Resources for the classroom and beyond!

Story Exchange

Art Exchange

By Narrative 4

45+ Mins

How can the art story exchange deepen our connection to others in our community?

Skill Building

5 Ways of Perceiving Listening

20 Mins

 How can we reflect on different ways we receive information while listening?  During this lesson students will practice deep listening…

Best Practices

Pairing Read Aloud with the Story Exchange

By Chris Haas

20 Mins

How can we use mentor texts to connect students to the story exchange and story exchange prompts? In this article,…

Best Practices

How to Dig Deeper Into Students Strengths

By Tyrone C. Howard

20 Mins

What questions can we present to students to have a better overall understanding of who they are and how they…

Best Practices

Artifact of the Week

By Nicole Walker

20 Mins

How can students explore real world experiences and stories? In this article, Nicole Walker walks us through a process of…

Story Exchange

Story Exchange Lesson Plan

By Narrative 4

How can the story exchange deepen our connection to others in our community?

Skill Building

Self Awareness Through Silence

By Malia’Kekia Nicolini (adapted from work by Dr. Kerr Mesner)

10 Mins

What are some ways we can exercise the skill of self awareness?

Story Exchange

Telling My Story

By Kate Laskey

30 Mins

How can sharing our own stories build our confidence in our ability to share?

Story Exchange

Brainstorming Stories

By Kate Laskey and Malia’Kekia Nicolini

30 Mins

How do we decide on a story to share during a story exchange?

Skill Building

Compassion Roleplaying

By Allison Lerman Gluck and Cece Fleury Feldberg

30 Mins

How does empathy and/or compassion support others in our community?

Skill Building

Goal Setting

By Kate Laskey

30 Mins

How does setting goals help us to make positive changes in our lives?

Skill Building

Uncommon Commonalities

By Allison Lerman Gluck and Helen White

20 Mins

How can similarities we share with others bring us closer together as a community?

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