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- In Our Own Words: A Story Book with a Purpose
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10 April 2013 This is the fourth lesson of the series “ Dealing with Dilemmas: Upstanders, Bystanders and Whistle-Blowers ,” which is ... - Dealing with Dilemmas: Upstanders, Bystanders and Whistle-Blowers
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26 March 2013 The purpose of these lessons is to help students think about how to resolve difficult ethical decisions related to ... - Change Agents in Our Own Lives
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26 March 2013 This is the third lesson of the series “ Dealing with Dilemmas: Upstanders, Bystanders and Whistle-Blowers ,” which is ... - Modern-Day Heroes: People Who Are Making a Difference
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22 March 2013 This is the second lesson of the series “ Dealing with Dilemmas: Upstanders, Bystanders and Whistle-Blowers .” ... - Where We Stand
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20 March 2013 This is the first lesson of the series “ Dealing with Dilemmas: Upstanders, Bystanders and Whistle-Blowers ,” ... - Teaching the Levees: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Community Problem Solving
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“Teaching the Levees” is an instructional resource provided by Columbia University Teacher’s College to support democratic dialogue and civic engagement about the Hurricane Katrina disaster. The curriculum model provides opportunities for ... - Do Something! Transforming Critiques of Gender Stereotypes into Activism
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This is the final lesson in a series on gender expression . The goal of the series is to help students understand how gender stereotypes can lead to bullying and stand in the way of building a safe ... - Gender Expression
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This series helps students understand why gender stereotypes are unfair and how teasing or bullying someone who does not conform to gender norms prevents a safe classroom community. ... - What Happens If … Using Role Plays to Understand How Gender Stereotypes Affect Our Lives
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This is the fourth lesson in a series on gender expression . The goal of the series is to help students understand how gender stereotypes can lead to bullying and stand in the way of building a safe ... - Watch It: Examining and Critiquing Gender Stereotypes in Media
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This is the third lesson in a series on gender expression . The goal of the series is to help students understand how gender stereotypes can lead to bullying and stand in the way of building a safe ... - Write Right: Using Creative Writing to Counter Gender Stereotypes in Literature
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This is the second lesson in a series on gender expression . The goal of the series is to help students understand how gender stereotypes can lead to bullying and stand in the way of building a safe ... - Think Outside the Box: Brainstorming About Gender Stereotypes
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This is the first lesson in a series on gender expression . The goal of the series is to help students understand how gender stereotypes can lead to bullying and stand in the way of building a safe ... - Mix It Up
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This activity is designed for use with our free curriculum kit, Mighty Times: The Children's March , designed for the middle and upper grades. This activity is based on ... - Our Groups of Friends
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In this activity, students examine the diversity of their groups of friends. First, on a labeled color-coded chart , students write under each of their names the name of an adult ... - Create an Anti-Cyberbullying Sign Campaign
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Cyberbullying is a serious concern in today’s schools. Since it can happen to a student at home as well as in school, it can be more pervasive and traumatic for victims than traditional bullying. An ... - Using Tootsie Roll Pops to Teach Tolerance
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This activity helps students increase respect for differences and gain a deeper understanding of universal similarities. Draw two columns on the board, labeled “On the Outside” and ... - The People Puzzle
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Each fall, I look forward to the joy and adventures of teaching new students. The more the students and I understand about one another, the richer their learning experiences. In ... - Debating Corporal Punishment
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In 2011, 20 states permitted corporal punishment in public schools. Many students who live outside those states find it hard to believe that corporal punishment still exists. This ... - Bullying and LGBT Students
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The purpose of this activity is to discuss the bullying of LGBT students. It uses the Mexican tradition of El Paseo to begin that discussion. First, students form two concentric ... - A Healthy Way to Show Feelings
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Individuals of all ages can find it difficult to identify and express their feelings in a positive way. At the elementary level, many students need a springboard for discussion. This ... - Developing Empathy
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In this lesson, students will gain a better understanding of what it means to be empathetic and be able to identify behaviors that show empathy toward others. Framework When ... - One Survivor Remembers: Bullies & Bystanders
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This lesson reminds students that they, too, make choices about whether to stand aside—or stand up—when someone else is being maligned, bullied or harassed. In standing up, we honor not only the other person’s ... - Act it Out
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I teach writing and drama for seventh- through 12th-grade students who are home-schooled, financially secure and white. Racial and religious stereotyping issues frequently come up in ... - Taking Action on the R-Word
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Derogatory language is common at the high school where I teach. I call students out whenever I hear them calling names or using profanity, and I often get into deep discussions about ... - Quilting Our Diverse Classroom
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Students create quilt pieces that tell the world something important about themselves in order to build an environment conducive to learning. Students developed a new camaraderie among each other that ... - The Only Boy in the Ballet Class
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To teach about the importance of kindness, I first choose a story in which children are putting down others— for example, The Only Boy in the Ballet Class , by Denise Gruska, or Oliver Button is a Sissy ... - Everyone’s a Helper
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This lesson helps children identify their own strengths and struggles. Students will work on ways to bring all their strengths together to build a classroom community. Building a ... - What Do We Have in Common? (Lunch Day Mixer)
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Excerpted from http://adulted.about.com/od/icebreakers/qt/2minutemixer.htm Split the students into pairs. Each pair has 30 seconds to find five things they have in common. At the ... - Making New Friends (Lunch Day Mixer)
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Based on Musical Chairs Students sit at cafeteria tables with people they don’t usually sit with. (You can use a technique such as distributing playing cards, or “Life Savers in ... - Building Sentences and Stories (Lunch Day Mixer)
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Students sit at tables with students they don’t usually sit with. One person says a word that will start a sentence. The next person chooses a word to be the next word in the ...
