International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Americans may not give much recognition to the UN observance, but for ten years the citizens of Canada have heeded the UN's summons and gone so far as to expand upon the idea of a one-day commemorative event to create a nationwide program toward the eradication of racism.
Interpreting Wealth Disparities
Classroom experiences that critically investigate the causes and meaning of poverty in our own nation offer students tools for change, and new ways to interpret the world around them.
Interviewing Immigrants
Helping students gain perspective on difficulties of learning a new language.
Into the Classroom: TDSI
What does culturally relevant pedagogy look like in the classroom? Researchers who have studied this topic (including Ana María Villegas, Tamara Lucas, Beverly Armento and Jacqueline Jordan Irvine) have identified the following examples of culturally relevant instructional behaviors:
Introducing Kids to the Idea of Environmental Racism
In this lesson, students will participate in an activity designed to simulate the inequity of environmental racism. They will also have a chance to explore various ways children can get involved in these issues.
Inviting Engagement
U.S. classrooms are growing more diverse — ethnically, culturally and linguistically. In response, teachers and educational advocates are employing new strategies, and adapting tried-and-true strategies, to better serve diverse parent populations.
Is It Okay to Go Gray?
What are some characteristics your students associate with elderly people?
Journaling History: Sacagawea and York
Activity for grades 8-12.
Juliette Hampton Morgan: A Lesson for Teachers
Students learn the importance of being an ally through the story of Juliette Hampton Morgan, a white woman who lived in Montgomery, Alabama, during segregation.
Juliette Hampton Morgan: A White Woman Who Understood
Healthy racial identity development among older white youth is a bit more complex. Often, white students must come to understand that society attaches meaning to their whiteness and that they have a choice about how to be white in a multicultural society.
Students learn the importance of being an ally through the story of Juliette Hampton Morgan, a white woman who lived in Montgomery, Alabama, during segregation.
Juliette Hampton Morgan: Becoming an Ally
Students learn the importance of being an ally through the story of Juliette Hampton Morgan, a white woman who lived in Montgomery, Alabama, during segregation.
Juliette Hampton Morgan: Being a Cultural Anthropologist
Students learn the importance of being an ally through the story of Juliette Hampton Morgan, a white woman who lived in Montgomery, Alabama, during segregation.
Juliette Hampton Morgan: Discussing the Story
Students learn the importance of being an ally through the story of Juliette Hampton Morgan, a white woman who lived in Montgomery, Alabama, during segregation.
Justice on the Bumper
On a daily basis, we encounter disturbing, startling, discomforting, angering, humorous, ironic, sarcastic, irreverent, uplifting and insightful words and images related to social justice.
Keep It Academic
The study of religion must serve academic purposes. Many schools approach the subject in self-contained religion courses, while others integrate the study of religion throughout coursework. Below are models and resources.
Kids to the Rescue
Conflict managers can help dissolve playground problems.
Kindness: The Foundation of Service-Learning
For young children, service-learning often begins with discovering the joy and benefits of small acts of kindness. These simple activities can set the stage.
Labor Matters
Draw on your students' prior knowledge to help them understand the importance of the labor movement.
Ladder of Prejudice
Examining the escalation from name-calling to genocide
Latino Civil Rights Timeline Activity for Early Grades
These activities are recommended for use with Teaching Tolerance's Latino Civil Rights Timeline.
Latino Civil Rights Timeline Activity for Middle and Upper Grades
These activities are recommended for use with Teaching Tolerance's Latino Civil Rights Timeline.
Latino Civil Rights Timeline, 1903 to present
The following timeline documents dozens of key Latino civil rights events between 1903 and 2006.
Latino Heritage: A Discussion Activity
Teaching Tolerance offers the following essays and activities to help students gain a deeper understanding of past and present struggles for Latino civil rights.
Latinos and the Fourteenth Amendment: A Primary Document Activity
In this lesson, students will work in pairs and use expert reading strategies to analyze the Court’s ruling in Hernandez v. Texas. After participating in a carousel discussion, students will write a three-minute paper describing how the United States would be different if the Court had reached an alternate conclusion.
Legal Concepts Handout
Understanding the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the Constitution
Lesson: Dr. King and the Movement
Teaching Tolerance considers the legacy of Dr. King's dream of a just and equal society for all and how much of the dream remains deferred.
Lessons from Goldilocks
Teach inclusive, respectful behavior using storybooks lessons and art.
Lessons We Can Learn
from John Lewis' Reflections on a Dream Deferred
Letters to Gabby
Students explore conflict resolution through 'Letters To Gabby.'
Liberty High School Hand Out
A Hypothetical Controversy Over School Prayer