ARCHIVE 2020-21

Week 16: Identity & Belonging, AAPI Heritage, Jewish American Heritage, Mental Health Awareness

Military Appreciation

1. List 5 things you can do to show gratitude to someone.

2. Have all students who have a family member or friend in the military. 

3. Watch: https://youtu.be/7Z6rXW55s7s

4. Visit A Million Thanks: https://amillionthanks.org/letter/

5. Show students how to navigate the site. They may drop letters off at the AHS office. Just say it is for Military Appreciation.

6. Give time for students to write a letter. 

We All Know That...Or Do We?

EDITABLE LESSON IN GOOGLE SLIDES: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vGRLxQHMUGS53OEFfGsUAFYEVwbqkdxvnqJlgam8o5M/edit?usp=sharing

Final Lesson: Reflect

Character Strong

EDITABLE LESSON in GOOGLE SLIDES:  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dZXDmRKhrTNUsmZ5d_h1FWYUIybu6NC7bV38yhXVfHA/edit?usp=sharing

Guided Dialogue

Choose one of the topics to discuss in your Advisory. 

Topic Choices:

• How should parents handle a bad report card?

• Do we give kids too many trophies and awards?

• If you could shop for free at one store for life, what would it be? Why?

• If you could dedicate your life to solving one problem, what would it be?

• What’s the weirdest thing you did as a child?

• How will school be different when we get back? What do you hope stays the same? What needs to change?

Ikigai

1. Make predictions. What is “ikigai”. 

2. Watch (stop at 5.41): https://youtu.be/Zxj3P0enJNQ

3. Students use this link to identify their own ikigai: https://ikigaitribe.com/ikigai/the-ikigai-questionnaire/

4. Activities for more or less ikigai: https://positivepsychology.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-Reflection-on-Opposites.pdf

5. Discuss ikigai as a mindset. How is it challenging? How is it helpful?

6. Extension: “How-To Ikigai” TedTalk:  https://youtu.be/pk-PcJS2QaU

Mindfulness: 10 minutes Guided Gratitude

1. Use this link to access the audio lesson for gratitude and mindfulness. 

https://www.mindful.org/a-10-minute-gratitude-practice-to-notice-shift-and-rewire-your-brain/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1007613-3-ways-to-shift-from-bullying-employees&utm_source=lists%2F76291-Mindful-Leader-Weekly-Our-latest&simplero_object_id=su_1xdw1iBqJ1i2eLqohnqBP4JU

2. Afterward, ask kids to scale their moods. 

Neuroscience of Stress: 

3 Brain Functions

(adapted from PureEdge.org & Rick Hanson

1. Use this link & MAKE A COPY of the worksheet to guide your Advisory through. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ChkZ7foKS_bbZDIBgBEPm49ljmF1iUW7rcvSFFeeMgo/edit?usp=sharing

2. Here is a link to the answer key: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZV668tJlgs0zjPkSeHYjhRJITw_FYqhNCzJl-hd9ziw/edit?usp=sharing

3. Discuss examples from real life for each of the categories.

Celebrate The Savoy

1. Watch the story behind the Savoy Ballroom Google Doodle:  https://youtu.be/CI-I3XkoZ-k

2. Here is an enthusiastic and fun example of dance that came from The Savoy, the Lindy Hop:  https://youtu.be/ahoJReiCaPk

3. Play the game! Different levels get harder as you go.  https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-swing-dancing-and-the-savoy-ballroom

Mindfulness: Many Ways

1. Start with checking in with a Mood Scale.

2. Offer 2 choices of mindfulness activities (or any of those earlier in the year). 

• Weavesilk: http://weavesilk.com/

• Making Rain 

(click screen to start): http://www.lookingatsomething.com/

• Mahjong

• Jigsaw Puzzles

• Camouflage Moth

3. End with the same Mood Scale and ask why there were or were not changes.

Try Something New

1. Make a list of 5 things you’ve never done that you want to do.

2. Share the lists and see what you have in common with others. What’s different and unique?

3. Watch:  https://youtu.be/UNP03fDSj1U

4. Make a list of ideas of things people could try for 30 days.

5. Challenge each other to try something for 30 days. Offer a pledge for students to dedicate 30 days to the “new” action. 

A Year of Reflection

1. All choose a word to summarize your last year. 

2. Discuss why these words? Was it hard to choose one? 

3. Watch how other teens reflect on the year: https://youtu.be/-oNtUR2KG6I

4. Watch:  https://youtu.be/2U2RRJqJM8w

5. Each person draws their own year of ups and downs. See instructions & example here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qU1FVWLdGn2Bo1lTzbqYCaGpmUr-hobc07-AOzShTMg/edit?usp=sharing

6. Reflect on the year...and discuss how to make the next year what you want. What can we learn from our ups AND downs?

Wikipedia Game

1. This is a game to be played online, but all at once.  

2. The sharing between the rounds is when connection happens. Let them ask each other questions about their strategies and celebrate. Also, ask where people take “wrong turns”. See what is interesting. 

HOW TO PLAY:

• Ask 1 student to each think of a topic they like to learn about. This is the START word.

• Ask another to think of a place they have never been. This is the END word.

• All students open Wikipedia. 

• All students search for the START word.

• Once on the page, click on links embedded in the page that will lead you to other links that will eventually lead you to the END word. 

• When a student finishes, celebrate and reflect. 

• Try it again. 

Week 15: Identity & Belonging, AAPI Heritage, Jewish American Heritage, Mental Health Awareness

Jewish American Heritage Month

1. Watch: https://youtu.be/P0oy4Zy_uNM

2. Watch & Study:  https://youtu.be/ZkAdwMRXWNI

3. Take the Quiz:  https://quizizz.com/join?gc=11282074

4. List other Jewish American contributors to society. 

Computer Tech

1. Ask: How many of you have looked up something on Google? How many of you have bought something online?

2. You need coding for these to work. 

3. What is this? Watch this TedTalk: https://youtu.be/vOsdfRbrNdk

Kindness Categories

Character Strong

EDITABLE LESSON in GOOGLE SLIDES:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_6ZZflDZPJ4ZAqengUJEGHjG8Qjjzs11pWiNxb-6MMo/edit?usp=sharing

Extension: Watch this video about KINDNESS and see what conversation it can spark. Perhaps analyze it with the lesson in mind. 

https://youtu.be/W0n4HHCxcsA

Guided Dialogue

Choose one of the topics to discuss in your Advisory. 

Topic Choices:

• Should privately owned companies be able to dictate who must wear a mask in their businesses?

