Grades 6 to 8

Explore the U.S. Census data and create your own! So your class will understand the importance of the U.S. Census, ask them to research how the federal government uses census ...

The purpose of this lesson is for students to grapple with three separate definitions: primitive , civilized ( civilization ), and technology .  Students examine or re-examine their own definitions ...

In this lesson, students will work in pairs and use expert reading strategies to analyze the Court’s ruling in Hernandez v. Texas . After participating in a carousel discussion, students will write a ...

Labor Day was created in 1882. Originally, it was intended to be a less controversial workers' day than May Day, with its Socialist origins. Today, however, much of this history is forgotten and Labor Day ...

“Taking a Closer Look at Religions Around the World” offers a starting point for exploring religions and faith traditions, creating an ongoing respectful dialogue about religious tolerance. By understanding ...

Jennifer Greene’s story tells of Chief Charlo and a small band of Salish being forcibly removed from their home, the Bitterroot Valley, in 1891. To the Salish, home was not a structure, a town or even a ...

Termites, small and overlooked, can knock down forests and turn buildings to powder; intolerance operates in much the same way. It’s not uncommon to hear students — including ...

Core samples are fascinating columns of rock and mineral cut from deep below the earth's surface with a drill. They are marbled with shades of color. This activity helps students to identify their own ...

The last week of September is Banned Books Week. Many teachers use the event to talk about free speech with their students. I also use it to begin a conversation about discrimination. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Create a lesson plan that puts math and science in context for your students. Creating a Unit on Air Quality Many mathematics teachers insist that what they teach is free ...

Little Rock isn't the only city or town with a civil rights history. The Civil Rights Movement and other struggles for justice have impacted every community in the United ...

Web Exclusive activities for John Lewis’ Reflections on a Dream Deferred from Teaching Tolerance No. 33. Before reading this essay, discuss its title: "Reflections on a ...

Expert Q&A: Ages 6-12 Kevin Swick, a professor of early childhood education at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, and Roni Leiderman, associate dean of the Mailman ...

Use these ideas in the classroom to explore racial and ethnic imagery in school mascots. 1. If your school has an Indian team name or mascot, find out when the image was adopted, who ...

A guide to classroom activities exploring arguments about what blues music is "authentic" Whose BluesSome artists, educators and others caution that the "voice" ...

This lesson encourages students to investigate domestic hunger in the United States as well as in their own communities and offers resources to support youth in the fight against hunger. ...

Many schools observe Women's History Month as a way to highlight contributions women have made in the past. This month, Mix It Up encourages you to help students explore the positive impact of girls and ...

This shortest month of the year is typically filled with history reports, pageants, guest speakers, cultural fairs and the like. Seldom a day goes by that we don't hear the names of Dr. Martin Luther ...

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  ...

Teaching Tolerance offers activities and resources about the winding road toward, and away from, integrated schooling in the United States :: Paying Our Respects to Brown ...

Activity Ideas :: Primary Documents (Grades 4-7): President Eisenhower waited nearly a month before sending federal troops to protect the Little Rock Nine. The President's ...

Activity Ideas :: A World Apart (Grades 3-7) In her interview, Beverly Daniel Tatum says: "Many social organizations that were once all white are now 'integrated.' ...

Classroom experiences that critically investigate the causes and meaning of poverty in our own nation offer students tools for change, and new ways to interpret the world around them. ...

Classroom experiences that critically investigate the causes and meaning of poverty in our own nation offer students tools for change, and new ways to interpret the world around them. ...

As a class, develop a working definition of human rights. Collect and classify magazine and newspaper photos that depict people exercising their rights or being deprived of their ...

Almost every person in the U.S. has an immigration history, whether in the distant familial past or in more recent times. As a nation of immigrants, the United States has long struggled with how best to create ...

Across the political spectrum, most commentators identify "equality" as an American value.  After all, the Constitution begins "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more ...