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Bridging Friendship on the Titanic |
Sometimes school tracking sets students up for failure, academically and
socially. My students with disabilities, who require extra... |
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Don’t Miss a Chance to Shift Hate Rhetoric |
“I hate Jews.”
That was the sentence,
uttered coldly and dripping with vile undertones, from the mouth of a sixth-grader
that nearly caused me to... |
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Making Time for a Lasting History Lesson |
Bryan had anger issues in sixth grade. One day another boy in my class called him “gay” and he flung his desk across the room and chased the boy all... |
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‘My Dad Is a Racist’ |
Every now and again, a
student will say something that leaves me speechless and desperate for the
correct response. I can feel in my bones that the... |
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Sorting People and Sorting Out Students |
I asked my sixth-graders a
loaded question at the beginning of my Holocaust unit. “What is race?” I hoped
to help students comprehend the flaws in... |
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World News Becomes A Teacher of Tolerance |
In order to
enhance my sixth-graders’ ability to connect personally with topics we read about
in class, I assigned a writing assignment. I ask... |
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'Jellybean' Offers Powerful Lesson in Inclusion |
By the 171st day
of school, even a dedicated and enthusiastic teacher like me is pretty sure I
am immune to being moved or motivated in any sort of... |
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Building Bridges Over the Ages With Books |
Jeanette Winterson, author
and poet, once said, “Books communicate ideas and make bridges between people.”
As a middle school language arts teacher,... |
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When the Bully Gets Bullied |
Every year our school
conducts what has come to be known as “The Bully Poll.” Teaching Tolerance also offers an activity to
open the discussion... |
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Getting Clear of the ‘They’ Rhetoric |
Editor’s Note: As the
country approaches the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Teaching Tolerance bloggers
have written about their insights and experiences... |
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Creating A New Reputation |
Zach was one of those kids that the fifth-grade
teachers warn the sixth-grade teachers about at middle school orientation. He
was a bully who had... |