• What makes a person beautiful to you?

• Do laws that ban offensive words make the world a better place?

Leadership. Do it.

1. Ask students what skills are needed for a good leader.

2. Watch TedTalk: https://youtu.be/UgKGk9R8E_M

3. Who is running at AHS? Who should run for student government?

4. Remind students to look in their email for information about next year’s student government. 

Mindfulness: Get Grounded

1. Share this slideshow with students in Google Classroom so they can each get their own copy and fill in the blanks. 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MENv2P5vbLisVT50HbBc-7vP3Mp-FkzPaIIwRhcKxtM/edit?usp=sharing

2. You might want to play some mindful music in the background and give kids 5-7 minutes to complete the mindful activity.  https://youtu.be/TVTK0bsZh4U

May 10-14, 2021

AAPI Heritage

1. What do these 3 pictures have in common: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19OyjEssU9djb5X3ChuytYDaJfUXWuioAbfl1pxIntMw/edit?usp=sharing

2. Watch: https://youtu.be/tXkNavEM2UU

3. Link to quick challenge about the video: https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/news/aapiheritagemonth/challenge/

 4. Watch: https://youtu.be/stV-ZlogkZw

5. List other AAPI inspirers and their contributions. 

Origin Stories

EDITABLE LESSON IN GOOGLE SLIDES:

 https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qGdoAWBXsPjZZJd_0ptOIq33as__W5ack55qrgnBDbs/edit?usp=sharing

Character Reflection

Character Strong

Extension: 

1. Being our best selves sometimes means letting go of things. 

2. Read what some are letting go of: https://www.pbs.org/american-portrait/prompt/26/im-letting-go-of

3. Click: Share a Story (top right) to add your own.

4. What things do we want to get rid of? Collage? Poem?

Guided Dialogue

Choose one of the topics to discuss in your Advisory. 

Topic Choices:

• Is drug legalization a good idea?

• Do fairy tales affect children’s perceptions of reality?

• What did you think was cool when you were young, but isn’t cool now?

Telling Warrior Stories

1. Make a list of 10 qualities needed to be a warrior.

2. Watch:  https://youtu.be/BFT-M18N2A4

3. Discuss: What was new? What was learned?

4. More. Watch: https://youtu.be/-NhPqimnr3o

5. How is hula for tourists different from traditional hula?

6. Learn some basic hula steps:  https://youtu.be/TqP4EGq0m80

Mindfulness: Deepak Chopra “My Light Shines Bright” 

1. What is one word that you would most want others to use to describe you?

2. 13 minute video w/ guided mindfulness: https://youtu.be/FLVqInDfzJY

3. Use a mood scale to intentionally ask how students feel after the meditation.

4. What is a special talent you have? 

April 26-30: Identity & Belonging, Arab American Heritage Month

Just Ask

1. Ask students: What question do you get asked most by teachers?

2. Send students to answer 2 or more questions FROM EACH SECTION of the form. Let them know you will receive the answers. Make a copy of this form so you can share it with your students. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HVihxzQ9IHaGk40IqpXJwc00TnrSVYaSNOieOVxD4D4/copy

3. As students return, have them share the questions they like most, found hardest, easiest, etc. 

4. Later, view the responses and respond.

Derived from:  https://www.edutopia.org/article/important-questions-ask-your-students

Mind & Body

1. Discuss: Are you your mind or your body?

2. Watch:  https://youtu.be/ILDy6kYU-xQ

3. Create a slide collage that reflects your mind AND body. Remind students to look for images that reflect themselves. Also, how can they do this in a positive way? See the example that includes feeling “trapped” and “disabled” for ideas.  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/126hhkvamDa_593XDl0rWMtlU3vNFJM2GusRDTIrFgj4/edit?usp=sharing

Real Life Honesty

Character Strong

EDITABLE LESSON in GOOGLE SLIDES:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1X-RwpG4JtauiX-pHYuwXNoyK58VvgKV-yE4Sc8NhZI0/edit?usp=sharing

Guided Dialogue

1. Choose one of the topics to discuss in your Advisory. 

2. Use the Guided Dialogue slide and MAKE A COPY for the teacher. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qsMeVS0rohhB7vShQtsFS6_wBD3lzN_M4V085bBZIXw/edit?usp=sharing

3. Move the sentence stems over the line as people use them. Topic Choices:

• Should students be barred from having cell phones in live classes?

• Should students be paid for good grades and/or test scores?

• In social media, which are more important to you, posts from celebrities or posts from friends? Why?

4. George Floyd’s murder, a guided dialogue slide show:  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19VgWj9RDitjB8Q0FhjVLh0JaSndpuGQymaac7pJUIAg/edit?usp=sharing

Earth Care Crossword

1. Students list what they know about Earth Day, April 22. 

2. Watch: https://youtu.be/YuhpygdNmcQ

 3. This is a group activity you can do with your Advisory. There is also a link to a pdf to print it.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/health-happiness/2021/04/09/yes-crossword-earth-day?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=YESDaily_20210411&utm_content=YESDaily_20210411+CID_07b3e4efa6ec44c3c11aa6e7ba990be3&utm_source=CM

4. What will students do to celebrate Earth Day (on any day)?

Mindfulness: The Big Shrug 

From Mindful Leader

“If you've ever been stuck in traffic and noticed you were gripping the steering wheel tight, or your shoulders were creeping up to your ears, you know what it's like to have your body react to stress...When our bodies react with tension, this signals our brains there is a reason to be stressed, which keeps our minds racing with worry and puts our brains on high alert.”

1. Sit with feet flat on the floor and hands in your lap.

2. Close your eyes.

3. Focus on the muscles in your shoulders and neck, where many of us hold stress. Notice how they feel.

4. Tighten your shoulders, bringing them as close to your ears as possible. Think of it as a big shrug.

5. Hold this position while counting to five. As you count, notice the feeling in your shoulders. 

6. Relax and drop your shoulders as low as you can. Focus on how different your shoulders feel now.

7. Repeat this five times.

“You will likely be surprised how relaxed your shoulders and neck feel after,” Dr. Byers says. 

April 12-16

Beauty is...

