We visit San Diego County classrooms with a single-period lesson on where fear of outsiders comes from and what it costs. It's free, we bring everything, and booking takes one email.
Your students are already having this conversation — in the hallway, in a group chat, at lunch. What they usually don't have is a structured hour to think it through with an adult in the room and language precise enough to be useful.
We give them that hour. A trained presenter runs a discussion-based lesson matched to your grade band, you keep teaching the way you teach, and you get a short guide for following up the next week. Nothing about the lesson asks students to disclose anything about themselves or their families.
Every presenter has been through our training. A teacher stays in the room the whole time.
A gentle first conversation about the many places the people in one neighborhood come from, and why being new is hard in ways that are easy to miss.
How a group of people becomes a single story — through repetition, shorthand, and jokes — and how a person notices it happening in their own head.
The pattern behind moments in United States history when newcomers were treated as a threat — what the arguments sounded like each time, and how to recognize the shape of them today.
A short assembly version for a whole grade or a whole school, built around one idea students can act on the same day.
Send us your grade level, your class period length, and two or three dates that could work. One email is enough to start.
We send the lesson plan and the exact materials we'll use, at least two weeks ahead. You tell us anything to change for your class. Some schools route this through an administrator; we'll fill out whatever form your district needs.
Presenters arrive early, bring their own materials, and follow your classroom rules. Afterward you get a one-page discussion guide for the following week.
Administrators who'd rather not use a form can write to us directly at the address in the footer. We're glad to get on a call first.
Everything below is free to use, adapt, and copy for your students. No login, no email required.
A short reading list, by grade band, for classrooms working on belonging. Written to be extended — add what your students actually respond to.
A 45-minute discussion lesson on how a group of people becomes a single story, and how a student can catch that happening in their own thinking.
We run a writing and art contest for San Diego County students on what welcome and belonging look like where they live. Winning entries are published here with the student's permission, and teachers are welcome to use the contest as a class assignment.
Nothing. There is no fee, and we don't ask schools for donations.
No. You'll get the plan ahead of time so nothing surprises you, but there's no prep work for you or your students.
Trained student presenters, usually with an adult volunteer present. You'll know exactly who is coming before the day.
It isn't about any party, candidate, or piece of legislation. It's about how people come to see a group as outsiders, and what that does to a community. We'll send you every slide in advance so you can decide for yourself.
Never. Nothing in any lesson asks a student to share their family's background, immigration history, or anything else private. Students participate as much or as little as they choose.
Yes. Several classes in one day is usually easier for us than a single period. Tell us your schedule and we'll try to match it.
Send it over. We'll complete visitor forms, background check requirements, and anything else your district asks for.
Send us your grade level and two or three dates that could work. We reply within two business days.
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