Activity for Home Was a Horse Stall
Ways to use "Home was a Horse Stall" in the classroom
Activity Ideas To Use With Crocodile And Ghost Bat Have A Hullabaloo
Discussion topics and writing themes that can be explored with this story.
African American Women and the Suffrage Movement
African American women and the suffrage movement.
Against the Current
As the nation observes Native American Heritage Month, Teaching Tolerance offers a wealth of activity ideas tied to Thanksgiving, Native mascots and indigenous people's proud heritage of resistance.
Native American activists use civil disobedience and consensus-building to resolve an old dispute over environmental resources.
Air Quality
Create a lesson plan that puts math and science in context for your students.
Allies for Justice: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
Students will understand the power of allies in civil and human rights movements.
American Value: Equality
Across the political spectrum, most commentators identify "equality" as an American value. After all, the Constitution begins "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union" — a pronouncement that implies a group of individuals coming together to speak with equal voice and authority.
An Exercise in Kindness
Substitute teachers face intolerance nearly every day.
An Historic Vote
In this lesson, students in the upper grades will explore the struggle of African Americans to attain voting rights and develop a greater appreciation for the significance of Barack Obama's election.
Anonymous Writing Partners
Anonymous journaling helps portray the reality of bullying
Anti-Gay Discrimination In Schools
Seventy-five percent of gay students report being verbally abused at school, and more than a third say they are physically harassed. Teaching Tolerance examines anti-gay discrimination and offers a 5-part plan to help schools create safe and inclusive environments.
Anti-Racism Activity: The Sneetches
In this early grades activity, students learn about unfair practices in a simulation exercise and then create plans to stand up against discrimination.
Arrest that Book!
In 1905, the directors of the Brooklyn, N.Y., Public Library declared The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn unsuitable reading for children because "Huck not only itched but scratched, and … he said ‘sweat’ when he should have said 'perspiration.'"
Aung San Suu Kyi
"One must ask, 'Are you doing everything you can?' and I think if the answer is try 'Yes,' then you fell neither hopeless nor despairing."
Authentic Relationships
Ask any veteran teacher and they will tell you that the stronger the relationship with the student, the less likely behavioral problems will erupt in the classroom. Good relationships equal good classroom management, pure and simple.
Avoiding the Holiday 'Balance Traps'
How educators can avoid the holiday "balance traps."
Beat for Peace
Implement an intervention program built on shared music and individual counseling sessions.
Beauty is Skin Deep
This media literacy lesson for grades 6-10 helps students analyze the ways media representations about size and appearance can impact our attitudes and behaviors.
Becoming a Critical Viewer
Media messages about body shape and size will affect the way we feel about our bodies and ourselves only if we let them.
Before Rosa Parks: Frances Watkins Harper
Frances Watkins Harper challenged power structures in the South, talking to free former slaves about voting, land ownership and education.
Before Rosa Parks: Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells is best known for her activism in the anti-lynching campaign. She moved to Chicago in her 20s and was a major figure in suffrage and women's club movements.
Before Rosa Parks: Susie King Taylor
Georgia native Susie King Taylor was a teacher who traveled with the Union troops during the Civil War. The story of this unsung hero and her accomplishments as a young teenager gives new meaning to the term "war hero."
Being Culturally Responsive
Bella Abzug
"You can't continue to have a world without equal participation of men and women. That's my central thesis."
Biased Judgments
Early grades activity to confront gender stereotypes.
Blues Music Activity
A guide to classroom activities exploring arguments about what blues music is "authentic"
Borders and Boundaries
A discussion guide for grades 6-12.
Boundary Crossing
Have we really learned how to break down barriers?
Breaking Down The Walls Of Intolerance
On Mix It Up at Lunch Day, members of the school community will tear down the wall collectively, uniting as one.
Breaking the Barrier
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry prompts look at how students respond to mistreatment of their peers.