Grades 6 to 8

10 April 2013 This is the fourth lesson of the series “ Dealing with Dilemmas: Upstanders, Bystanders and Whistle-Blowers ,” which is ...

26 March 2013 The purpose of these lessons is to help students think about how to resolve difficult ethical decisions related to ...

26 March 2013 This is the third lesson of the series “ Dealing with Dilemmas: Upstanders, Bystanders and Whistle-Blowers ,” which is ...

22 March 2013 This is the second lesson of the series “ Dealing with Dilemmas: Upstanders, Bystanders and Whistle-Blowers .” ...

20 March 2013 This is the first lesson of the series “ Dealing with Dilemmas: Upstanders, Bystanders and Whistle-Blowers ,” ...

25 January 2013 Honoring the far-reaching contribution of women authors. In her book Silences , first ...

24 January 2013 The history of a proud indigenous people during WWII. Poised in the midst of Beringia, about ...

21 January 2013 Students, parents and administrators have hotly debated the issue of school uniforms for decades. Proponents of school uniforms believe that they save money, ...

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21 January 2013 Educators have long used music to inspire, engage and teach their students. Whether by tapping into popular culture or reaching back through history, songs and ...

21 January 2013 In his 2003 ASCD Educational Leadership article, Creating a School Community , author and educator Eric Schaps states, ”a growing body of research confirms the ...

21 January 2013 The school-to-prison pipeline represents an intersection of complex issues, including race, class, education and the American justice system. Learn more ...

11 January 2013 In the majority of schools, the response to discipline issues is driven by administrators, counselors and, in a growing trend, by school resource officers and law ...

11 January 2013 In the majority of schools, the response to discipline issues is driven by administrators, counselors and, in a growing trend, by school resource officers and ...

21 January 2013 When the authors of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution wrote, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free ...

21 January 2013 (Teacher Note: Bring in several magazine photographs of unknown people who represent a variety of races, ages, religious backgrounds, jobs, etc. Number ...

14 January 2013 Modeled after the 1964 Mississippi Freedom schools, which were designed to change a community by giving residents the tools to develop leaders and exercise political ...

11 January 2013 Perspectives for a Diverse America is a K-12 literacy-based anti-bias curriculum aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and ...

11 January 2013 Joe Golossi To begin exploring the human cost of food, my eighth graders read excerpts from ...

11 January 2013 Mollie Surguine In this lesson, students will review and reinforce infer ence skills ...

You’ve seen the Need to Know election special, “ America by the Numbers ,” which focuses on the small Georgia town of Clarkston. Like many communities across the nation, Clarkston is changing. As little as ...

Especially during election season, American politicians like to accuse each other of backing ideas and policies that are “outside the mainstream.” But what really characterizes that mainstream? And does it ...

“Whites should only be afraid of becoming a minority if it’s within the old definition of what a minority means—marginalized, left out, disenfranchised. The new American mainstream is inclusive. Everybody is ...

Students are often told they speak incorrectly or use bad grammar. Telling students of color in rural or urban areas that they speak “incorrectly” or “ghetto” can have a negative effect internally. I give students in my class ...

In my Latino/Latina literature class, my primary intent is to help my students see the inequities created in our society by pervasive racism and discrimination. This project asks that the students watch two hours of television, focusing only on ...

Most of us hold stereotypes about our country’s different regions —and even individual states. These biases, writer Carrie Kilman points out, originate in, or are shaped in part by, the media. And we are being exposed to many of them during the ...

Conducting an interview is an important part of many kinds of projects. Along with research, an interview can be a valuable source of information. It also provides you with a rewarding chance to interact with a person you might not otherwise get to ...

The year 1963 marks the 50 th anniversary of many milestones in the civil rights movement.  In the current issue of Teaching Tolerance , “ Once Upon a Time in America ” traces some of the movements’ toughest trials. The feature is accompanied by ...

Title IX , passed by Congress in 1972, essentially banned sex discrimination in educational settings. In 1975, the then-Department of Health, Education and Welfare wrote the regulations that would implement the law. The following lessons will help you ...

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 ] ( ...