1. Watch this clip from Avengers: Age of Ultron:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zKaHp0zW7U

2. Discuss the statement, “A thing isn’t beautiful because it lasts.” 

3. Activity from Teaching Tolerance, Different Images of Beauty: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oaunOHRNklU36ugxl3fjKvKAmFh4THvyUUdG7j0JG1Q/edit?usp=sharing

Autism Awareness Month

1. Answer & discuss: How would you respond to someone who says, “Wow! You are so amazingly normal!” 

2. Watch Rosie King, TedTalk (7min) and try to learn one new thing from her:  https://youtu.be/jQ95xlZeHo8

3. In Chat, list your one new thing. 

4. Use the list as a catalyst for discussion. 

5. Discuss: How can a TedTalk like this be helpful for society?

Circles of Care

Character Strong

EDITABLE LESSON in GOOGLE SLIDES: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11Zdi8id6jsm6Jx_KQGa9Eoy6-bFQ1_Ds9RILjKby6j0/edit?usp=sharing

Guided Dialogue

1. Choose one of the topics to discuss in your Advisory. 

2. Use the Guided Dialogue slide and MAKE A COPY for the teacher.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qsMeVS0rohhB7vShQtsFS6_wBD3lzN_M4V085bBZIXw/edit?usp=sharing

3. Move the sentence stems over the line as people use them. Topic Choices:

• Are web filters at school too restrictive? Useful? How?

• Should the private lives of famous people be off limits?

• Should business owners be able to require the Covid vaccine for clients or customers?

4. Strategies to organize the discussion:

Activities from Teachers

https://alicekeeler.com/2016/12/27/mock-twitter-chat-students/

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/speaking-listening-techniques/

Flipgrid (text & video board) 

https://auth.flipgrid.com/educator

Maysoon Zayid

1. Talk: We all have different cultures that represent. For example, I am a teacher, woman, white, hunter, singer...etc. What cultures are represented by you?

2. Meet Maysoon Zayid and watch her interview (6 min): https://youtu.be/Dvu_vomJ28M. OR  full TedTalk (15 min):  https://youtu.be/buRLc2eWGPQ

3. What different cultures does Maysoon represent? What are the effects of her speaking out? Are people like her represented enough?

Mindfulness: Train Your Brain, a game 

1. This is a remote way to play a game of focus. Students need scratch paper and something to write with. 

2. Place an object in view for the students.

3. Take 2 minutes for students to write down a list of words all related to the object. (Example: if the object is a pen, then related words are; write, ink, paper, draw, sign, etc.)

4. Tell them, if your mind wanders, take a breath and come back to the task at hand. 

5. Compare lists for fun.

6. Do this 4-6 times with different objects. 

Ideas: stapler, chair, glasses, hand sanitizer, N95 mask, window, etc.

Week 8: Identity & Belonging, Women’s History Month

Harriet Tubman: $20 & Women’s History

1. Students share in chat: Describe a time when you took risks to help someone? Or someone took a risk to help you?

2. Meet Harriet Tubman:  https://youtu.be/Ul09jwM9F98

3. She will replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill as an American icon. This is for her accomplishments and what she overcame. List those things as a group.

4. Discuss: Imagine they invent a $30 bill. Who should the next female icon be for our national money?

5. Alternate video: https://youtu.be/Dv7YhVKFqbQ

March Madness

1. The NCAA College Basketball Tournament will be underway, with the Elite Eight playing Monday, 3/29.

2. As a class, predict the final spots in the tournaments. Use these links to track the games: 

Mens Bracket: https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/bracket?utm_campaign=hp-rr-links-mbk

Womens Bracket: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/basketball-women/d1/2021

3. Read this article about 10 other versions of the bracket:

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1573533-10-fun-ways-to-pick-a-march-madness-bracket

4. Choose one other method (or many) to determine your winners in the bracket(s). 

5. Extension: Create your own bracket at: https://brackethq.com/

TO-BE Lists

Character Strong

EDITABLE LESSON in GOOGLE SLIDES:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MfLUwGMmyv0wRW-LQunOueBBmHCx5NoWKfn1mCLisqw/edit?usp=sharing

Guided Dialogue

1. Choose one of the topics to discuss in your Advisory. 

2. Use the Guided Dialogue slide and MAKE A COPY for the teacher.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qsMeVS0rohhB7vShQtsFS6_wBD3lzN_M4V085bBZIXw/edit?usp=sharing

3. Move the sentence stems over the line as people use them. Topic Choices:

• Which is more important, talent or hard work?

• How young is too young to date? Or is dating a thing of the past?

• Are school dress codes a good idea?

4. Extension: Use Kialo.com to organize the discussion.      https://www.kialo-edu.com

Discover Your Strengths & Talents

Greater Good Science Center

EDITABLE LESSON IN GOOGLE SLIDES:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1q-GWWUUoUyw4KrLhTY7OGu1juWyVMm8WWdZfucjCr5U/edit?usp=sharing

Mindful Movement

1. Ask, “What things do you do everyday while standing?”

2. Watch TED Talk  https://youtu.be/wUEl8KrMz14

3. FOR TEACHERS:

Learn some basic Qigong with Mindful Schools so you can lead your students.   https://youtu.be/CGX2lU35Jqc?t=2

4. Enjoy and follow these 10 mindful movements you can do standing OR sitting!   https://youtu.be/E-gEO12BVNU

5. Check in. How do you feel after trying those? Mood Scales or 1-5 scale. 

Week 7: Identity & Belonging, Women’s History Month

Some Famous Women 

Song & Search

1. Share the Matching Doc with students: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lR01X7zR0gGgfzA26HzOokI9teHaDuTDUMdNP784GUQ/edit?usp=sharing

2. Watch Kid President’s song and students try to match what they can from the quick visuals in the video: https://youtu.be/RTezIzJW1No

3. Take 10 minutes to look up the women and finish the matches (individually or in a group).

4. 10 Minute Timer: https://youtu.be/fqNTy_-Br-Y

Where Would You Go Today?

1. Students open Google Earth. https://www.google.com/earth/

Show how to navigate it so they can zoom in and out to see details. 

2. Students choose a place that intrigues them because of what they see from above. (5 minutes)

3. Students type the places in Chat.

4. Present Google Earth and show each place while students share what drew them to that spot - using mics.

5. Mr. Cain’s Instruction Slides:  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XFUB2aUIKq1d2qqsRdeYSK94G0MxDNo4uAQlDP5R-M0/edit?usp=sharing

Real Life Kindness

Character Strong

EDITABLE LESSON in GOOGLE SLIDES:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ti5nmPs0ITRYT8iJXHnlVkv8_3k05dJemp6ehuu8KM0/edit?usp=sharing

Guided Dialogue

1. Choose one of the topics to discuss in your Advisory. 

2. Use the Guided Dialogue slide and MAKE A COPY for the teacher.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qsMeVS0rohhB7vShQtsFS6_wBD3lzN_M4V085bBZIXw/edit?usp=sharing

3. Move the sentence stems over the line as people use them. Topic Choices:

• Standardized Tests: Pros & Cons. During the pandemic?

