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- Elementary Mapping Activity
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Classroom climate dramatically affects students’ lives on a daily basis. We know that a teacher can set the mood of the classroom, but so can students, through the ways they interact with each other. This ... - Put-Ups
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Students are used to put-downs, but what about put-ups? This activity helps students see the positive things that their schoolmates are doing and gives them skills to affirm each other across social ... - Happy Faces
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Everyone has a bad day once in a while. This activity helps students be sensitive to schoolmates who might be having a bad day and gives them a way to cross boundaries and bring cheer to others. ... - Speaking Kindness in Democratic Classrooms
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Students will develop a framework for speaking with kindness and respect toward each other. Framework For educators who hope to create a democratic classroom, one of the ... - Oral History and Civil Rights
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Little Rock isn't the only city or town with a civil rights history. The Civil Rights Movement and other struggles for justice have impacted every community in the United ... - Peaceful Lessons from Peaceful Leaders: Tri-Leadership
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This shortest month of the year is typically filled with history reports, pageants, guest speakers, cultural fairs and the like. Seldom a day goes by that we don't hear the names of Dr. Martin Luther ... - Stand Up!
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This activity will remind students that no one deserves to be bullied and that everyone has a responsibility to report unkind acts. Materials Multi-color index cards ... - Bullies Act Out
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This activity will remind students that no one deserves to be bullied and that everyone has a responsibility to report unkind acts. Materials Classroom table bulletin ... - A Bullying Quiz
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In this lesson, students take a quiz related to bullying and discuss follow-up reflective questions to help them plan an anti-bullying initiative in their community. Objectives ... - Latino Civil Rights Timeline Activities
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The following timeline activities document dozens of key Latino civil rights events between 1903 and 2006. When reading this timeline, it's important to remember that the fight ... - Conflict Resolution and Peace
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Teachers can use these quotes from famous individuals to facilitate student reflection on the importance of conflict resolution. Objectives Students will read and interpret ... - United We Stand
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In this activity for early grades, students will read a short biography of César Chávez, be introduced to labor unions and reflect on how powerful it can be to speak up, with others, for change. ... - Peaceful Lessons from Peaceful Leaders: I'm A Leader, Too!
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February is a time often reserved for the celebration of past leaders and visionaries who fought peacefully and intellectually to provide us with more opportunities for a more privileged future. ... - Making Sense of the Employee Free Choice Act
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Help your students understand the Employee Free Choice Act, a major change in labor law that will be considered by Congress. Objectives Students will understand the core ... - Rev. Joseph Lowery: What Makes a Civil Rights Leader?
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Rev. Joseph Lowery, who delivered the benediction at the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, marched alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Civil Rights Movement. They were among the many activists ... - Labor Matters
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Draw on your students' prior knowledge to help them understand the importance of the labor movement. Framework To understand the debate over the Employee Free Choice Act, ... - How Do We Get Along?
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A lesson that encourages students to examine what it means to relate to others Research illustrates that young people who have difficulty developing relationships are more likely to ... - Flags for Peace
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This activity can help students make a personal connection to a seemingly abstract theme at the beginning of a lesson or as a culminating activity. When a white supremacist group ... - Friendship Pizza
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Identifying ways to promote acceptance and friendship When my kindergarteners became involved in a cycle of put-downs and tattling, I designed a lesson to assist them in ... - Allies for Justice: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
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Students will understand the power of allies in civil and human rights movements. This lesson is part of the Viva la Causa teaching kit. Objectives Activites will help ... - Exploring the Film: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
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Using the common literary strategy of prediction, students will write descriptive compositions based on visual prompts and will connect symbolically with one of the farmworkers or allies. ... - Committing to Nonviolence: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
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Students will explore how the concept of nonviolence affected and united social change movements in the 20th century. This lesson is part of the Viva la Causa teaching kit. ... - An Exercise in Kindness
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Substitute teachers face intolerance nearly every day. Substitute teachers face intolerance nearly every day. A three-week 3rd-grade assignment presented me with a unique ... - Understanding Past and Present Labor Injustice through Music
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Period songs give students an understanding of early 19th century labor conditions When studying the impacts of 19th century industrialization, I play several period songs from the ... - Readers' Theater—Hullaballoo: An Australian Folk Tale
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An Australian story inspires a traveling reader's theater After reading the Australian-based story "Crocodile and Ghost Bat Have a Hullabaloo" to my second-grade ... - Interviewing Immigrants
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Helping students gain perspective on difficulties of learning a new language. "Those kids are laughing at me," Lisa said. "They should speak English." Lisa, ... - Using 'Objects' to Object to Objectification
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Math equations add up to help teach tolerance My high school students and I spent a lot of time exploring functions in our pre-calculus and algebra classes. Indeed, the function ... - Stay in the Mix ...With Summer Service!
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With summer approaching, it's time to figure out ways to keep mixing it up, even after the school year ends! Who: Nonprofit organizations -- and students -- throughout the ... - Peer Exclusion
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This web-exclusive curriculum is proven to counteract gender bullying in the early grades. This is a part of Gender Doesn't Limit You! , also available as a PDF . Note: ... - Allies: A Discussion Activity
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Educator and author Mara Sapon-Shevin offers strategies and ideas to help students become allies -- people who stand with or for others. After leading students in a discussion about ...
