Speak Truth: We Say “Thanksgiving,” But Who are We Thanking?

Speak Truth: We Say “Thanksgiving,” But Who are We Thanking?

Speak Truth: We Say “Thanksgiving,” But Who are We Thanking?

This November 2025 session was led by a 9th grade and 11th grader at Banneker High School in Washington, DC. The discussion flowed from watching a clip of a video that offered historical context for “the first Thanksgiving,” which was a complicated mix of...
Looping

Looping

Looping Discipline: Applicable in all subjects as a means of teaching students how to practice deep listening. Particularly useful as preparation for curriculum and content that encourages discussion and debate. This activity provides good practice with low-stakes...
Hot Takes: Listen, Learn, Respond

Hot Takes: Listen, Learn, Respond

If you try this activity with your students, we’d love to see what you do. Share your journey via the #Inspired2Learn hashtag on your preferred social platform. Created by: Brady Maiden Discipline: Applicable in all subjects as a means of teaching students how to have...
Speak Truth: The Morality of Wealth

Speak Truth: The Morality of Wealth

By Kaneia Crumlin December 17, 2020 On the evening of December 17th, Center for Inspired Teaching, in partnership with Ford’s Theater, hosted a special gathering of Speak Truth, a student-led discussion for students and by students on contemporary social issues,...
Speak Truth: Gentrification

Speak Truth: Gentrification

By Kaneia Crumlin Dec 10, 2020 On an unusually warm December evening—a week before students trade in their virtual learning routine for a coveted winter break– 60 DC-area high school students gathered for a Speak Truth session around a topic that has only...
Speak Truth: Cancel Culture

Speak Truth: Cancel Culture

Learn more about Inspired Teaching’s Speak Truth program, and download your own Speak Truth Teacher Guide, here.   By Kaneia Crumlin “Here there’s always the opportunity to voice my opinions and hear others’ opinions and realize my views aren’t the only...