --> 00:35:44,120 A Great Equalizer is just if the teacher reads the text, 601 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:47,050 because some kids might not be up to par with their reading. 602 00:35:47,050 --> 00:35:50,160 But all of your kids will be able to really analyze 603 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:53,840 kind of the bias that takes place and really 604 00:35:53,840 --> 00:36:02,090 think about what the claim is in the article, who's 605 00:36:02,090 --> 00:36:08,450 making the claim, and why are they making it. 606 00:36:08,450 --> 00:36:14,430 OK, so we can go to-- did you select that one? 607 00:36:14,430 --> 00:36:17,650 Or you could actually just select any one of those. 608 00:36:17,650 --> 00:36:21,791 Pat Kahn: OK. 609 00:36:21,791 --> 00:36:24,040 Sarah Neely: They actually give you reading strategies 610 00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:28,680 and a critical reading. 611 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:31,120 OK, next step, Community Inquiry-- 612 00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:35,880 so Community Inquiry is one of those action type places. 613 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:39,090 And you'll be really thinking about how 614 00:36:39,090 --> 00:36:41,500 it fits where you live. 615 00:36:41,500 --> 00:36:45,120 So there's Readers' Theater, Text Talk Time-- 616 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:49,960 so really big discussions-- groups of students 617 00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:55,450 going into stations. 618 00:36:55,450 --> 00:36:59,270 So you can just choose any of those. 619 00:36:59,270 --> 00:37:03,930 Pat Kahn: OK, I love fishbowls, so I'll choose that. 620 00:37:03,930 --> 00:37:07,640 Sarah Neely: So Fishbowl is always fun. 621 00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:09,850 And so when you're finished, here's 622 00:37:09,850 --> 00:37:12,010 your learning plan summary. 623 00:37:12,010 --> 00:37:14,860 You can name your learning plan. 624 00:37:14,860 --> 00:37:17,817 Oops, there it is. 625 00:37:17,817 --> 00:37:19,150 You can name your learning plan. 626 00:37:19,150 --> 00:37:21,450 And you could save your learning plan, 627 00:37:21,450 --> 00:37:25,660 so that when the next time you open up Perspectives, 628 00:37:25,660 --> 00:37:28,820 all of your learning plans show up. 629 00:37:28,820 --> 00:37:33,460 So it's something that you can actually use from time to time. 630 00:37:33,460 --> 00:37:35,970 Now, I thought a good addition might 631 00:37:35,970 --> 00:37:39,010 be if you could share your learning plans. 632 00:37:39,010 --> 00:37:42,140 So if you know I created a learning plan and Pat 633 00:37:42,140 --> 00:37:46,410 created a learning plan, and then we could share them 634 00:37:46,410 --> 00:37:48,350 among us that might be good. 635 00:37:48,350 --> 00:37:51,510 So anything, any kind of suggestions 636 00:37:51,510 --> 00:37:56,380 you have to make this easier or more user friendly, 637 00:37:56,380 --> 00:38:00,090 Teaching Tolerance is very happy to make it user friendly, 638 00:38:00,090 --> 00:38:03,290 because their goal is to get these materials 639 00:38:03,290 --> 00:38:06,270 into the hands of educators. 640 00:38:06,270 --> 00:38:10,710 So that's as easy as it gets when you go through those 641 00:38:10,710 --> 00:38:14,180 and all those things are just like this ready source 642 00:38:14,180 --> 00:38:18,700 of information for you to go through. 643 00:38:18,700 --> 00:38:20,840 OK, awesome. 644 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:23,870 Pat Kahn: Are we ready to go back to the other slides now? 645 00:38:23,870 --> 00:38:25,670 Sarah Neely: Let's move on to the next. 646 00:38:25,670 --> 00:38:28,430 Pat Kahn: OK, because we want to be sure that we 647 00:38:28,430 --> 00:38:33,670 have time for questions. 