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- Upper Grades Mapping Activity
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Students are involved in many school teams, groups and organizations. These school-sanctioned groups help students find identity, increase academic commitment to school and give students friendships throughout ... - Controversial Issues
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Students always have passionate opinions about controversial social topics. They also often become friends with others who reinforce their ideology. And students don’t often possess the skills to disagree ... - Romeo and Juliet Mix-It-Up
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Shakespeare’s classic play is a must-read for all high school students. Might the tragic end of Romeo & Juliet have been different if the Montagues and the Capulets had crossed their social boundaries? ... - 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 ... - Place as a Mirror of Self and Community
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Students will understand difference and community by exploring a special place in their lives. Framework We all come from somewhere. Place is prominent in all of our ... - 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 ... - Activity Ideas To Use With Crocodile And Ghost Bat Have A Hullabaloo
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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 ... - In-Group Favoritism
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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 ... - 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 ... - Checking on Stereotypes
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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 ... - Communication – The Total Impact of Your Message
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Effective conflict resolution models explore the ways others communicate from their cultural norms. 7% are the words we speak 38% are our tone, volume, inflection and intonation ... - Lifesavers in the Lunchroom (Lunch Day Mixer)
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Distribute Lifesavers in the cafeteria to start Mix Up lunchtime conversations. Type quotes from civil rights leaders onto strips of paper or onto index cards. Tape individually ... - Maintaining Our Brand
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Students learn about advertising and find common ground with their peers by coming together to create a "brand" for themselves. Personal loyalty in 21st Century America ... - 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 ... - Dinner for Two
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At the beginning of each term, in junior- and senior-level courses, I have my students get to know each other. At the beginning of each term, in junior- and senior-level courses, I ... - CDs: Creating Direction
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What if students had to articulate a "direction" or belief about prejudice through text and images? My classes had been discussing prejudice in history and in literature ... - Breaking Down The Walls of Intolerance (Lunch Day Mixer)
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On Mix It Up at Lunch Day, members of the school community will tear down the wall collectively, uniting as one. Bullying and ostracism sometimes dominate school culture, leaving ... - Me And We: We are All Similar and Different
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In this activity, students explore the ways we are all similar and different. This activity is useful for planning Mix It Up at Lunch Day or when building intergroup ... - Puppets and Tolerance
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Blending literature and puppetry is an excellent medium to provide a safe and non-threatening environment for children to explore many life issues. Abby's eyes widen in fear ... - 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 ... - Music and Lyrics
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A lyric-based learning program that helps students analyze songs on their own Rather than focusing on censorship of lyrics, a lyric-based learning program encourages students to ... - 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 ... - My Multicultural Self
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In today's multicultural schools and classrooms, resolving conflict means being culturally aware. Framework Before endeavoring to develop cultural knowledge and ...