• Should circuses be animal free?

• Does social media need a ‘dislike’ button?

4. Extension: Use Kialo.com to organize the discussion. https://www.kialo-edu.com

Women’s History Month

1. Students list famous women they have learned about in school.

2. Watch “History of Women’s History Month”: https://youtu.be/gptL2xWTjwE

3. Watch “The why of Women’s History Month”: https://youtu.be/MTUc5vJL2Os

4. Search and share: Students visit  https://www.womenshistory.org/students-and-educators/topics

5. Pick a topic, then choose an historical woman.

6. Use the information from the website to make an Advisory Slideshow for your class. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZiCYcs6oinFDEE4VCBIhUGBMMNF2TxkEu4gkSVFlpeg/edit?usp=sharing

7. Share.

Mindful Drawing

1. Open a Whiteboard in Google Meets and make a screen for each student. Click the right arrow at the top to add a new page. Label each page with student names.

2. Students will listen to the song and simply draw or doodle what the music inspires. The only rule is to draw until the song is done. 

3. Try 2-3 different songs (reset Whiteboards for each song):

• (Amy Beach, composer - 3.5 min.). https://youtu.be/-fz5FCpauyQ

• (Women of the World  - 3 min.). https://youtu.be/uwtrM2yXswU

• (Dove Cameron - 2 min.). https://youtu.be/GX3OEfjbw4Y

4. Share each other’s drawings.

February 22-26        Black History, Identity & Belonging 

Black Inventors -- & Their Inventions

1. Ask if students have any items around that are invented by Black Americans? How do they know?

2. Give students their own copies of: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H_JHkvsSSkGAyldXAUyu4ONgS3AvOQDplwjQ8xTztS8/edit?usp=sharing

3. Visit: https://blackinventor.com/

4. Students fill in the 6-Pack as they research. 

5. Share things students learned. 

“Lift Every Voice & Sing” 

1. Play the song and ask students to type one memorable phrase from the lyrics in Chat:https://youtu.be/luOM3DSH92s

2. Watch to learn the story of the song: https://youtu.be/38sxYtHRGGw

3. Send students to James Weldon Johnson Foundation and 

have them listen & choose the best rendition of the song. https://www.jamesweldonjohnson.org/lift-every-voice-and-sing

Personality v. Character

Character Strong

LESSON GOOGLE SLIDES:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1d3CusaHfyeC9Z03C_9C12MYGh0psuX4JGOWpH8pmXkc/edit?usp=sharing

Guided Dialogue

1. Choose one of the topics to discuss in your Advisory. 

2. Use the Guided Dialogue slide and MAKE A COPY for the teacher. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qsMeVS0rohhB7vShQtsFS6_wBD3lzN_M4V085bBZIXw/edit?usp=sharing

3. Move the sentence stems over the line as people use them. 

Topic Choices:

• In-person learning, hybrid, remote...pros and cons at this time.

• When do you become an adult?

• Can graffiti ever be considered art?

4. Extension: Use Kialo.com to organize the discussion. https://www.kialo-edu.com

Bomba: 

An Afro-Latinx Beat

1. Who are famous Afro-Latinx Americans you know?

2. Watch ESPN short:  https://youtu.be/PcHhvYCXbmQ

3. How was music presented in the video? Meet Bomba Con Buya (start at 20 seconds): https://youtu.be/TQk9NHmpKK4

4. Here is a performance from Bomba Con Buya. Try this: Choose a body part to move with the music, your own chair dance! https://youtu.be/ASggQcPT1zM

5. Discuss: What is the mood of the song? Of the music genre? 

Mindfulness

1. On a 1-5 scale, how calm do you feel now? (1=not at all, 5=very calm)

2. What do you suggest to friends who struggle with depression? 

3. Watch:  https://youtu.be/ctwbZ87Xx88

4. Try this 4 minute mindfulness meditation for happiness:  https://youtu.be/RESIxDLae7M

5. On a 1-5 scale, how calm do you feel now? (1=not at all, 5=very calm)

February 8-12

FRIDAY: Skribbl Bracket Tourney

1. Sign up with Jenni by 4pm on Wednesday to be seeded in the Skribbl Tournament.

2. Visit: https://skribbl.io/

3. CREATE PRIVATE ROOM.

Set the COMP RULES:

• 2 ROUNDS

• 80 SECOND DRAW TIME  

4. Tournament rounds will be sent out on Thursday.

5. Choose up to 5 students to represent your Advisory in the tournament. Students who don’t compete will view the competition through their Advisory Meets link.

Social Dance: Black History Month 

1. Discuss: Who dances? Do you know who invented a lot of dance moves?

2. Watch: https://youtu.be/dpCBMwAweDI

3. What is step? Watch: https://youtu.be/OLwnrkVC0-o

4. Extension: 3 levels. https://youtu.be/adyyr69w-3k

All try the first routine. Learn some! Share.

Intro. to Black History Month

1. Use Google Doc to predict the most searched people of 2019: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tw8EoMgVKnZoRDLJ2PoHnBOlGyAEpzjthvRaFgVEv4s/edit?usp=sharing

2.Watch to introduce the month: https://youtu.be/f00AatzvxC0

3. Ask students to list important Black Americans in history.

4. Discuss: Who is one Black American you learned about in school?  Why is it important to include Black Americans in US History?

5. Watch: https://youtu.be/Qyiautg41h8

6. Discuss who showed up in the video clip and why. Search and discuss these leaders with the group.

Guided Dialogue

1. Choose one of the topics to discuss in your Advisory. 

2. Use the Guided Dialogue slide and MAKE A COPY for the teacher. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qsMeVS0rohhB7vShQtsFS6_wBD3lzN_M4V085bBZIXw/edit?usp=sharing

3. Move the sentence stems over the line as people use them. 

Topic Choices:

• Should zoos be banned?

• Mandatory vaccinations? Constitutional?

• Is democracy the best form of government?