648 00:38:33,670 --> 00:38:36,120 But we got a few more slides to share. 649 00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:41,810 And let me get those up right now. 650 00:38:41,810 --> 00:38:43,520 Sarah Neely: Great, awesome. 651 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:46,130 So "Speak Up At School" is what I 652 00:38:46,130 --> 00:38:49,000 referred to earlier, "How to Respond to Everyday Prejudice, 653 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:50,620 Bias, and Stereotypes." 654 00:38:50,620 --> 00:38:53,760 And I know at my school, we have a diversity group. 655 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:57,010 And one of our goals has been to really define 656 00:38:57,010 --> 00:38:59,430 what helpful and hurtful language is. 657 00:38:59,430 --> 00:39:01,550 It's in elementary school, so that's 658 00:39:01,550 --> 00:39:04,130 going to sound different than your discussion 659 00:39:04,130 --> 00:39:07,120 with middle schoolers or high schoolers. 660 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:13,240 But it's really important to closely identify what that is 661 00:39:13,240 --> 00:39:17,640 and what to do if you hear hurtful language. 662 00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:24,370 So that's what this publication is this powerful tool that 663 00:39:24,370 --> 00:39:30,560 really helps you think about and identify and then move forward. 664 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:34,530 This is more about the Teaching Tolerance thing. 665 00:39:34,530 --> 00:39:37,250 What to expect from this publication? 666 00:39:37,250 --> 00:39:41,230 You're going to be defining and identifying biased language, 667 00:39:41,230 --> 00:39:45,780 use tools and strategies to prepare you to speak up, 668 00:39:45,780 --> 00:39:50,050 and then how to prepare your students to speak up. 669 00:39:50,050 --> 00:39:54,390 So firstly as adults and teachers, 670 00:39:54,390 --> 00:39:57,710 we need to make a commitment to speak up 671 00:39:57,710 --> 00:39:59,780 when we hear biased language. 672 00:39:59,780 --> 00:40:05,470 And sometimes it's easy to kind of hear something and kind 673 00:40:05,470 --> 00:40:07,230 of let it go by. 674 00:40:07,230 --> 00:40:10,860 But that is the model that our kids are going to be seeing, 675 00:40:10,860 --> 00:40:20,440 so we need to really make sure to speak up every time. 676 00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:24,860 Let's think about what biased language is. 677 00:40:24,860 --> 00:40:28,570 These are some names that you might regularly 678 00:40:28,570 --> 00:40:30,450 hear people say. 679 00:40:30,450 --> 00:40:32,470 And very often people aren't even 680 00:40:32,470 --> 00:40:38,730 realizing that these words are offensive to others. 681 00:40:38,730 --> 00:40:42,310 A lot of them carry a lot of history and baggage 682 00:40:42,310 --> 00:40:44,150 and bad feelings. 683 00:40:44,150 --> 00:40:50,123 And kids use them regularly as just normal adjectives 684 00:40:50,123 --> 00:40:51,840 that they're using. 685 00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:55,680 So this is what you would kind of sit down with your students 686 00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:59,640 and really say like what kind of words 687 00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:01,670 bother you that other kids say and come up 688 00:41:01,670 --> 00:41:08,600 with a list of things that are definitely not OK. 689 00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:11,350 So everyone needs to make a commitment. 690 00:41:11,350 --> 00:41:15,000 And that is a commitment to speak up 691 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,370 when something offends you and then 692 00:41:17,370 --> 00:41:19,030 to develop ready responses. 693 00:41:19,030 --> 00:41:21,650 So if someone says something, what 694 00:41:21,650 --> 00:41:26,000 am I going to say-- as a teacher. 