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Grow & Go: Learn with Lt. Governor Gilchrist (SEL)

18 Items

Mizzen Education, Inc. ↗️

All Grades

45m

Mizzen Education, Inc. ↗️

All Grades

45m

Overview

Start the school year with Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II and Mizzen!

This collection is designed to create awareness and foster discussion about how children can respect others and themselves, confront bullying, manage stress, and become more engaged in their communities.

All About Me (Grades K-2)

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

•

Grades K - 2

All About Me (Grades K-2)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Representing themselves in visual formats can help young children develop their identity and sense of place in the world by identifying elements and personal items that make up their lives.

Discover Activity

All About Me (Grades K-2)
Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness
45m•Grades K - 2

Improve Your Community

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

•

Grades 9 - 12

Improve Your Community

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students work together to design a service project that fills a need in their community.

Discover Activity

Improve Your Community
Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness
45m•Grades 9 - 12

Tricky Conversations (Grades 6-8)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

•

Grades 6 - 8

Tricky Conversations (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students in middle school may struggle to talk about the conflicts in their lives or about new emotions and experiences. In this activity, students role-play a variety of conversations and then evaluate and discuss their performances. (Note that the activity incorporates subjects such as honesty, friendship, academic achievement, and general health and wellness. However, it excludes controversial and emotionally sensitive subjects, such as sexuality and gender identity.)

Discover Activity

Tricky Conversations (Grades 6-8)
Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy
45m•Grades 6 - 8

Mindfulness (Grades K-2)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

45m

•

Grades K - 2

Mindfulness (Grades K-2)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Teach mindfulness and strategies for focus as you lead students through slow and measured breathing techniques.

Discover Activity

Mindfulness (Grades K-2)
Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness
45m•Grades K - 2

Mindfulness (Grades 3-5)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

45m

•

Grades 3 - 5

Mindfulness (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Being mindful involves paying attention to the world outside you and inside you as well. In this activity, students apply various focus strategies as you lead them through slow and steady breathing. Students also are invited to share their observations and experiences.

Discover Activity

Mindfulness (Grades 3-5)
Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness
45m•Grades 3 - 5

Mindfulness (Grades 7-10)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

45m

•

Grades 6 - 12

Mindfulness (Grades 7-10)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 12

45m

Students will learn that mindfulness means paying attention to the world outside you and to the world inside you as well. In this activity, you lead students in a meditation session. They discover that focusing on the breath is an easy and effective first step to mindfulness and that filling the lungs with air can be all-absorbing and help clear the mind.

Discover Activity

Mindfulness (Grades 7-10)
Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness
45m•Grades 6 - 12

Improve Your Focus

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

45m

•

Grades 3 - 5

Improve Your Focus

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Because of the internet, digital music players, and other sources of sound and noise, many students pass an entire day without any moments of silence. In this activity, students learn techniques to shut out distractions and focus their attention on worthy subjects or ideas.

Discover Activity

Improve Your Focus
Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness
45m•Grades 3 - 5

Tricky Conversations (Grades 9-12)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

•

Grades 9 - 12

Tricky Conversations (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Teens may struggle to talk about a wide variety of personal subjects with parents, teachers, peers, and siblings. In this activity, teens will role-play a variety of conversation topics and evaluate their performances. (Note that the activity incorporates subjects such as honesty, friendship, academic achievement, and general health and wellness. However, it excludes controversial and emotionally sensitive subjects, such as sexuality and gender identity.)

Discover Activity

Tricky Conversations (Grades 9-12)
Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy
45m•Grades 9 - 12

Democracy in Action

Social and Emotional Awareness • History and Society

45m

•

Grades 6 - 8

Democracy in Action

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

In this fun activity, students model aspects of democracy as practiced in the United States. They form political parties, hold an election, and observe their representative decide issues that affect their lives as students. Students learn that in many ways our government functions differently than its founders had intended.

Discover Activity

Democracy in Action
Social and Emotional Awareness • History and Society
45m•Grades 6 - 8

Respecting Others

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

•

Grades K - 2

Respecting Others

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

In this activity, students learn that everyone has traits that make them unique and play a game to explore their similarities and differences.

