November
2021 marked a year different than any other we have ever experienced and as with any major change, the transition to online learning was a learning experience for all of us. Despite challenges and bumps in the road, we are excited for all of the growth and celebrations the school year brought.
In Durham Public Schools’ we saw an opportunity to share knowledge, empower and promote awareness through remote and concurrent learning district wide. During each month, there will be focus on a character trait as well as other designated celebrations that are in response to highlight the cultural variations of our DPS student population.
Whenever you post anything related to DPS Celebrations on social media, please use the hashtag #DPSCelebrates! so that we can celebrate together!
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Character Trait of the Month
Character Trait of the Month: Good Judgement
K-12 Resources:
Judgment: Navigating Choices and Decisions (Source: edutopia)
Elementary Resources:
https://www.education.com/lesson-plan/making-judgements-is-it-true (Source: education.com)
Secondary Resources:
Teens and Decision Making | Scholastic: Nida (Souce: Scholastic)
Making Judgments
https://learnykids.com/worksheets/making-judgement (Source: Learnykids.com)
Using Good Judgment (Source: Utah Education Network)
Decision Making Skills: Lesson Plans (Source: financeintheclassroom.org)
Good Judgment Quotes (Source: brainyquote.com)
Monthly Celebrations
National American Indian Heritage Month
K-12 Resources:
NC Museum of History Collection: https://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/aihc-2020
Interactive Native Land Indigenous Territories map: https://native-land.ca/
Interactive Native Land Indigenous Territories map: https://native-land.ca/
Occaneechi Band Of The Saponi Nation: http://obsn.org/
Triangle Native American Society: https://trianglenative.org/
Misconceptions of and Microaggressions Toward Native Americans: https://www.diversityincbestpractices.com/medialib/uploads/2019/11/Native-American-Heritage-Month-MIB-Microaggressions-and-Misconceptions.pdf
Institute of American Indian Arts: https://iaia.edu/mocna/
Election Day
November 3rd
K-12 Resources:
Elementary Resources:
Secondary Resources:
National Adoption Month
Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 20th
Veterans Day
November 11th
K-12 Resources:
Elementary Resources:
ACADEMIC SPECIFIC CELEBRATIONS
National Family Literacy Day (1)
Geography Awareness Week (3rd Week of November)
K-12 Resources:
International Education Week (November 16-20)
K-12 Resources:
Resources from NCDPI:
Tools and Projects to Help Your Students Connect with the World.
This website provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
Virtual field trips by subject area.
Learn languages for free.
Create virtual tours for students.
From the British Museum.
Browse 1,000s of Lesson Plans, Classes, Digital Artifacts, Historical Events, and other tools from the Newseum.
Courses that provide support and celebrate educators who want to integrate global goals into their curricula.
the comprehensive global search, discovery, and viewing source for digital content. It provides librarians, information specialists, scholars, students, influencers and the general public with a single digital destination for seamlessly accessing publications, journals, data, and series published by the United Nations Secretariat, and its funds and programs.
Information and resources on Model UN workshops, Voices of Youth, and more!
Cultural Celebrations to be Aware of
Día De Los Muertos (October 31-November 2)
Mawlid Al-Nabi/Eid Milad un-Nabi (October 29 or November 3)
All Saints’ Day (1)
All Souls’ Day (2)
Diwali (14)
American Thanksgiving (26)
Advent (November 29-December 24)