Dr. Rose Reissman
Dr. Rose Reissman, a legendary New York City educator and friend of PCSS, offers these projects as a way Pennsylvania educators and students can share history and current events. Dr. Rose encourages her Pennsylvania friends to share their ideas with PCSS and to use any idea of hers if it inspires them. Inspiring folks has been Dr. Rose's lifelong work!
Inspiration
Student Profiles
Resources
Friends & Colleagues
Dr. Rose's Commentary, Quips, and Inspiration
Take a moment to be inspired by Dr. Rose's humor, intellect, and dedication to the students she has committed to mentor.
Survivors of the Holocaust’ Graphic Novel – Fettle Animation
This is an emotionally compelling and beautifully formatted child accessible graphic narrative, which communicates through the lens of six elders...
SOAPBOX SPEECHES – INSPIRING K–12 PROJECT: Social Emotional Learning, Creativity, Citizenship, +more
Watch “Inspiring K–12 Student Project”
Watch "INSPIRING K–12 STUDENT PROJECT : Creativity, Easy Art, Social Emotional Learning and more…" on YouTube.
New Strategy
Soapbox Speech “Arti-facted” in a Shoebox Over the last decade or so, the 1930’s podium for citizens “speaking” out about issues, a market soap...
Step Aside, So Student Leaders Step Up
Dr. Rose Reissman Social Issues Literacy and Student Reflective Commentary. Step Aside, So Student Leaders Step Up As someone who was a natural...
Watch “Joy Behar Adds Amanda Gorman’s Book To Her ‘Joy’s
Dr. Rose’s Lessons on Commemorative Ceremonies
Here are Dr. Rose's lessons on commemorative ceremonies: https://creativeeducator.tech4learning.com/2021/lessons/commemorative-ceremonies Culturally...
Using Banned Books to Inspire Student Social Justice Leaders
A lesson from Dr. Rose Reissman on the importance of using banned books, fictional stories, and other alternative methods to inspire leadership in...
Brooklyn Barbie Phd Fashionista
Most of the teachers wear costumes a few kids all love it. This is a place where the sad children have a bit of joy Downes was a ghoul, Amanda...
Dr. Rose Colored Glasses
The glass art, "(Dr.) Rose colored glasses", were created by Fiza Kamran, Ditmas Middle School Ambassador and Writing Institute Arts Director....
Election Projects 2024
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Playlist Citizenship
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An AI Bot Is (Sort of) Running for Mayor in Wyoming
WIRED Article An AI Bot Is (Sort of) Running for Mayor in Wyoming | By Vittoria Elliott, WIRED Visit Link Learning Resources [gview...
Read Aloud Choice Lesson: The Walk
THE WALK – Interview with Winsome Bingham & a Giveaway! Visit Picture Book Builders Website Author empowers youth through ‘The Walk’...
Student Profiles
Meet the amazing students Dr. Rose and her colleagues are honored to work with and mentor.
Civic Learning Week
Mr. Downes Soap Box Club- Young Citizens Speak up Now at Ditmas
Students were shown videos of last year’s District 20 Soapbox Expo peer and younger peers. After they analyzed themes, speaker stance, moves, and...
Liam—Junior Ambassador website
Liam began creating websites during the 2022-2023 school year. He is the first 12-year-old webmaster at Ditmas Jr. High School. Liam doesn’t know...
Abigail Figueroa—Climate Change
This far we are losing the war against climate change. If this loss becomes a defeat, we'll lose everything else. Our trees are cut down just to...
Ashfak Arabi—Flip Grid Speech
Imagine a world with affordable health care. A place where people are able to pay for medical bills without being in debt, or comfortably pay for...
Kaylyn Clark, Ditmas IS 62, 7th Grader
Kaylyn was a Student Leadership Council Member in the 6th grade at Ditmas. She was one of the lead students in the Kensington Stands with Kyiv...
Ditmas Starr Leaders Running Cultural Day
The lead coordinator is Sofia Rashid. Student Video Leaders Leila and Kaylyn. Principal of Ditmas Marielena Santiago, AP Planning Michelle Buitrago....
Educational Resources
A special collection of helpful lesson plans, books, and teaching aids created by Dr. Rose and colleagues.
Three Nonpartisan Fall Class Projects Session
Read Aloud Choice Lesson: The Walk
THE WALK – Interview with Winsome Bingham & a Giveaway! Visit Picture Book Builders Website Author empowers youth through ‘The Walk’ Children’s book highlights African American tradition of walking to the polls | Visit The Miami Times Website Read Aloud...
Engaging Young Entrepreneurs
Engaging Young Entrepreneurs @ Middle School-Using the Pitches of Peers-Digital Literacy Training Often teachers are too focused on the disparate separate trees of multiple ELA standards and texts, to see the forest of multi-content real world, financial, social and...
What Does it Mean to be Human
How would you prove you were human, not a robot? Teaching Essential Questions, Making curriculum content multi-media real life, critical thinking connections During a commercial, the actress Jennifer Coolidge speaking at 2 am to an operator is surprised to learn that...
Rendell Center for Civics Read Aloud
Dr. Reissman Selects Award Winning Picture Books
Inspired by the leadership of Beth Specker as director of the Rendell Center for Civics Education, Dr. Reissman selected these contemporary culturally responsive award winning picture books which inspire young readers as citizen activists now. Amanda Xavier...
Students in the Ditmas Rendell Center for Civics Education read The Artivist book by Nikkolas Smith
Students in the Ditmas Rendell Center for Civics Education read The Artivist book by Nikkolas Smith and did their own read aloud and Cornell box projects. Amy Mathis Ditmas Librarian partnered with Dr. Reissman. Classes 805 and 807 did the Read Aloud. Mr. Sefaradi,...
Lessons on Voting for 2024
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Just Vote Yes to Getting the Vote “Out”
Vote “Yes” to teaching about “Voting” this election Given the increasingly contentious nature of election campaigns over the past decade and shifting rules for televised debates, many teachers have deliberately decided to avoid direct teaching about voting, even in...
Lessons on Voting for 2024
Current Events
Current Events and Guest & Colleague Submissions
PCSS Polled Veteran Teachers About Handling January 6th
PCSS polled some of our veteran teachers about how they are handling teaching about January 6th, and a number said that "because of the politics in their school district," they were not even mentioning it. Others are diving into the materials produced by the January...
20th Anniversary of 9/11
Dr. Rose offers this project as a way Pennsylvania educators and students can share in the solemn celebration of the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Check out her model and see what one student has already done with the project by interviewing her father. Audio...
President Zelenskyy’s Master Class on Being American
A lesson on learning how to be American, taught by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Special thanks to the team of educators, Dr. Reissman, Ms. Xavier, Mr. Carideo, Mr. Downes, Ms. Michel, Ms. Franzese, and Principal Marielena Santiago, NYC STARR Mentor....
Ukraine Project
Ukraine Project View an image gallery, videos, lesson material, and teaching aids for the Ukraine Project.