695 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,790 The next thing is to really prepare your students. 696 00:41:28,790 --> 00:41:31,790 So there's some considerations for them to think about. 697 00:41:31,790 --> 00:41:34,775 Like, OK, did somebody intend to hurt me? 698 00:41:34,775 --> 00:41:36,280 Did it really hurt me? 699 00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:38,200 Or is it OK? 700 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:40,140 What was the language? 701 00:41:40,140 --> 00:41:40,990 How was it used? 702 00:41:40,990 --> 00:41:43,390 In what context? 703 00:41:43,390 --> 00:41:49,920 How your classroom community is speaking to one another, 704 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:53,720 and then we need to model correct behavior. 705 00:41:53,720 --> 00:41:56,280 So you really have to bring these things 706 00:41:56,280 --> 00:42:02,680 to a community and then model or practice, do role plays of, 707 00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:07,850 OK, this is what we don't want, this is what we do want. 708 00:42:07,850 --> 00:42:11,330 So these strategies can be found-- 709 00:42:11,330 --> 00:42:14,960 there's this little Speak Up At School publication 710 00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:19,344 you can print right off the internet. 711 00:42:19,344 --> 00:42:21,010 You have to do some cutting and folding, 712 00:42:21,010 --> 00:42:26,150 but it's a pocket guide that basically says the same thing. 713 00:42:26,150 --> 00:42:30,050 So it gives kids-- you know, you're out in the world, 714 00:42:30,050 --> 00:42:31,840 and you're thinking, oh, what I do I do, 715 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:33,300 someone just said something. 716 00:42:33,300 --> 00:42:35,160 And you can look at your pocket guide. 717 00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:37,430 And the first one is to interrupt. 718 00:42:37,430 --> 00:42:40,310 So you always stop someone when they're 719 00:42:40,310 --> 00:42:41,780 saying something biased. 720 00:42:41,780 --> 00:42:45,652 And then sometimes you use a question. 721 00:42:45,652 --> 00:42:47,110 The interruption could be something 722 00:42:47,110 --> 00:42:48,745 like, I don't like words like that. 723 00:42:48,745 --> 00:42:54,380 That phrase is hurtful. 724 00:42:54,380 --> 00:42:56,850 A question can sometimes really help 725 00:42:56,850 --> 00:43:03,230 you to calm the situation down. 726 00:43:03,230 --> 00:43:05,350 Sometimes, like I said, people say things 727 00:43:05,350 --> 00:43:08,590 and they don't really mean to offend. 728 00:43:08,590 --> 00:43:11,960 They actually have no clue that they've offended you. 729 00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:14,430 So you might ask, why do you say that? 730 00:43:14,430 --> 00:43:15,380 What do you mean? 731 00:43:15,380 --> 00:43:17,150 Will you tell me more? 732 00:43:17,150 --> 00:43:22,140 Because they literally might not have a clue 733 00:43:22,140 --> 00:43:24,880 they've hurt anyone, because it's just what they've heard 734 00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:27,620 and what they're used to saying. 735 00:43:27,620 --> 00:43:30,380 And then educate-- this is a really important part. 736 00:43:30,380 --> 00:43:32,040 Do you know the history of that word? 737 00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:35,190 Or do you know that that hurts my feelings? 738 00:43:35,190 --> 00:43:41,070 Or did you know that-- you can say a bit about your family 739 00:43:41,070 --> 00:43:45,770 background or your history, your personal history, or other kids 740 00:43:45,770 --> 00:43:48,130 that you know. 741 00:43:48,130 --> 00:43:51,160 And that's very important, because, I think, 742 00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:53,510 this sometimes is what is missing. 743 00:43:53,510 --> 00:43:56,260 We sometimes snap to a judgment. 744 00:43:56,260 --> 00:43:58,240 This person is bad. 745 00:43:58,240 --> 00:44:00,610 And they're being mean to me on purpose. 746 00:44:00,610 --> 00:44:03,850 And they never get re-educated, so they might never 747 00:44:03,850 --> 00:44:06,880 know-- I don't know why that person was mad at me. 748 00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:10,100 I don't know what I did, but that person is mad at me. 749 00:44:10,100 --> 00:44:13,410 So the education part is, I think, really key. 750 00:44:13,410 --> 00:44:16,380 And then Echo part is somebody else. 751 00:44:16,380 --> 00:44:20,000 So if I stood up and I said this was wrong, 752 00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:23,970 hopefully someone around me is going to echo what I said. 753 00:44:23,970 --> 00:44:30,080 Either say exactly what I said, or thank me for speaking up. 754 00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:33,870 Because there is power in numbers. 755 00:44:33,870 --> 00:44:38,075 So when a lot of people that are working together and something, 756 00:44:38,075 --> 00:44:42,960 it really brings to light that it's not just me 757 00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:44,920 who has a chip on their shoulder, 758 00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:49,910 but it's really not appropriate. 759 00:44:49,910 --> 00:44:53,630 Some of the activities that people have used 760 00:44:53,630 --> 00:44:56,730 are to make a "Speak Up and Take Action" word wall. 761 00:44:56,730 --> 00:45:00,550 So you really come up with that list of words 762 00:45:00,550 --> 00:45:04,630 that you don't want, words that you do want instead. 763 00:45:04,630 --> 00:45:05,480 You post it. 764 00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:07,660 And then everyone does like a pledge. 765 00:45:07,660 --> 00:45:11,990 They commit to using those approved words and standing up. 766 00:45:11,990 --> 00:45:15,700 And then you practice. 767 00:45:15,700 --> 00:45:17,790 Here's a bulletin board, an example 768 00:45:17,790 --> 00:45:20,530 of a bulletin board of a wall of tolerance, 769 00:45:20,530 --> 00:45:22,520 where people are making a pledge. 770 00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:24,000 And everyone signed it. 771 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:27,410 And then everyone who entered the community also signed it. 772 00:45:27,410 --> 00:45:32,800 So visitors, visiting teachers, parents had to kind of-- 773 00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:35,380 and I think that would actually look really great. 774 00:45:35,380 --> 00:45:40,005 I'm thinking about the hallway that goes into our RE wing. 775 00:45:40,005 --> 00:45:43,510 I think that would be like just an awesome, just 776 00:45:43,510 --> 00:45:44,550 an awesome welcome. 777 00:45:44,550 --> 00:45:46,870 So this is what we stand for right here. 778 00:45:46,870 --> 00:45:58,870 And if you want to come into our wing, then please join us. 779 00:45:58,870 --> 00:46:03,510 OK, so this is where you can get to "Speak Up At School" guide. 780 00:46:03,510 --> 00:46:07,260 There are all kinds of things to print out 781 00:46:07,260 --> 00:46:10,810 about that like I said. 782 00:46:10,810 --> 00:46:13,870 And Teaching Tolerance has been having a lot of webinars 783 00:46:13,870 --> 00:46:16,140 about this specific topic. 784 00:46:16,140 --> 00:46:18,520 So if you check with Teaching Tolerance, 785 00:46:18,520 --> 00:46:21,370 they have all kinds of professional development 786 00:46:21,370 --> 00:46:28,210 and webinars and things that you can print out right there. 787 00:46:28,210 --> 00:46:30,530 The other special project I wanted to really 788 00:46:30,530 --> 00:46:33,560 make sure to highlight, which I think 789 00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:37,480 is important for all of our students, 790 00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:40,540 is this "Creating an LGBT-Inclusive School 791 00:46:40,540 --> 00:46:43,580 Environment and Climate." 792 00:46:43,580 --> 00:46:50,000 I know that in my community, it's 793 00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:55,670 basically the students who have come up and asked 794 00:46:55,670 --> 00:46:59,740 for some of these GSAs, gay straight alliance clubs, 795 00:46:59,740 --> 00:47:01,370 to be formed. 796 00:47:01,370 --> 00:47:05,220 So this would be a great guide for students 797 00:47:05,220 --> 00:47:10,290 to have if they knew, OK, our school does not have one days, 798 00:47:10,290 --> 00:47:12,990 and we really want to make it happen. 799 00:47:12,990 --> 00:47:16,320 It's something that you can give to a counselor, 800 00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:21,520 give to a principal, give to a teacher who 801 00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:24,320 might sponsor this club. 802 00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:28,610 And it talks about specific things, these inclusive leaders 803 00:47:28,610 --> 00:47:32,360 and allies, things that might have to be addressed, 804 00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:35,500 or that should be addressed to make the school welcoming, 805 00:47:35,500 --> 00:47:42,670 like clothing and dress codes, policies regarding transgender 806 00:47:42,670 --> 00:47:44,740 and intersex students-- there have been 807 00:47:44,740 --> 00:47:46,860 a lot of different things in the news 808 00:47:46,860 --> 00:47:50,620 about what do you do about bathrooms, what about sports. 809 00:47:50,620 --> 00:47:54,100 And so these things need to be addressed and discussed-- 810 00:47:54,100 --> 00:47:57,550 and what about proms and other school events. 811 00:47:57,550 --> 00:48:02,730 And, of course, important suggestions about privacy. 812 00:48:02,730 --> 00:48:07,910 So I think this is a great in-hand tool for our students 813 00:48:07,910 --> 00:48:13,780 as they go to school and have lots and lots of situations 814 00:48:13,780 --> 00:48:16,810 where they might have to be the leaders. 815 00:48:16,810 --> 00:48:20,170 And they might have to create environments or help 816 00:48:20,170 --> 00:48:22,730 to build and create these environments that 817 00:48:22,730 --> 00:48:24,910 aren't welcoming yet. 818 00:48:24,910 --> 00:48:31,170 So the next thing is are five actions to present and address 819 00:48:31,170 --> 00:48:32,930 problems. 820 00:48:32,930 --> 00:48:39,040 So some of these are more appropriate for church-- 821 00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:41,920 I mean, for schools. 822 00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:44,680 You need some kind of anti-bullying policy. 823 00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:46,540 And I think most schools have them. 824 00:48:46,540 --> 00:48:49,620 I think it's really a law most places 825 00:48:49,620 --> 00:48:51,100 that they have to have that. 826 00:48:51,100 --> 00:48:53,150 But making sure that that is known, 827 00:48:53,150 --> 00:48:57,380 because I know actually I'm on a Facebook page, a diversity 828 00:48:57,380 --> 00:49:00,080 Facebook page, and people were asking, 829 00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:02,469 does my local high school have a policy? 830 00:49:02,469 --> 00:49:04,260 Because they didn't know they had a policy. 831 00:49:04,260 --> 00:49:06,090 And they didn't know where to find it. 832 00:49:06,090 --> 00:49:10,860 So making sure those things are actually known 833 00:49:10,860 --> 00:49:12,320 is really important. 834 00:49:12,320 --> 00:49:20,700 And then really thinking about all of those kinds of things. 835 00:49:20,700 --> 00:49:27,170 So that is my spiel about all of these different resources. 836 00:49:27,170 --> 00:49:30,680 Pat Kahn: All right, and now let me just change 837 00:49:30,680 --> 00:49:38,120 to the other set of slides. 