Grades 3 to 5

This lesson is part of the series, Picturing Accessibility: Art, Activism and Physical Disabilities , which provides students opportunities to discuss what they know and don't know about accessibility, ...

This lesson is part of the series, Picturing Accessibility: Art, Activism and Physical Disabilities , which provides students opportunities to discuss what they know and don't know about accessibility, ...

Over the last few decades, people with physical disabilities have fought hard for civil rights. Their struggles have led to the passage of federal and state legislation mandating greater efforts at ...

This lesson is most effective if students have already begun exploring social justice issues like racism or gender stereotypes. You will need one paper plate per student. First, review the meaning of the word prejudice, breaking down the word into ...

Story Corner is a student-directed feature in Teaching Tolerance magazine. In the current issue, we tell the story of the Tennessee House member who cast the deciding vote for women’s suffrage. Vocabulary lapel [luh- pehl ] ( ...

This is the thirteenth lesson in the Reading Ads with a Social Justice Lens series.   This final lesson gives students a chance to reflect on what they have learned. Drama offers a wonderful way for ...

This is the twelfth lesson in the Reading Ads with a Social Justice Lens series.   As children learn about justice and injustice, and become increasingly aware of stereotypes and bias in the world ...

This is the eleventh lesson in the Reading Ads with a Social Justice Lens series.   Children need empowerment strategies for what to do when faced with biased messages. In other words, they need to ...

The Civil Rights Activity Book uses puzzles, songs and photos to teach children about martyrs and events of the civil rights movement. Download it here courtesy of the Civil ...

This is the tenth lesson in the Reading Ads with a Social Justice Lens series.   Once students become accustomed to thinking about the power of advertising, they are also ready to think about how an ...

This is the ninth lesson in the Reading Ads with a Social Justice Lens series.   On one hand, it is easy to argue for more diversity in advertising. On the other hand, asking for diversity creates ...

This is the eighth lesson in the Reading Ads with a Social Justice Lens series.   Advertisements often send constructed messages about how families are supposed to look, implying, for instance, that ...

This is the seventh lesson in the Reading Ads with a Social Justice Lens series.   Once children have been introduced to the idea of representation in advertisements, they can begin to consider its ...

This is the sixth lesson in the Reading Ads with a Social Justice Lens series.   Advertisements’ biased representations can affect our perceptions of others. For example, ads may show some groups ...

This lesson is the fifth in the Readings Ads with a Social Justice Lens series.   If advertisements can perpetuate stereotypes, they also have the power to break them down. Children are sensitive ...

Advertisements do more than just sell products; they play a role in creating and perpetuating stereotypes as well. We can reduce the power advertisements have to reinforce stereotypes by teaching children ...

Media plays a powerful role in perpetuating stereotypes. Children must learn to think carefully and independently about the messages in advertisements. By learning about the concept of stereotypes and the ...

Children are surrounded – and targeted – by advertisements: on television, the computer, even on their journeys to and from school. Children need specific strategies for reading and talking about ...

As students learn to be critical readers and thinkers, it is important that they learn how to read and respond to everyday media. Throughout the series , students will practice the strategies developed in ...

Children see and hear advertisements constantly. Television shows, radio stations, websites, even most streets and sidewalks are peppered with advertisements. Children need to be explicitly taught about these ...

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 ...

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. ...

In today's multicultural schools and classrooms, resolving conflict means being culturally aware. "I know she was lying," Estella said of the 3rd-grade girl, ...

Students of conflict resolution laud facilitative mediation for its cultural responsiveness. Objectives Participants will understand ways to nurture classroom community for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This activity is to accompany the Teaching Tolerance article " Civil Rights Road Trip ." It’s important for students learning about civil rights history to put ...

It’s important for students learning about civil rights history to put themselves in the shoes of those who were there. Have them commemorate their own civil rights road trip by writing postcards from the ...