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Digital Citizenship - Common Sense Media - Use digital citizenship lesson plans to address timely topics and prepare students to take ownership of their digital lives. Browse lessons by grade and topic or see an overview of the curriculum.
Digital Citizenship/ESIFC Curriculum - The NYCDOE Department of Library Services has aligned the Common Sense Digital Citizenship Curriculum to the Empire State Information Fluency Continuum to help build these digital citizenship skills through an inquiry model for grades 1-12.
New York City As School - Make New York City landmarks and other cultural institutions your classroom, and incorporate skills from the ESIFC at the same time! Make sure you are signed into your school Google account to access this Slide.
NEW YORK TIMES RESOURCES: Replica Edition, Room for Debate, Learning Network
RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION - Resources to help navigate racism and the Black Lives Matter Movement in electronic binder form.
OPPRESSION AND TAKING A STAND - An electronic binder of examples of people fighting oppression throughout history.
TRANSLATION OF PRACTICE - If you are unsure how the library can help you whether you are in school or teaching remotely, please view the Translation of Practice for some ways the school library can assist you.
The EMPIRE STATE FLUENCY CONTINUUM contains information and graphic organizers to teach research and other information literacy skills in your classroom.
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We've taken the Common Core State Standards and broken them down into manageable, assess-able elements in order to make it easier to create real-world Common Core-aligned rubrics that will work for your classroom!
Debate.org is a free online community where intelligent minds from around the world come to debate online and read the opinions of others. Choose from current debate topics or create your own to get started.
Houghton Mifflin's web-site for graphic organizers which are available in English and Spanish.