838 00:49:38,120 --> 00:49:39,000 There we go. 839 00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:41,660 There's my question slide. 840 00:49:41,660 --> 00:49:44,370 OK, now, some of you have been putting 841 00:49:44,370 --> 00:49:46,750 questions in the chat box. 842 00:49:46,750 --> 00:49:50,420 And I've trying to address the ones that I could. 843 00:49:50,420 --> 00:49:53,090 But so I don't have to scroll back up, if you 844 00:49:53,090 --> 00:49:54,860 had a question that we haven't answered 845 00:49:54,860 --> 00:49:58,830 yet, please go ahead and type it into the chat box. 846 00:49:58,830 --> 00:50:02,660 And we've got to do a little bit-- we've 847 00:50:02,660 --> 00:50:07,060 got about seven minutes that we can spend to have Sarah answer 848 00:50:07,060 --> 00:50:08,210 more questions. 849 00:50:08,210 --> 00:50:15,090 OK, so go ahead and type in the box. 850 00:50:15,090 --> 00:50:17,690 Sarah, one of the questions that I tried to answer 851 00:50:17,690 --> 00:50:20,880 was someone asked about multi-age activities 852 00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:22,490 or activities for adults. 853 00:50:22,490 --> 00:50:26,930 And I said, multi-age since it's geared toward schools, 854 00:50:26,930 --> 00:50:31,280 you'd have to kind of adapt that for multi-age groups. 855 00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:33,200 And I can't remember who said it, 856 00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:35,790 but somebody also pointed out that even if you've 857 00:50:35,790 --> 00:50:38,410 chosen activities geared towards a younger age, 858 00:50:38,410 --> 00:50:41,141 that adults can still learn from all of those things. 859 00:50:41,141 --> 00:50:42,140 Sarah Neely: Absolutely. 860 00:50:42,140 --> 00:50:46,460 And I mean, our church, we did have a group, I think, 861 00:50:46,460 --> 00:50:50,750 that did the Michelle Alexander's book, 862 00:50:50,750 --> 00:50:51,930 The New Jim Crow. 863 00:50:51,930 --> 00:50:56,100 So that's a great community read book. 864 00:50:56,100 --> 00:50:58,440 And then you could just use the-- like 865 00:50:58,440 --> 00:51:01,050 if you're looking for Adult Ed, if you're 866 00:51:01,050 --> 00:51:04,640 using anything that's like senior high level, 867 00:51:04,640 --> 00:51:06,994 I think-- I mean, it's golden. 868 00:51:06,994 --> 00:51:08,410 You can use a lot of those things. 869 00:51:08,410 --> 00:51:11,274 And if you need it ratcheted up, you 870 00:51:11,274 --> 00:51:12,940 know that you can use different language 871 00:51:12,940 --> 00:51:15,920 when you're with adults than you can with your students. 872 00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:20,330 But there are lots and lots of resources there 873 00:51:20,330 --> 00:51:23,450 that can be used. 874 00:51:23,450 --> 00:51:25,790 Pat Kahn: Definitely. 875 00:51:25,790 --> 00:51:26,560 Really? 876 00:51:26,560 --> 00:51:27,920 No questions? 877 00:51:27,920 --> 00:51:31,560 I can't-- I just can't believe that. 878 00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:34,960 Or else everybody is overwhelmed, because there 879 00:51:34,960 --> 00:51:39,610 is an amazing amount of information here. 880 00:51:39,610 --> 00:51:41,379 Actually, one of the other things, 881 00:51:41,379 --> 00:51:43,170 I'll just point out, if you haven't already 882 00:51:43,170 --> 00:51:52,220 seen it, a week or two ago there was a blog post that I wrote, 883 00:51:52,220 --> 00:51:56,000 because I went to a training for this Perspectives curricula 884 00:51:56,000 --> 00:51:57,500 here in Atlanta. 885 00:51:57,500 --> 00:52:00,180 And I was so excited about, we have 886 00:52:00,180 --> 00:52:01,400 to tell everybody about it. 887 00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:05,110 And then I was so excited I got connected with Sarah. 