Discover Activity

Respecting Others
Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy
45m•Grades K - 2

Half the Conversation

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

•

Grades 9 - 12

Half the Conversation

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students write and act out skits to build self-awareness and conflict-resolution skills. First, students work in pairs to write and practice skits about a conflict they might have with a person in their everyday lives, and then they perform the skits for the group. However, the student who is the “star” of the skit delivers only their half of the conversation, with the other half of the conversation not being performed. The whole group then discusses what they learned about themselves and how they resolve conflicts.

Discover Activity

Half the Conversation
Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy
45m•Grades 9 - 12

Call to Service(Grades 6-8)

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

•

Grades 6 - 8

Call to Service(Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students research and present a service project that they think is worthy of their efforts in a future afterschool session. The group then votes on which project to take on in a future session.

Discover Activity

Call to Service(Grades 6-8)
Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness
45m•Grades 6 - 8

Call to Service (Grades 9-12)

Social and Emotional Awareness • History and Society

45m

•

Grades 9 - 12

Call to Service (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students research and create a slideshow presentation about a service project that they think is worthy of their efforts in a future afterschool session. The group then votes on which project to take on in a future session.

Discover Activity

Call to Service (Grades 9-12)
Social and Emotional Awareness • History and Society
45m•Grades 9 - 12

Civil Rights in the United States

Literacy • History and Society

45m

•

Grades 6 - 8

Civil Rights in the United States

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

In this team building activity, students explore tolerance and learn about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the civil rights movement. Students will develop key skills, such as communication, diversity and multicultural awareness, and collaboration.

Discover Activity

Civil Rights in the United States
Literacy • History and Society
45m•Grades 6 - 8

Respect and Learn from Others (Grades 3-5)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

•

Grades 3 - 5

Respect and Learn from Others (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In this activity, students explore the concept of tolerance. As they learn about members of the group, they recognize and appreciate their similarities and differences. This activity builds communication and listening skills and helps students get to know their peers and respect one another’s strengths, interests, and perspectives.

Discover Activity

Respect and Learn from Others (Grades 3-5)
Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy
45m•Grades 3 - 5

Cyberbullying: Prevent It, Stop It, Report It

Social and Emotional Awareness • Digital Media and Communications

45m

•

Grades 3 - 5

Cyberbullying: Prevent It, Stop It, Report It

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In this activity, students identify examples of cyberbullying and explore ways to protect themselves. Then, students brainstorm ideas for an anti-cyberbullying campaign by identifying ways young people can prevent, stop, and report instances of cyberbullying—as both the victims and the bullies. Finally, they present their ideas in the form of a poster.

Discover Activity

Cyberbullying: Prevent It, Stop It, Report It
Social and Emotional Awareness • Digital Media and Communications
45m•Grades 3 - 5

Does Social Media Contribute to Stress? (Grades 6-8)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Digital Media and Communications

45m

•

Grades 6 - 8

Does Social Media Contribute to Stress? (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students learn to recognize different ways that social media can be a stressful experience and discuss ways of handling or responding to that stress.

Discover Activity

Does Social Media Contribute to Stress? (Grades 6-8)
Social and Emotional Awareness • Digital Media and Communications
45m•Grades 6 - 8

Does Social Media Contribute to Stress? (Grades 9-12)

Career and Future Readiness • Health and Wellness • Digital Media and Communications

45m

•

Grades 9 - 12

Does Social Media Contribute to Stress? (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this activity, students explore the positive and negative effects of social media and whether it affects mental health. First, students work in small groups to research how social media affects people. Then, they discuss their personal experiences with social media and how it affected them.