4. Extension: Use Kialo.com to organize the discussion. https://www.kialo-edu.com

100 Influential Black Americans

1. List all the Black Americans your class can. 

2. Explore! Send students to https://interactives.theroot.com/root-100-2020/

3. Students choose an influential Black American from 2020 and create a Facebook profile: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/128HZcoyRJBwohSFT1VMkVTaiTQQhyx0eVN2qyn7I37Q/edit?usp=sharing

5. Share slides in Advisory.

6. Teachers:  Collect and email finished slides to Jenni to be part of an AHS Black History slideshow. 

Mindfulness

1. Discuss and list on a shared document: On a scale of 1-5, how would you rate your level of loneliness?

2. Watch:  https://youtu.be/cVCB3iJeE6s

3. Try the following guided mindful sit by repeating the phrases in this video: https://youtu.be/rSrSemQUeSI

4. What is one thing you could try to do to decrease your loneliness?

January 25-29

The Adolescent Brain

1. As a group, list all the words that people often use to describe the adolescent brain. 

2. Reflect on the list. What is fair? Unfair? Why do these things make it on the list?

3. Watch, Dan Siegel: https://youtu.be/0O1u5OEc5eY 

4. What things can you do to increase your brain’s integration?

5. We just learned a lot about the teenage brain. What would you tell adults to help understand the teen brain better?

6. Students make a MEME or a class WORD CLOUD about the teen brain. Then share. 

7. Email the best meme from your advisory to be posted on the Advisory Stage Webpage. Topic/Theme: The Teenage Brain

8. Extension: Read the article “7 Things to Know About the Teenage Brain”. 

Dear Stranger

1. Discuss: What does it feel like to receive a written letter in the mail?

2. Listen to Weekend Edition (ore read the article) on NPR. What letters stand out to you? Why?  https://www.npr.org/2020/04/11/830419144/dear-stranger-connecting-people-one-letter-at-a-time

3.  Visit Oregon Humanities Dear Stranger Project to participate: http://oregonhumanities.org/programs/collaborative-projects/dear-stranger/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=January%202021%20enews&utm_content=January%202021%20enews+CID_b5b70f36575e720c761dc3f22652898b&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=Read%20more%20about%20Dear%20Stranger

4. See who will participate. Students who need printing or postage can request it. We’ll figure it out…MARCH 1 deadline.

5. Ask for students to share what they learn from received letters.

Git ‘er done! A To-Do List

1. Brainstorm. Use this document to collect a list of all assignments left to complete for the entire semester: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h3Nwgr_b4J2bxhQxLEGm8W7jfbp3U1Biibb_YM2QJS0/edit?usp=sharing

2. Watch: https://youtu.be/ibGnjSKLqTc

3. Discuss: What method(s) would work best for completing end-of-semester assignments. Why?

4. Try This: Create 3 categories - BIG, MEDIUM, SMALL

5. Extension - Origami Method (random order): https://youtu.be/4tOyl4fAGsw

Watch video and see if this is a strategy anyone would like to try. 

Guided Dialogue

1. Choose one of the topics to discuss in your Advisory. 

2. Use the Guided Dialogue slide and MAKE A COPY for the teacher.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qsMeVS0rohhB7vShQtsFS6_wBD3lzN_M4V085bBZIXw/edit?usp=sharing

3. Move the sentence stems over the line as people use them. 

Topic Choices:

• Should we ban homework? Does homework promote learning?

• Is parental supervision the same as parental control?

• Day-dreaming versus dreaming at night? Which is better? 

The Purge

Help students start the new semester with a cleaned-up workspace. Here are videos to guide them:

1. Simple Email Purge: https://youtu.be/9U39XGBxDPI

2. Advanced Email: https://youtu.be/bGT0BxLe7nc

3. Simple Google Calendar & Classroom: https://youtu.be/icdfiQd3a1U

4. Advanced Calendar: https://youtu.be/UWzG2a93bQI

5. Managing Google Classroom notifications: https://youtu.be/hqri4LLx-38

6. Give students time to do this. Time is often what we all need!

Mindfulness: Dance For Kindness

1. Watch Kindness Boomerang video:  https://youtu.be/nwAYpLVyeFU 

2. What was the theme of this video? How did the song match the video? 

3. The producer of that video ^^ started Dance For Kindness. Watch the video and think, how does this event relate to kindness & mindfulness?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUj_ZaHwTfs&ab_channel=LifeVestInside

2. Ask who would ever do this?

3. Watch invitation to new monthly dance party (0.00-2.00 min): https://youtu.be/oyaqll-YkhE

4. Register for the Dance Party: https://www.danceforkindness.com/

January 11-15

A Year in Reflection

1. Discuss: What is something you learned from being challenged?

2. List: What are challenges you’ve had in the past year?

3. Watch this video:  https://youtu.be/gZUu-1qKCP8

4. Make one for your own Advisory. Use Screencastify or have students do it in writing and collect answers in a table. (Like American Portrait from last week.)

5. Extension: Create word clouds of the challenges and lessons learned. www.wordclouds.com

6. Extension: Here is another video with a similar concept:  https://youtu.be/2PXmvn9ikK0

What’s your theme?

1. Discuss: What are standard New Years’ Resolutions? What are the pros and cons of resolutions? 

2. Watch this video about a New Years’ Theme:  https://youtu.be/NVGuFdX5guE

3. Create a slide collage of images that reflect themes for the year. 

4. Individual students create their own collage slides with several images related to the theme. 

5. Email slides that students want to share on the webpage.

Guided Dialogue

1. Choose one of the topics to discuss in your Advisory. 

2. Use the Guided Dialogue slide and MAKE A COPY for the teacher.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qsMeVS0rohhB7vShQtsFS6_wBD3lzN_M4V085bBZIXw/edit?usp=sharing

3. Move the sentence stems over the line as people use them. 

Topic Choices:

• Banning plastics - like bags and straws.

• Should college education be free? Pros and cons?

• Should vaccines be mandatory?

Sleep & School Start Times

(from PBS Learning)

1. Discuss: How early do you wake up to make it to school on time? How does getting up at this time affect the rest of your day?

2. Watch first and test your knowledge:  https://youtu.be/Bw_3Q6CRxGA

● Stop the video at 1:36 and ask: Do you think the fact that 87% of students don’t get enough sleep is a serious problem? Why or why not?

● Stop at 1:56: Why is getting enough sleep important for your health and mood?

● Stop at 3:48: How do you figure out your chronotype? What is your chronotype? 

● Stop at 4:47: What evidence supports schools starting later than 8:30am? 

● Stop at the end: What is an example of why school should NOT start later than 8:30am?

3. As a group, compare and contrast the starting before 830am and after. Use this link: Venn Diagram to fill in with students. 

Operatic Observations 

1. Listen: (11.45-13.30) and watch one audition, a 13 year old girl: https://youtu.be/OFoldxK551o?t=701

2. Discuss: What could this song be about? What emotion(s) arise>?

3. Watch Tedx Talk starting at 7.15.: https://youtu.be/Z1IzKcpPW3w?t=435 (second half)

4. If opera is about emotion, what would an opera about your emotional life be called? What would the plot be? Characters?

