Grades 9 to 12

23 May 2013 In this lesson, students consider actions we can take to promote respect and ensure equality for all people living in the ...

21 May 2013 In this lesson, students consider how the nation’s changing demographic profile relates, if at all, to social justice and ...

15 May 2013 Caits Meissner This activity deconstructs and ...

15 May 2013 Maria Jacketti Debunk everyday stereotypes and ...

7 May 2013 This toolkit accompanies the article “When Bad Things Happen,” and provides professional-development resources to support ...

7 May 2013 This toolkit accompanies the article “Uncommon Ground,” and provides a classroom activity to celebrate diversity and build ...

7 May 2013 This toolkit accompanies the story corner “Michael,” and provides classroom resources for making student journals, as well ...

14 May 2013 This toolkit accompanies the article “Set in Stone,” and provides classroom activity ideas to bring monuments to life and ...

7 May 2013 This toolkit accompanies the article “Serving Up Justice at School,” and provides a classroom activity that engages students ...

7 May 2013 This toolkit accompanies the article “Out at Last,” and provides professional-development resources to support LGBT educators, ...

7 May 2013 This toolkit accompanies the article “How Will You Mix It Up in 2013?” and provides classroom and professional-development ...

14 May 2013 This toolkit accompanies the article “Just Science,” and provides a classroom resource to help students probe deeper to ...

7 May 2013 This toolkit accompanies the article “I Am Asian American,” and provides professional-development resources to help teachers ...

7 May 2013 Gender-fluid young people navigate a variety of gender-specific spaces throughout their day at school. From seating charts based on gender to dress codes and roles in ...

7 May 2013 This toolkit accompanies the Summer 2013 article “Fostering Allies,” and provides professional-development support to ...

7 May 2013 In this lesson, students examine current statistics related to our changing demographics and consider how we as a nation ...

1 May 2013 In this lesson, students consider what it means to be an American, using an opinion piece about the “American Identity Crisis” ...

22 January 2013 This lesson is part of The Role of Gay Men and Lesbians in the Civil Rights Movement series. This series introduces ...

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 ...