“Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is not only for celebration and remembrance, education and tribute, but above all a day of service.” – Mrs. Coretta Scott King Within TeachRock’s MLK Holiday lesson plans for Elementary, Middle, and High School classrooms is an activity that prompts students to describe how they would participate in a MLK Day of Service. But what …
New partnership alert! Created by Washington, D.C. PBS station WETA, Wellbeings.org is a public mental health resource that provides free content and organizes local events in order to address the critical health needs of Americans. The resource brings together partners from across the country, including patients, families, caregivers, teachers, medical and mental health professionals, social service agencies, private foundations, filmmakers, corporations, and …
Share a Song Invite your students to share a piece of their personal history with Music Tells Our Stories. Bonus tip: Compile the songs they share into a class playlist and play one song at the start of class each day! Create a Zine Cultivate a spirit of collaboration and a culture of growth mindset through Steve Aoki and Growth …
Celebrate Pride and the end of a successful school year with a newly updated TeachRock Disco Lesson! Created in consultation with High School teacher Mackensi Crenshaw, The Origins of Disco is a new and improved version of TeachRock’s previous “Rise of Disco” Lesson. New additions include: A deeper investigation into the LGBTQ+ origins of Disco New images and video clips …
TeachRock is among a select group to receive a Les Paul Foundation grant in 2024! The funding supports two upcoming edWeb webinars. The free, online workshops will be hosted by TeachRock staff, feature guest teacher-presenters, and explore music and STEAM resources as well as Les Paul and Mary Ford’s pivotal roles as creators, inventors, and inspirers! Stay tuned for details. …
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the TeachRock classroom resources featured below provide structured pathways for students to explore social environments and methodology about mental health awareness. Throughout these High School lesson plans, students engage in both independent learning and collaboration in a variety of group activities. TeachRock also has an abundance of educational resources for Middle School classrooms …
While Earth Day is an important annual event to raise environmental awareness, TeachRock has resources to examine environmental issues year-round. Recently, we’ve added a new lesson to our Environmental Jukebox series – a collection of lessons where students explore the intersections of Environmental Science, Art, and activism. To create The Water Walker: Indigenous Wisdom and Water Contamination lesson, TeachRock partnered …
Over the past year, TeachRock has been updating our lessons so that they can help teachers meet the needs of a variety of learners. With this project, we are striving to make sure that our materials engage students with all types of learning profiles, interests, and readiness. So far, our lessons How a Bill Becomes a Law: Legislating the Martin …
Greetings TeachRockers! Have you checked out TeachRock’s new SEL lesson, “Bystander Intervention: Making Spaces Safer for Everyone”? It’s fantastic (IOHO) and the contributing author is Baltimore-based creative, Shawna Potter. In this latest TeachRock newsletter, Shawna shares about the experiences that led her to develop programming and write a book that would address harassment in public spaces. Now, she’s brought that …
Introducing the coolest class ever! TeachRock’s Elective Course “An American History of Rock and Soul” Did you know that TeachRock offers a semester-long elective course? Our “An American History of Rock and Soul” course is a complete curriculum that can be taught as a History Elective or as a Music Course. “Ever since I became a teacher I always thought …