5. Make your own opera! Visit this site, Blob Opera: 

https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/blob-opera/AAHWrq360NcGbw?hl=en&cp=e30.&fbclid=IwAR0GSn6EWY3D6WRlHGikKFFrhjOqwRLR9i9q9kwoS3qgbciihZHKwimb_Tc

6. Share your compositions! 

Mindfulness

1. Take a moment to get comfortable and take a breath. 

2. Follow instruction in the video to practice awareness. 

https://opb.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/fab58680-10f3-40e3-af3d-f0931620d0a7/guided-mindfulness-practice/

3. Use this slide to ask how students feel after the practice. Use it as a prompt or in Pear Deck as a draggable interaction.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Mq1k6RfDfkaQD4lLfOhNp64j4MgRn6Un26nP3bhUutU/edit?usp=sharing

December 14-18

Schools & Social Capital:

1. Discuss: What are things we learn at school that aren’t graded?

2. Watch this and look for examples of “social capital” students should get from AHS. https://youtu.be/T3HxL2CVR0I

3. Discuss: How can we provide social capital in remote learning? When we are back in-person? Should social capital be graded or scored?

4. Personal Reflection: Who are connections you have that can support you in different areas of your life? What specific experiences have you had or seen that taught you about social capital? (Or gave you social capital?)

Advisory Winter Challenge

1.Enter your advisory in a special winter challenge.

2. See the document below

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gCzmfRNhR_NgMrCvCOQfp3V1s1sWfe7K20GfF33WPPw/edit?usp=sharing

3. Each advisory has through January to complete a Winter Challenge Photo Slide. (See linked example.)

4. All Advisories who submit a slide will receive a gift. 

5. Plan with  your students who will do what & when.

6. Check in with students throughout the season.

Guided Dialogue

1. Choose one of the topics to discuss in your Advisory. 

2. Use the Guided Dialogue slide and MAKE A COPY for the teacher.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qsMeVS0rohhB7vShQtsFS6_wBD3lzN_M4V085bBZIXw/edit?usp=sharing

3. Move the sentence stems over the line as people use them. 

Topic Choices:

• Does the traditional classroom address contemporary society’s needs?

• Is allowing teachers to carry guns on campuses a good idea?

A Tribute to Elders

1. Discuss: What do you think when you encounter elderly people?

2. Watch video: https://youtu.be/2d2vZV87YJM

3. Discuss: What is something important you learned from someone over 65 years old?

4. Watch video:

https://youtu.be/-76ZUSz0LpQ

5. Make a video: https://app.vidhug.com/a-tribute-to-our-elders/HyjfAnojw/record?mc_cid=0fd13940ca&mc_eid=8530d6b6e1

6. Who are elderly people you are grateful for? Why?

7. Extension: 4 years later video - https://youtu.be/SxCclaeQQ6E

My Social Capital

1. Discuss: Do you have more online social connections or offline? Today, separate those you know ONLY online and those you know offline as well.

2. Read the article about social capital and take the quiz at the end. 

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/quizzes/take_quiz/social_capital

3. Discuss: How did you score? What suggestions did you get to increase your own social capital?

4. As a class, set goals for people to try. Example: In the next week, learn something about people in your neighborhood or town. Not gossip, useful things.  

Mindfulness & Memory: 

1. Start with a mindful minute: https://youtu.be/c1Ndym-IsQg

2. Visit this site to use memory as a mindful tool. Which can improve one’s memory. Play as a group or share the link for individual play. https://www.helpfulgames.com/subjects/brain-training/memory.html

November 23-December 4

For Fun: Cat Sounds

1. What cat do you feel like today? Roaring lion? Playful kitten? Stealthy puma?

2. Visit Cat Soundboard:   http://catsoundboard.com/

3. Play the sounds and choose the cat sound that describes your mood today/this week/etc.

4. Take turns sharing: Pass the Mic.

Finish the Animated Shorts Marathon

 1. Many Advisories have requested time to finish the shorts. 

2. The Trivia Competition will be emailed on Monday, 11/23 and completed before Fall Break.

3. This is not required.

4. Prizes for the winning Advisory.

5. Email your FINAL SCORE to Jenni.

Anxiety: Fight, Flight, Freeze &  Relaxation Exercise

1. What things make us anxious? Play video:   https://youtu.be/rpolpKTWrp4

2. Discuss why and when people just stop and listen to the quiet.

3. Try this practice exercise:    https://thequietplaceproject.xyz/

4. Click SEE WHY and use the spacebar to get through the prompts.

5. What was that like?

6. Should you bookmark this page to use it as a tool?

Stop. Look. Go.

1. Stop. Quick. What is one thing you see that you appreciate?

2. Watch the video:   https://youtu.be/kl9v0E0c-CQ

3. How is appreciating the present moment different from other gratitudes?

Extension: Try it!

Extension: Brother Steindl-Rast Ted Talk:   https://youtu.be/UtBsl3j0YRQ

Gratitude 4 Block Journal

1. Use the template at this link and Make a Copy. (Add to Google Classroom). 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-UaLxEGYjcgxcH_AIhfuJJTQHQHcx_iq4Xh7pPOCKt8/edit?usp=sharing

2. Fill out the slide for Day 1 of your Gratitude 4 Block Journal.

3. Pass the Mic...Share what is one thing you can add to your slide today?

Extension: Gratitude Strategy Article: https://positivepsychology.com/gratitude-journal/

Gratitude Word Cloud

1. Ask students to list as many things they are grateful for in 5 minutes. You may want to do this in a Google Form.

2. Timer:    https://youtu.be/gBm5CDF3pPc

3. Open     https://www.wordclouds.com/

4. Click on WIZARD. 

5.Type or Paste the list of items in the box.

6. Use the tools at the top to design your Word Cloud of Gratitude. 

7. Share it with Jenni if you want it on the Advisory website.

Science of Happiness: Gratitude

1. List in Chat: Who is someone that is very important to you, in your life?

2. Watch:  https://youtu.be/oHv6vTKD6lg

3. Discuss: Who would you call? What would you say?

4. Challenge each other to try it! 

Gratitude ABCs

 1. Use the template at this link and Make a Copy. (Add to Google Classroom). 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XvNm34tjoFUp7x20Sqpb1BmEku-gOUHRXmjwNdT9fBA/edit?usp=sharing

2. Play the calming music “Autumn Equinox” by K. Mockingbird, a Grammy nominee for Best Native American Album, 2003.  https://youtu.be/Fh1ZPtzOPPY

3. Roll an alphabet die to see what people could share:   http://letterdice.iphonemarks.com/

Advisory Field Trips

1. Play ambient museum music and take your Advisory to visit the Advisory Stage Webpage and AHS Art Gallery. 

2. When you return to Advisory, discuss positive reviews. What makes art interesting? What inspires artists?

Nov. 9-13 (recycled activity week)

Write an Original Advisory Rap! Video: What’s Poppin’

1. Watch the video. It has 2 verses (link in title above).

2. Repeat the first 2 lines of the rap. As a group, replace the words to make the rap about your own advisory teacher.

3. Now, write a whole song or rap for your advisory teacher. Film this and share it with Jenni to add to our Advisory Stage webpage. 

Happiness Calendar

1. Share things that make us happy.

2. Visit the Happiness Calendar for November in the link. 

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/your_happiness_calendar_for_november_2020

3. Show how each day’s challenge also has an article with it. 

4. It can be added to a Google Calendar if anyone wants it. (Adds one item at the start of each day,)

5. Extension: Collect photos from your Advisory of people doing the challenges. Arrange them to share.

What am I grateful for?

1. Ask, what are people grateful for?

2. Watch the video:

https://youtu.be/_sokh9e2WGc

3. Discuss: 

• Who are we grateful for?

• What tangible things are you grateful for?

• What intangible things are you grateful for?

4. Each student starts a Gratitude Journal. Create 3 columns: 

• Who

• Tangible

• Intangible

5. Add things to the list each day. See how this feels. 

Pick a Station!

1. Ask what type of music best represents your mood today? Why?

2. Share the website:    https://radiooooo.com/

3. Show how to change

• Location

• Decade

• Slow/Fast/Weird

4. Students search for a country and decade they have never been to that has music they could jam to. 

5. Share with each other. Why do we like certain music? How does music change over time and locale?

Camo Day Comp Continued!

Visit this site:

http://games.sensoryecology.com/

1. The goal is to click on the little triangle (the moth) wherever it may be. This will take 1-2 minutes and will give you a score at the end.

4. Who in your advisory has the best score? 

5. Send a photo of the best stats to Jenni and be featured on the AHS Advisory Webpage.

6. Extension: Discuss what is it like to be part of a research experiment?What made finding the ”moth” harder or easier?

Mindful: Box Breathing

1. Box breathing is a mindfulness technique used around the world.

2. Choose a video for you and your students.

3. Students practice along with the video.

The Cute Video (3min)

https://youtu.be/AOL3isokmY4

The Navy Seal Video (5min)

https://youtu.be/FJJazKtH_9I

October 26-30

PJ DAY

Videos: How To Fall Asleep in 2 Minutes & Sleep Story of Wonder

1. What things challenge your sleep?

2. Watch this video for sleeping pointers!

https://youtu.be/EiYm20F9WXU

3. What things are helpful in falling asleep according to the video?

4. What things will you try?

5. Visit this site: https://www.sleep.org/facts-about-pajamas/

6. Read and discuss the history of pajamas. 

7. Extension: There isn’t time to finish it in one Advisory, but here is a link to a grown-up sleep story: 

https://youtu.be/uvVFk_RQgL0

You could email this link to students!

DECADE DAY

VIDEO: Evolution of Dance

1. Watch the video: https://youtu.be/opIL6dLcsBA

2. TEACHERS ONLY. Visit this link: 

https://quizizz.com/join/quiz/5f8f50de75ad40001b968997/start?studentShare=true

3. Click Start.

4. Ask Students for answers; this is a TEAM activity. Teachers click on their choices.

5. When you are finished, email these PERFORMANCE STATS to Jenni in order to be competitive. 

6. The winning Advisory will be announced by Friday. In the case of a tie, the best average streak will determine the winner.

JERSEY/SPORT DAY

1. Watch this video about the Physics of Fencing:

https://youtu.be/ezoZfZK75zA

2. 2nd Video: Fencing Visualized

https://youtu.be/FCgiOiEO_uQ

3. Discuss: What Olympic Sport would you most like to play? What sport best suits you?

4. Take the survey at this site:

https://interactive.olympicchannel.com/OCquizApp/

5. When you get to the end, your job is to find an image/photo that represents you competing in this event. 

6. Each Advisory will join the Olympics. Share YOUR TEAM on a Google Slide for our AHS Olympic Team. What is your name? What types of athletes does your Advisory feature. Have fun with this. 

7. Share slides with Jenni for the Olympic Parade coming up on the Advisory Stage Webpage.

8. Extension: How Playing Sports Benefits… TEDx Talk. https://youtu.be/hmFQqjMF_f0

CAMO DAY

Visit this site:

https://catchthedazzlebug.wordpress.com/

1. Read the explanation about camouflage.

2. Click on the Dazzle Bug link. 

3. The goal is to click on the little rectangle (the bug) wherever it may be. This will take 1-2 minutes and will give you a score at the end.

4. Who in your advisory has the best score? 

5. Send the best score to Jenni for a Spirit Week competition.

6. Extension: Discuss what is it like to be part of a research experiment?What made finding the ”bug” harder or easier?

SCHOOL SPIRIT DAY

ADVISORY COMPETITION

1. Pair up with another Advisory.

2. Plan a shared Google Meets for Advisory. 

3. Use the whiteboard to keep score and have a livestream MC for each class. 

4. Use the questions here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sAb6VNoXVZ1jofIDs0RvXc-d4dTRaNp53JMPJmfCeLI/edit?usp=sharing

5. Students shout out answers to win a point for their team. 

Mindful: Breathing Bubble

1. Everyone take a deep breath. 

2. Do it again and let your eyes close as you exhale. If you don’t like closing your eyes, let your gaze focus on your knees or the floor in front of you.

3. As the video begins, open your eyes and shift your breathing to match the bubble.

4. Watch the video.

https://youtu.be/9tOJZQhO_Uw

5. When it ends, take one more big breath and let it out slowly.

6. How do you feel?

October 12-16

Video

CIPA-Media Literacy and Digital Safety for Students

1. Email the link to students:

https://www.publicschoolworks.com/PIC/homePage.php?di=293&dia=liugd

• Click Student Training

• Create an account for YOU, the student - even though it says Parent Info Center. 

• Scroll to the bottom: Children’s Internet Protection Act

• Click on 9-12.

• Study the slideshow.

