Black History Month
What month do we celebrate Black History Month?
February
Which one of these is not a type of "Stinking Thinking"?
A) Thinking of the worst possible outcome
B) Mind reading
C) The Power of Yet
D) All or Nothing thinking
C) The Power of Yet
Which is NOT a good quality of a healthy relationship?
A) Trustworthy
B) Caring
C) Possessive
D) Supportive
C) Possessive
A) Fill in the blank:
Fair isn't always _________________
B) What does this mean?
Equal
Fair isn't always equal means you get what you need (which is not always what you want).
What month do we celebrate Gay Pride?
June
Who was the civil rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner who used peaceful civil disobedience as a form of protest?
A) Arthur Ashe
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Martin Luther King Jr.
D) John Lewis
C. Martin Luther King Jr.
Which of these is NOT a useful strategy when problem solving?
A. Using an "I" statement to communicate your needs
B. Wait and cool off
C. Talk it out
D. Raising your voice to make sure they hear your perspective
D. Raising your voice to make sure they hear your perspective
Which quality describes an unhealthy relationship?
A) Puts one in danger
B) Spreads gossip
C) harms or hurts you
D) All of the above
D) All of the above
True or false
A person has to have difficulty with all the following to be considered LD? Learning Disabled:
1) reading
2) writing
3) math
4) understanding written or spoken language
True or false
Children can outgrow learning disabilities; they go away when you become an adult
False. A person can have all or even just one of those learning challenges to be considered LD
What does "coming out of the closet" mean and how does it relate to the LGBTQ+ community?
"Coming out of the closet" is a saying that people from the LGBTQ+ use to reveal or openly discuss being gay. They feel a sense of pride instead of feeling shame.
A black person was the first to event the following 2 objects?
A) the telephone
B) the calendar
C) the calculator
D) th refrigerator
B) the calendar
D) the refrigerator
Name 3 types of coping strategies a student can use outside of the classroom to deal with stress?
Possible answers
1) Taking a walk to get a drink of water
2) Wall press
3) Wall sit
What is the difference between a friend and an acquaintance?
A friend is someone we know well and is someone we would like to spend time with outside of school and is trustworthy
An acquaintance is someone who we casually know -is not our friend; it is someone we don't necessarily trust and is not our friend.
True or False
Children outgrow having learning disabilities
False
Children do not outgrow learning disabilities but they can learn strategies that help them to learn throughout their life as adults.
What is being an ally mean and share 2 ways you can be an ally
An ally is anyone who supports the LGBTQ+ community. Two examples of ways you can be an ally:
1) Being inclusive -inviting people of the community to hang out with you and your friend group
2) Standing up for a person who is being mistreated due to their sexual orientation or sexual identity.
The person who rode alongside of Paul Revere and shouted "The British are coming, The British are coming"
A) Wentworth Cheswell
B) John Lewis
C) Langston Hughes
D) Malcolm X
A) Wentworth Cheswell
Name 3 strategies a student can use when they are feeling stressed out?
1 Deep Breaths
2. Pushing Palms together
3. Using a fidget
Name any 5 traits that are part of a healthy friendship?
1) Honest
2) Respectful
3) Loyal
4) Good Communication
5) Reciprocal -( both people give to the relationship)
Name 3 different ways or phrases that we use (instead of learning disabled) when we to talk about LD.
I have a ______________
or
I have a ______________
or
I have a ______________
1) I have a learning challenge
2) I have a learning disorder
3) I have a learning difference (or I learn differently)
What is the difference between sexual orientation and gender identity?
Who was the 22 year old African American woman who was named the National Youth Poet Laureate and read a poem at the Presidential Inauguration of Biden in 2021?
Who is - Amanda Gorman
Define anticipatory anxiety?
When the thought or idea of something that is stressing you out is often time scarier than it is!
Define and describe a "reciprocal" friendship" between 2 people
Why is this important?
A relationship where 2 people give an equal amount to a friendship.
It's balanced and both people feel that they are giving and receiving an equal amount of attention in the relationship.
List the 3 basic types of learning styles a person can have and tell us about the learning style(s) that works best for you?
1) Visual
2) Auditory
3) Kinesthetic
List what LGBTTQQIAAP stands for. You need to answer at least 6 to earn all 500 points
Lesbian
Gay
Bisexual
Transgender
Transexual
Questioning
Queer
Intersex
Ally
Asexual
Pansexual