Discover Activity

Does Social Media Contribute to Stress? (Grades 9-12)
Career and Future Readiness • Health and Wellness • Digital Media and Communications
45m•Grades 9 - 12

COLLECTION

Grow & Go: Learn with Lt. Governor Gilchrist (SEL)

18 Items

Mizzen Education, Inc. ↗️

All Grades

45m

Mizzen Education, Inc. ↗️

All Grades

45m

Overview

All About Me (Grades K-2)

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

•

Grades K - 2

All About Me (Grades K-2)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Representing themselves in visual formats can help young children develop their identity and sense of place in the world by identifying elements and personal items that make up their lives.

Discover Activity

All About Me (Grades K-2)
Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness
45m•Grades K - 2

Improve Your Community

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

•

Grades 9 - 12

Improve Your Community

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students work together to design a service project that fills a need in their community.

Discover Activity

Improve Your Community
Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness
45m•Grades 9 - 12

Tricky Conversations (Grades 6-8)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

•

Grades 6 - 8

Tricky Conversations (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students in middle school may struggle to talk about the conflicts in their lives or about new emotions and experiences. In this activity, students role-play a variety of conversations and then evaluate and discuss their performances. (Note that the activity incorporates subjects such as honesty, friendship, academic achievement, and general health and wellness. However, it excludes controversial and emotionally sensitive subjects, such as sexuality and gender identity.)

Discover Activity

Tricky Conversations (Grades 6-8)
Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy
45m•Grades 6 - 8

Mindfulness (Grades K-2)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

45m

•

Grades K - 2

Mindfulness (Grades K-2)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Teach mindfulness and strategies for focus as you lead students through slow and measured breathing techniques.

Discover Activity

Mindfulness (Grades K-2)
Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness
45m•Grades K - 2

Mindfulness (Grades 3-5)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

45m

•

Grades 3 - 5

Mindfulness (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Being mindful involves paying attention to the world outside you and inside you as well. In this activity, students apply various focus strategies as you lead them through slow and steady breathing. Students also are invited to share their observations and experiences.

Discover Activity

Mindfulness (Grades 3-5)
Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness
45m•Grades 3 - 5

Mindfulness (Grades 7-10)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

45m

•

Grades 6 - 12

Mindfulness (Grades 7-10)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 12

45m

Students will learn that mindfulness means paying attention to the world outside you and to the world inside you as well. In this activity, you lead students in a meditation session. They discover that focusing on the breath is an easy and effective first step to mindfulness and that filling the lungs with air can be all-absorbing and help clear the mind.

Discover Activity

Mindfulness (Grades 7-10)
Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness
45m•Grades 6 - 12

Improve Your Focus

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

45m

•

Grades 3 - 5

Improve Your Focus

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Because of the internet, digital music players, and other sources of sound and noise, many students pass an entire day without any moments of silence. In this activity, students learn techniques to shut out distractions and focus their attention on worthy subjects or ideas.

Discover Activity

Improve Your Focus
Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness
45m•Grades 3 - 5

Tricky Conversations (Grades 9-12)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

•

Grades 9 - 12

Tricky Conversations (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Teens may struggle to talk about a wide variety of personal subjects with parents, teachers, peers, and siblings. In this activity, teens will role-play a variety of conversation topics and evaluate their performances. (Note that the activity incorporates subjects such as honesty, friendship, academic achievement, and general health and wellness. However, it excludes controversial and emotionally sensitive subjects, such as sexuality and gender identity.)

Discover Activity

Tricky Conversations (Grades 9-12)
Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy
45m•Grades 9 - 12

Democracy in Action

Social and Emotional Awareness • History and Society

45m

•

Grades 6 - 8

Democracy in Action

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

In this fun activity, students model aspects of democracy as practiced in the United States. They form political parties, hold an election, and observe their representative decide issues that affect their lives as students. Students learn that in many ways our government functions differently than its founders had intended.

Discover Activity

Democracy in Action
Social and Emotional Awareness • History and Society
45m•Grades 6 - 8

Respecting Others

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

•

Grades K - 2

Respecting Others

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

In this activity, students learn that everyone has traits that make them unique and play a game to explore their similarities and differences.

