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Use these ideas in the classroom to explore racial and ethnic imagery in school mascots. 1. If your school has an Indian team name or mascot, find out when the image was adopted, who ...

A guide to classroom activities exploring arguments about what blues music is "authentic" Whose BluesSome artists, educators and others caution that the "voice" ...

Projects that examine various aspects of  migrant life in depth 1. To acquaint students with notable as well as little-known figures from migrant culture, have them research the ...

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 ...

Teaching Tolerance offers activities and resources about the winding road toward, and away from, integrated schooling in the United States :: Paying Our Respects to Brown ...

Activity Ideas :: Primary Documents (Grades 4-7): President Eisenhower waited nearly a month before sending federal troops to protect the Little Rock Nine. The President's ...

Activity Ideas :: A World Apart (Grades 3-7) In her interview, Beverly Daniel Tatum says: "Many social organizations that were once all white are now 'integrated.' ...

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. ...

Early grades activity designed to confront gender stereotypes. This is a part of  Gender Doesn't Limit You! , also  available as a PDF . Note: Substitute your ...

Early grades activity to confront gender stereotypes. This is a part of  Gender Doesn't Limit You! , also  available as a PDF . Note: Substitute your school's name ...

Early grades activity to confront gender stereotypes. This is a part of  Gender Doesn't Limit You! , also  available as a PDF . Note: Substitute your school's name ...

Early grades lesson to confront gender stereotypes. This is a part of  Gender Doesn't Limit You! , also  available as a PDF . Note: Substitute your school's name ...

Almost every person in the U.S. has an immigration history, whether in the distant familial past or in more recent times. As a nation of immigrants, the United States has long struggled with how best to create ...

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 ...

Discussion topics and writing themes that can be explored with the story Crocodile and Ghost Bat Have a Hullabaloo . This story and accompanying activities are excerpted from Teaching Tolerance’s ...

This activity looks at the way in-group favoritism hurts instead of heals the conflicts we might have with each other. Objectives Students will understand and be able to ...

Always guard against the tendency to believe that everyone within a given identity group believes the same way. Objectives Students will identify stereotypes they've ...

In this upper-grades activity, students use basic news reporting skills to explore the impact of environmental racism. Objectives Students will: Explore the terms ...

In this middle school lesson, students will create their own imaginary cities, deciding where to place amenities such as parks and libraries, as well drawbacks such as environmental hazards. Then they will ...

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 ...

What are some characteristics your students associate with elderly people? Americans spend billions of dollars annually in an effort to thwart the appearance of aging. Hair ...

In his groundbreaking March 2008 speech on race, Barack Obama described the white experience in America as "the immigrant experience." But what does that mean? In this lesson, students will take a ...

President Obama angered many advocates for gay equality when he selected Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, despite Warren's views on gay rights. Obama said he made the choice to ...

In his historic March 2008 speech on race, Barack Obama explained some of the barriers to opportunity that created the racial wealth divide. In this lesson, students take a deeper look at the lingering ...

In this lesson, students will examine the practice of including prayers in inaugural ceremonies, focusing on the messages these presidential selections send about diversity and faith in American life. ...

In this activity, students will summarize biographies of individuals who fought racism and helped make it possible for a black man to serve as President of the United States. Along they way, they'll ...

By examining the funding gap in their own state, students will learn about inequities in the system and begin to question why those inequities exist. This lesson plan is to ...

This lesson will guide students through their human right to education and help them evaluate how well the world is doing when it comes to providing a free, equal, quality education to our youth. ...

In this activity, students in the middle and upper grades will explore whether Obama's selection as the president of the United States marks a new era in America, one where race doesn't matter. ...

In this activity, students will debunk the idea that Obama's election means race and racism are no longer relevant in U.S. society. Objectives Students will analyze ...