Arts

15 May 2013 Erica Guillama This activity exemplifies how through ...

15 May 2013 Clio Stearns This art activity helps children reflect ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

21 January 2013 According to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), children “thrive when they are supported, valued and recognized in the environments ...

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 (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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 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 ...

In this activity, students examine the diversity of their groups of friends. First, on a labeled color-coded chart , students write under each of their names the name of an adult ...