California Writing Project’s Upstanders, Not Bystanders
The California Writing Project and our partners invite students, teachers, schools, and districts to participate in Upstanders, Not Bystanders: A Call to Write and a Call to Action.
- Begin by downloading the toolkit of writing prompts, teacher lessons, digital tools, and reading/research resources: Upstanders Toolkit
- Choose the writing genres and projects—digital, print, or multimedia/multimodal—that work for your students.
- Target your Upstanders, Not Bystanders focus: writing about historical, literary, public, or personal upstanders or about community or school issues that need upstanders.
- Research and explore issues: bullying, cyberbullying, digital citizenship, intolerance, stigma, bias, or civic participation.
- Participate in the Upstanders, Not Bystanders writing and teaching opportunities created by our partners.
- Celebrate student projects and digital writing during October’s Connected Educator Month, Digital Learning Day on February 17, 2016, next May in conjunction with school and district Open House activities, or when your school or community celebrates student work.
- Help CWP highlight what you and your students are working on. Be sure to sign up and share your Upstanders, Not Bystanders plans for writing and going public, links to students’ projects, and suggestions for resources: http://www.californiawritingproject.org/dld-signup.html
- Follow @CWP and CWP’s Facebook Page for updates and new opportunities during the academic year.
To celebrate what CWP partner schools and classrooms worked on for Digital Learning Day and Beyond as Upstanders in Year 2, link here.
To celebrate what teachers and students did to go public as Upstanders in
Year 1, link here.
For resources to help you create writing lessons to inspire your students as Upstanders, link here.
To celebrate what teachers and students did to go public as Upstanders in
Year 1, link here.
For resources to help you create writing lessons to inspire your students as Upstanders, link here.
Expanding the Campaign with
CWP’s Upstanders, Not Bystanders Partners
Coming Soon!
For more information about our partners: