The Hamas Israeli War

I appreciate you bringing it up, Curtis Greeley 

It's a sensitive subject, of course. And one that teachers and students alike (including myself) in my school community have deep connections to. And not only that. Feel free to disagree with me but I have my doubts that the nuances and context can be adequately covered in a high school lesson, or a week of lessons, or even a unit.

And for all these reasons I'm pretty much leaving it alone. The only way I'm really addressing it - perhaps very inadvertently - is just to check-in with students and ask how they're doing, and how they're families are doing. Sometimes just breaking that silence and checking in, I think, can help. I know it's definitely helped me with colleagues and others just to ask how I'm doing with all of this.

I will say that I think most of the resources folks have posted here seem to do a very good job at avoiding some of the very unfortunate and inflammatory rhetoric we've seen as of late in online spaces and in the news. I'd be very eager to hear more as you go.

I appreciate you bringing it up, Curtis Greeley 

It's a sensitive subject, of course. And one that teachers and students alike (including myself) in my school community have deep connections to. And not only that. Feel free to disagree with me but I have my doubts that the nuances and context can be adequately covered in a high school lesson, or a week of lessons, or even a unit.

And for all these reasons I'm pretty much leaving it alone. The only way I'm really addressing it - perhaps very inadvertently - is just to check-in with students and ask how they're doing, and how they're families are doing. Sometimes just breaking that silence and checking in, I think, can help. I know it's definitely helped me with colleagues and others just to ask how I'm doing with all of this.

I will say that I think most of the resources folks have posted here seem to do a very good job at avoiding some of the very unfortunate and inflammatory rhetoric we've seen as of late in online spaces and in the news. I'd be very eager to hear more as you go.

It's a tough think to relate what's going on and keep things balanced.  We can't avoid our opinion 100%, but we have to remember kids have to be in school.  They are a captured audience and our free speech isn't the right to preach to a captured audience who can't just walk away.  But with that said, facts are facts and the truth has to be recognized.  A major issues has many truths though and we have to look at the angles and be sure not to take our on feelings too far.  You check in approach is very wise Adam Esrig