888 00:52:05,110 --> 00:52:10,700 So Gail will hopefully put the link to the Call and Response 889 00:52:10,700 --> 00:52:13,320 blog post about that. 890 00:52:13,320 --> 00:52:15,380 And it tells you-- thank you so much, Gail, 891 00:52:15,380 --> 00:52:22,160 you're wonderful-- it has links to all the other things 892 00:52:22,160 --> 00:52:28,000 and tells you a little bit more about the program. 893 00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:30,700 And my big thing, which is we could really 894 00:52:30,700 --> 00:52:35,870 use this to do advocacy in all of our local schools. 895 00:52:35,870 --> 00:52:40,239 My kids are long out of school-- well, 896 00:52:40,239 --> 00:52:41,780 they're in different kinds of schools 897 00:52:41,780 --> 00:52:43,790 now, like graduate schools. 898 00:52:43,790 --> 00:52:46,410 But it doesn't mean that I couldn't go 899 00:52:46,410 --> 00:52:47,960 to a local elementary school. 900 00:52:47,960 --> 00:52:51,110 Or many UU congregations have partnerships 901 00:52:51,110 --> 00:52:54,050 with the local schools-- great way 902 00:52:54,050 --> 00:52:58,400 to share these fabulous resources that are all free. 903 00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:02,160 I like to say, just like Tapestry of Faith. 904 00:53:02,160 --> 00:53:03,870 Sarah Neely: There you go. 905 00:53:03,870 --> 00:53:07,180 Yeah, and I'm really excited to be 906 00:53:07,180 --> 00:53:08,910 able to share this with people. 907 00:53:08,910 --> 00:53:13,210 And I hope that you will share it with your colleagues. 908 00:53:13,210 --> 00:53:17,054 And I see a lot of people are overwhelmed, 909 00:53:17,054 --> 00:53:18,470 and they're ready to play with it. 910 00:53:18,470 --> 00:53:21,130 And it's a great, great site. 911 00:53:21,130 --> 00:53:23,550 You will find so many things. 912 00:53:23,550 --> 00:53:28,200 And it's definitely needs to not be a secret. 913 00:53:28,200 --> 00:53:31,510 So if we can get this information out 914 00:53:31,510 --> 00:53:36,100 to more people, the more people, the better. 915 00:53:36,100 --> 00:53:36,870 So thank you. 916 00:53:36,870 --> 00:53:44,730 Thank you so much for attending and being such good listeners. 917 00:53:44,730 --> 00:53:47,120 Pat Kahn: Oh, I mentioned when you 918 00:53:47,120 --> 00:53:49,620 were talking about the "Speaking Up At School," 919 00:53:49,620 --> 00:53:53,250 that there was professional development and webinars. 920 00:53:53,250 --> 00:53:57,150 And there does happen to be one tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday 921 00:53:57,150 --> 00:54:02,620 Afternoon, At 4:30 Central Time. 922 00:54:02,620 --> 00:54:04,630 And it's about speaking up at school. 923 00:54:04,630 --> 00:54:06,870 It's one of the things from that. 924 00:54:06,870 --> 00:54:10,565 And you can just go to their website and sign up for it. 925 00:54:10,565 --> 00:54:13,770 And if you sign up for it like I did for one other one 926 00:54:13,770 --> 00:54:16,350 and then totally forgot about, the next day 927 00:54:16,350 --> 00:54:19,044 I got an email that said, sorry, you couldn't join us, 928 00:54:19,044 --> 00:54:20,085 but here's the recording. 929 00:54:20,085 --> 00:54:22,550 So, hooray. 930 00:54:22,550 --> 00:54:29,060 They really make it easy to find the information. 931 00:54:29,060 --> 00:54:34,490 All right, yay, I'm so glad that we have introduced people 932 00:54:34,490 --> 00:54:37,050 to some wonderful resources. 933 00:54:37,050 --> 00:54:43,880 We have about a minute or two, so let me just go ahead 934 00:54:43,880 --> 00:54:50,080 and mention we've got the October and November webinars 935 00:54:50,080 --> 00:54:53,270 are now available online to register. 936 00:54:53,270 --> 00:54:54,760 For those of you who might not be 937 00:54:54,760 --> 00:54:59,800 able to make LREDA Fall Con in New Jersey in October, 938 00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:01,680 Sheila Shuh, Eric Bliss and I will 939 00:55:01,680 --> 00:55:06,570 be doing webinar that's going to summarize 940 00:55:06,570 --> 00:55:09,655 the workshop that we're presenting at LREDA Fall Con 941 00:55:09,655 --> 00:55:11,260 on theme-based ministry. 