THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Wednesday, November 25, 2020 Page 7 Local nonprofit partners with award-winning journalist to help teachers tackle contentious issues T he Immigrant Learning Center (ILC), in partnership with Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Jake Halpern, recently released a new, free resource, “Welcome to the New World: Curriculum and Learning Guide,” for teachers who are looking for engaging ways to teach about timely issues like migration, refugees and the Syrian Civil War. It is intended to accompany Halpern’s latest book, “Welcome to the New World,” a graphic novel based on the real-life experiences of a family of Syrian refugees who arrived in Connecticut on Election Day in 2016. The Curriculum and Learning Guide is well suited for language arts, social studies, current events and world history classes in grades seven through 11. These flexible lesson plans can be used individually or collectively as a curriculum and are easily adapted to other classes. Immigration, refugee resettlement and asylees are contentious and not well-understood topics. In an overheated political environment, it can be difficult to bring these issues into a classroom. The “Welcome to the New World” curriculum brings the refugee experience to life in a uniquely relatable way. This project started in 2016 when Halpern and “Welcome to the New World” illustrator Michael Sloan met the Aldabaan family as they arrived in the United States. Halpern and Sloan documented the family’s experiences in a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoon series in The New York Times, which formed the basis for the graphic novel. The story is told mainly from the perspective of the teenage son. This perspective makes the story relatable for many students, and the graphic format makes the material particularly engaging. Halpern chose to partner with ILC on this curriculum because of its track record providing high-quality, free professional development for educators and its partnerships with well-known organizations, such as the Anti-Defamation League, Teaching Tolerance, Re-Imagining Migration and many schools and universities. For more than a decade, ILC has provided in-person and online workshops, videos and a wealth of other resources for teaching immigration-related topics as well as serving immigrant students. This project is the first in an upcoming series of free, immigration-related curricula from ILC. “Welcome to the New World: Curriculum and Learning Guide” is currently available for free at the ILC website at www.ilctr.org/promoting-immigrants/ilc-workshops/educators-2/ and will be published on sharemylesson.com. PLAYERS| FROM PAGE 1 Their game with Medford is the second-oldest continuous rivalry in the nation, for goodness’ sake! Game #133 was supposed to be tomorrow. “Was” is the operative word. Not happening now, kids. How about in Revere? Tomorrow the Patriots were supposed to be meeting traditional rival Winthrop for the 92nd time. Oh, what a glorious day it will be in 2028 for the Centennial 100th meeting! Uh, wait a minute. That will be delayed a year, now. At least. And in Saugus? It would have been the 74th meeting with Peabody between the longtime Turkey Day foes. Last year the final game in storied Sachem history was played at good old Stackpole Field as the new Saugus High includes a new football field as well. Will this game now be played sometime next March? Will Saugus still get a home game to open its new field in the fall of 2021? You need Agatha Christie to write the next chapter of this mystery. The pain in Everett will not be quite as severe, as the Crimson Tide was looking at a year without a Thanksgiving Day game anyway, as Masconomet, which had played Everett on Turkey Day the past couple of years, including a game at Fenway Park in fabled coach John DiBiaso’s finale, had pulled out of the relationship after three years. Not having any football all this fall season stung just as sharply as at the other schools, though. There will be the regular NFL games flooding the TVs tomorrow, of course, but it will not be even close to the same. High school football on Thanksgiving is oh, so much more than just going to the game – seeing old teammates, renewing friendships with former classmates and just getting out there and soaking it all in, whether your team wins or does not. How many of us see people at Thanksgiving football games and that is the only time we see them all year! Most of us? All of us? We cherish those moments so much and we look forward to them all year. Thanksgiving Day football matters. It really does, and now it is simply not going to happen because of COVID-19, a sinister thief over which we have no control. This is going to be a very tough loss in a year in which we have already lost so much. Now we know exactly how Charlie Brown feels the second after Lucy pulls the ball away. Nursing home or your home? Know your options. If you’re 65+ and eligible for MassHealth Standard, call now for this free brochure about an important health plan option. Commonwealth Care Alliance® is dedicated to helping you live safely in your own home for as long as possible. Over 68% of CCA Senior Care Options members actually qualify for a nursing home, but continue living independently at home with our comprehensive care and support. When you enroll in our plan, you will choose doctors from our large network, including many right in your community that you may already know and trust. 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