Discover Activity

Respecting Others
Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy
45m•Grades K - 2

Half the Conversation

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

•

Grades 9 - 12

Half the Conversation

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students write and act out skits to build self-awareness and conflict-resolution skills. First, students work in pairs to write and practice skits about a conflict they might have with a person in their everyday lives, and then they perform the skits for the group. However, the student who is the “star” of the skit delivers only their half of the conversation, with the other half of the conversation not being performed. The whole group then discusses what they learned about themselves and how they resolve conflicts.

Discover Activity

Half the Conversation
Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy
45m•Grades 9 - 12

Call to Service(Grades 6-8)

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

•

Grades 6 - 8

Call to Service(Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students research and present a service project that they think is worthy of their efforts in a future afterschool session. The group then votes on which project to take on in a future session.

Discover Activity

Call to Service(Grades 6-8)
Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness
45m•Grades 6 - 8

Call to Service (Grades 9-12)

Social and Emotional Awareness • History and Society

45m

•

Grades 9 - 12

Call to Service (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students research and create a slideshow presentation about a service project that they think is worthy of their efforts in a future afterschool session. The group then votes on which project to take on in a future session.

Discover Activity

Call to Service (Grades 9-12)
Social and Emotional Awareness • History and Society
45m•Grades 9 - 12

Civil Rights in the United States

Literacy • History and Society

45m

•

Grades 6 - 8

Civil Rights in the United States

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

In this team building activity, students explore tolerance and learn about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the civil rights movement. Students will develop key skills, such as communication, diversity and multicultural awareness, and collaboration.

Discover Activity

Civil Rights in the United States
Literacy • History and Society
45m•Grades 6 - 8

Respect and Learn from Others (Grades 3-5)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

•

Grades 3 - 5

Respect and Learn from Others (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In this activity, students explore the concept of tolerance. As they learn about members of the group, they recognize and appreciate their similarities and differences. This activity builds communication and listening skills and helps students get to know their peers and respect one another’s strengths, interests, and perspectives.

Discover Activity

Respect and Learn from Others (Grades 3-5)
Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy
45m•Grades 3 - 5

Cyberbullying: Prevent It, Stop It, Report It

Social and Emotional Awareness • Digital Media and Communications

45m

•

Grades 3 - 5

Cyberbullying: Prevent It, Stop It, Report It

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In this activity, students identify examples of cyberbullying and explore ways to protect themselves. Then, students brainstorm ideas for an anti-cyberbullying campaign by identifying ways young people can prevent, stop, and report instances of cyberbullying—as both the victims and the bullies. Finally, they present their ideas in the form of a poster.

Discover Activity

Cyberbullying: Prevent It, Stop It, Report It
Social and Emotional Awareness • Digital Media and Communications
45m•Grades 3 - 5

Does Social Media Contribute to Stress? (Grades 6-8)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Digital Media and Communications

45m

•

Grades 6 - 8

Does Social Media Contribute to Stress? (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students learn to recognize different ways that social media can be a stressful experience and discuss ways of handling or responding to that stress.

Discover Activity

Does Social Media Contribute to Stress? (Grades 6-8)
Social and Emotional Awareness • Digital Media and Communications
45m•Grades 6 - 8

Does Social Media Contribute to Stress? (Grades 9-12)

Career and Future Readiness • Health and Wellness • Digital Media and Communications

45m

•

Grades 9 - 12

Does Social Media Contribute to Stress? (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this activity, students explore the positive and negative effects of social media and whether it affects mental health. First, students work in small groups to research how social media affects people. Then, they discuss their personal experiences with social media and how it affected them.

Discover Activity

Does Social Media Contribute to Stress? (Grades 9-12)
Career and Future Readiness • Health and Wellness • Digital Media and Communications
45m•Grades 9 - 12

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Library

CategoriesCollaboratorsExploreAll ActivitiesAll Collections

Community

Our StoryTeam MizzenEventsThe Mizzen Minute

Engage

NewsroomContact Us

Account

Sign InCreate an AccountMizzen for TeamsPrivacy PolicyTerms of Use

Copyright © 2026, Mizzen Education, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit on a mission to empower, uplift and support out-of-school time educators.