942 00:55:11,260 --> 00:55:12,880 So that's in October. 943 00:55:12,880 --> 00:55:17,430 And then Gail Forsyth-Vail and friends 944 00:55:17,430 --> 00:55:20,440 will be doing the November webinar 945 00:55:20,440 --> 00:55:22,910 on the money talk with children and families. 946 00:55:22,910 --> 00:55:26,240 It's going to be fantastic. 947 00:55:26,240 --> 00:55:29,490 And somebody asked me before about how quickly 948 00:55:29,490 --> 00:55:32,280 the recordings get up. 949 00:55:32,280 --> 00:55:34,800 The webinar-- and I'm now excited to tell you-- 950 00:55:34,800 --> 00:55:41,440 transcripts of all the webinars, and the PowerPoint and slides, 951 00:55:41,440 --> 00:55:45,030 and the list of links, all of that gets posted. 952 00:55:45,030 --> 00:55:49,930 But we wait until we've done the second-- the Wednesday night 953 00:55:49,930 --> 00:55:51,660 version of this webinar. 954 00:55:51,660 --> 00:55:53,410 And then we pick whatever recording 955 00:55:53,410 --> 00:55:54,800 is the better between the two. 956 00:55:54,800 --> 00:55:58,870 So hopefully by the end of the week, or at the very latest, 957 00:55:58,870 --> 00:56:01,900 at the beginning of next week, all of those resources 958 00:56:01,900 --> 00:56:08,190 are posted online at that URL. 959 00:56:08,190 --> 00:56:11,810 So I think we have time for one more 960 00:56:11,810 --> 00:56:14,730 question if there is one more. 961 00:56:14,730 --> 00:56:17,880 But as I said, I think everybody is just really excited. 962 00:56:17,880 --> 00:56:24,320 So by all means, if you go to the Perspectives website, 963 00:56:24,320 --> 00:56:25,610 you can register. 964 00:56:25,610 --> 00:56:27,460 Once again, it's all free. 965 00:56:27,460 --> 00:56:32,430 And then you can get in and-- thank you 966 00:56:32,430 --> 00:56:37,040 for whoever just clicked the other slide-- you can 967 00:56:37,040 --> 00:56:38,460 get in and play around with it. 968 00:56:38,460 --> 00:56:39,870 It is just so fun. 969 00:56:39,870 --> 00:56:42,050 I'll tell you one quick little story in that. 970 00:56:42,050 --> 00:56:46,745 When I went to this training, Sara Wicht, who is the-- I 971 00:56:46,745 --> 00:56:48,930 don't know her actual title, but she's 972 00:56:48,930 --> 00:56:51,540 like the queen of Perspectives. 973 00:56:51,540 --> 00:56:54,190 And she works for Teaching Tolerance. 974 00:56:54,190 --> 00:57:01,150 And she selected a short video from the anthology. 975 00:57:01,150 --> 00:57:08,360 And it was a video about the word gay and interviewing 976 00:57:08,360 --> 00:57:10,150 kids in school. 977 00:57:10,150 --> 00:57:12,270 And the reason I was so tickled is 978 00:57:12,270 --> 00:57:19,120 that I had seen that video clip before, 979 00:57:19,120 --> 00:57:21,610 because it was done in Montgomery, Alabama. 980 00:57:21,610 --> 00:57:24,580 And the daughter of the Director of Religious Education, 981 00:57:24,580 --> 00:57:28,570 Courtney McKenny at the Montgomery UU Fellowship, 982 00:57:28,570 --> 00:57:29,380 was there. 983 00:57:29,380 --> 00:57:31,920 And the question was asked of these kids, 984 00:57:31,920 --> 00:57:34,922 where did you first learned about what the word gay 985 00:57:34,922 --> 00:57:36,360 or what that means? 986 00:57:36,360 --> 00:57:38,820 And Courtney's daughter pipes up, 987 00:57:38,820 --> 00:57:41,250 I learned about that in Sunday school. 988 00:57:41,250 --> 00:57:46,000 I was like, yes. 989 00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:48,540 So do go explore. 990 00:57:48,540 --> 00:57:51,050 All right, we have come to an hour. 991 00:57:51,050 --> 00:57:55,150 So Sarah, thank you so much once again. 992 00:57:55,150 --> 00:57:58,580 And I'll see you again tomorrow night. 993 00:57:58,580 --> 00:58:02,267