2. On Friday, there will be an Advisory Competition emailed to Advisors.

3. Each Advisory will do a team quiz about Internet Safety. 

4. The quiz is timed.

5. The team with the best score wins.

6. Tied? The best score with the fastest time wins!

7. $10 gift certificates for each member of the Advisory in attendance. 

8. Discuss some ways your team can prepare for this throw-down!

9. Teachers: Sign off training.

Stinkmoji

1. Discuss. Why are some people more or less likely to use their cameras in remote learning?

2. Visit: https://stinkmoji.cool/

3. Click on SD or HD to start.

3. Click on the monkey face to start.

4. Once it loads, allow the camera to capture your face on the digital marks. Sit still and neutral.

5. After your face is loaded, you can move your face to change the character.

6. Open your mouth wide for a while to see a surprise world.

7. Try all three.

8. Come back and share.

(Goal: Camera Comfort)

Happiness Calendar

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/your_happiness_calendar_for_october_2020?utm_source=Greater+Good+Science+Center&utm_campaign=890cef30de-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_GG_Newsletter_October_6&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5ae73e326e-890cef30de-74672211

1. Share things that make us happy.

2. Visit the Happiness Calendar for October in the link.

3. Show how each day’s challenge also has an article with it. 

4. It can be added to a Google Calendar if anyone wants it. (Adds one item at the start of each day,)

5. Extension: Collect photos from your Advisory of people doing the challenges. Arrange them to share.

Video: 7 Emotions

https://youtu.be/embYkODkzcs

1. Watch the video -- but challenge yourself to block the faces below the eyes.

2. What made some emotions harder to read?

3. How might this idea also apply to classes where people don’t use the cameras?

4. How can this impact us? Society? Why?

5. What can we do?

Presenting, Pets!

1. Students each create a slide with photos of their pet(s) OR their imaginary-pet-invention.

2. Slides should have pictures, student name, pet description. Show them off!

3. Play pet music while they work on slides. (may take 2 days)

4. Students present their slides to share their pets with the group.

5. Adults collect all the slides to be added to the Advisory Stage. Share with Jenni Newton

(Goals: Online Comfort & Sharing Skills)

Mindful: How Mindfulness Empowers Us

1. In chat, list some things that compete with your well-being?

Example: due dates, screens, etc.

2. Watch the video.

https://youtu.be/vzKryaN44ss

3. What are our “wolves” of emotions?

4. What are the emotions we should “feed” the most? Why?

5. How can “feeding” the “right wolf” empower us?

September 28-October 2

Week 3 Objective: Getting to Know Us

Video: Breakfasts Around the World

1. Ask students to list what they ate for breakfast.

2. Ask students to list what they think the BEST breakfast foods are.

3. Watch the video: https://youtu.be/ry1E1uzPSU0

4. What countries have breakfasts you’d like to try? Which ones don’t?

5. Discuss.

(Goal: Remote Discussion & Social Awareness)

Advisory Student Survey: This or That

1. Students complete the survey:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1foRzzfTGHyXEmlFSQXjSWUTncSMEX8PdQCXaJR6X5zo/prefill

2. The answers to these questions will be collected for a future Advisory activity.

3. Discuss the ones students found most challenging to decide. What made them difficult? Are you all in agreement? Why or why not?

It’s An Illusion…

1. Visit the website:

https://www.brainbashers.com/opticalillusions.asp

2. Click Random Illusion or choose some to discuss. 

3. Present these and ask what people see -- or what they don’t!

(Goal: Remote Discussion Comfort)

Bingo

1. Create a blank Google Doc that your students can work on together.

2. Copy and paste this BINGO CARD into the shared document.

3. Ask students to each pick a font that best matches how they feel today.

4. Students type their names into all the boxes that are true to them. 

5. Ask participants to share stories behind their answers -- some will not be ready but some will model how to do this. Discuss shared answers.

Travel Talk

1. Each student thinks of a place they’d like to go or suits their personality.

2. Take turns. 

3. Each person lists three clues for that place.

4. Others guess which place was chosen.

5. Limit guesses if you need to.

Extension: Break students into breakout rooms and have them agree on a place. They come up with the clues together. Then bring them back to the main room to get guesses.

Mindful: Everyday Mindfulness

LINK: https://youtu.be/QTsUEOUaWpY

Practice:

1. Students will simply notice things around them. 

2. All students mute mics.

3. Tell them the goal of this activity is simply to notice what’s around them.

4. They are to touch things and say what they are. Example: As I touch my ear, I say, “ear.” Then I touch another thing and say what it is. (Tell them to whisper or just mouth the words if they are not in a place to talk.)

5. Time them for 30-60 seconds then call them back.

September 14-18

VIDEO

What’s Poppin’

1. Watch the video. It has 2 verses.

2. Repeat the first 2 lines of the rap. As a group, replace the words to make the rap about your own advisory teacher.

3. Now, write a whole song or rap for your advisory teacher. Film this and share it with Jenni Newton to add to our Advisory Stage webpage.

SURVEY

Getting to Know You

1. Each student uses this link to take the survey: 

https://forms.gle/QuxBvtwnJQPBhAM1A

2. Your Advisory teacher will get the responses.

3. Here’s a link to some thinking music.

TALK

You Won the Lottery!

1. Your advisory just won the lottery: 25 million dollars!

2. CHAT: Take 5 minutes to list all the things you would do with the money. There is no limit.

3. Everyone look over the list and discuss. What kinds of categories could you split your list into?

IMAGES

Digital Advisory Collage

1. Have each person find an image online that represents them. Variation: Specify image types, “a red image”, “an image of your joy”, “an image of a favorite hobby”, etc.

2. Each person shares the image and explains why they chose it. Advisors create a shared Google Doc and post in Chat.

3. Collect all the images and have someone create a collage of all the “People in Your Advisory.”

4. Share the collage with Jenni Newton for a slideshow.

TALK

5 Essentials List

1. Your advisory is to come up with 5 essential things for every AHS student. Discuss it together.

2. Email any lists to Jenni Newton for the Advisory Stage Webpage.

MINDFULNESS

So Many Sounds Around

 1. Close your eyes, and listen to what you can hear. 

2. Each student needs a pen/ pencil and scratch paper.

3. Identify five different sounds that they notice in the room. Give 60-90 seconds. You (or a student) should time it and play a bell at the end. 

4. Students type their lists into chat. 

5. Discussion about how our minds work:

• When you hear a sound, do you start thinking about which sounds you like and which ones you don’t? Why do you think our minds do that?

• When you hear a sound, does it sometimes make you start thinking about something else (a memory, for example)?

• Do you normally notice these sounds when you are in this room? If not, why do you think you don’t notice them?