Grades 6 to 8

This lesson is the fourth in the “ Beyond Rosa Parks: Powerful Voices for Civil Rights and Social Justice ” series that introduces students to African American civil rights activists who may be unfamiliar ...

This lesson is part of a series called “ Beyond Rosa Parks: Powerful Voices for Civil Rights and Social Justice. ”  The series introduces students to African-American civil rights activists who may be ...

This lesson is part of a series called “Beyond Rosa Parks: Powerful Voices for Civil Rights and Social Justice.” The series introduces students to African-American civil rights activists who may be ...

Most history textbooks include a section about Rosa Parks in the chapter on the modern civil rights movement. Students are familiar with her story: Parks, an African-American woman, refused to give up her seat ...

This lesson is the first in the “Beyond Rosa Parks: Powerful Voices for Civil Rights and Social Justice” series that introduces students to African-American civil rights activists who may be unfamiliar to ...

This is the fourth lesson in the series Female Identity and Gender Expectations. Enacted in 1972, Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972, (also called Title IX) has been credited with raising the opportunity of girls and women in educational ...

This lesson is the third in the series Female Identity and Gender Expectations. In this lesson, students will explore their assumptions about what kind of work they do and will do. They will also explore how these expectations relate to gender by ...

Although many girls today  challenge the stereotype  that they can’t excel at math and science, these same girls may not see themselves pursuing careers in the STEM fields—science, technology, engineering and math. In this lesson, students read about ...

The four lessons in this unit explore different aspects of gender for today’s girls and women. Each lesson identifies barriers that limit girls’ and women’s opportunities and asks students to explore how those ...

Wikipedia, the web-based collaborative encyclopedia, was created as an “open” project—a text to which everybody could contribute. There were no obvious barriers to the concept, but a problem quickly became clear—there were few female contributors. In ...

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 activity is designed for use with our free curriculum kit, Mighty Times: The Children's March , designed for the middle and upper grades. Question and answer activity ...

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 ...

This activity is designed for use with our free curriculum kit, Mighty Times: The Children's March , designed for the middle and upper grades. Question and answer activity ...

This activity is designed for use with our free curriculum kit, Mighty Times: The Children's March , designed for the middle and upper grades. Question and answer activity ...

This activity is designed for use with our free curriculum kit, Mighty Times: The Children's March , designed for the middle and upper grades. Question and answer activity ...

This activity is designed for use with our free curriculum kit, Mighty Times: The Children's March , designed for the middle and upper grades. Question and answer activity ...

This activity is designed for use with our free curriculum kit, Mighty Times: The Children's March , designed for the middle and upper grades. Question and answer activity ...

“Issues of Poverty” is comprised of four lessons with two overarching goals. Millions of Americans live in poverty. Some are thrown into poverty by illness or unemployment; others ...

In this lesson, students will learn that race is a factor often connected to poverty and that institutions can create obstacles for the poor—and for people of color who live in poverty—that block participation ...

This lesson is the third in a series called “ Issues of Poverty .” Students explore the causes of poverty in the United States and the structural factors that perpetuate it. Students will examine the ways ...

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 ...

This activity is to accompany the Teaching Tolerance article " Civil Rights Road Trip ." POSTCARDS FROM THE PAST It’s important for students learning about ...

This activity is to accompany the Teaching Tolerance article " Class Outing ." LGBT educators enjoy more openness and acceptance than ever before. But their gains ...

This activity is to accompany the Teaching Tolerance article " Suspending Hope ." Schools in Maryland and Connecticut are rethinking suspension policies. Promoting ...

This activity is to accompany the Teaching Tolerance article " The Poverty Myth ." Low income should not mean low expectations. Reflection What personal ...

This activity is to accompany the Teaching Tolerance article " Identity ." Spanish classes are the perfect place for teachers to work in lessons that break down ...

This activity is to accompany the Teaching Tolerance article " From Awareness to Action ." Young people make great political activists. How can you get them involved ...