High School Student: Stories and Lessons

Berhane

The following video and print support covers topics in the following social and emotional learning (SEL) topics:

  • Responsible Decision Making
  • Attendance and Achievement
  • Culturally Responsive Education (CRE): Immigration
Resilience and Immigration
Berhane overcomes poverty and hardship in a new country by choosing to not measure himself against what he doesn’t have. Instead, he learned from his parents that adversity is not personal and can be overcome.

Lesson Plans
The three lesson plans below examine different facets of the topic explored in the main story/video. Teachers can select to do one, two, or all three lessons.

A Deeper Look and Reflection Pages
The Deeper Look videos explore the topic from different points of view. Each Deeper Look video is accompanied by printable Reflection Pages that can be used in classroom discussions or as written assignments as well as teacher professional development and parent support materials.