Together with Generation Citizen and Rural Assembly, Making Caring Common developed Navigating Social Issues in the Classroom: A Toolkit for Educators as Community Bridge Builders, a resource for middle and high school teachers and administrators to help them collaboratively prepare students for and engage students in constructive dialogue across their differences.
With this light-lift strategy, students will practice being active, authentic listeners with a partner — listening to make the speaker feel heard and without the need to reciprocate the conversation, but rather, to better understand and communicate with the speaker. By speaking for up to a few minutes, speakers will also get more comfortable sharing about themselves and expressing vulnerability.
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