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- Celebrate Each Other
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On the first day of each school year, my students and I form a circle and I ask them these questions: Do we all have the same hair color? Do we all have the same eyes? ... - Speaking Kindness in Democratic Classrooms
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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 ... - Blues Music Activity
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A guide to classroom activities exploring arguments about what blues music is "authentic" Whose BluesSome artists, educators and others caution that the "voice" ... - Stand Up!
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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 ... - Bullies Act Out
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This activity will remind students that no one deserves to be bullied and that everyone has a responsibility to report unkind acts. Materials Classroom table bulletin ... - School Segregation Today
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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 ... - Little Rock Nine: Activities
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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 ... - The Promise of Brown
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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.' ... - Interpreting Wealth Disparities
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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. ... - Activities for By Virtue of Being Human
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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 ... - Latino Civil Rights Timeline Activities
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The following timeline activities document dozens of key Latino civil rights events between 1903 and 2006. When reading this timeline, it's important to remember that the fight ... - Introducing Kids to the Idea of Environmental Racism
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In this lesson, students will participate in an activity designed to simulate the inequity of environmental racism. They will also have a chance to explore various ways children can get involved in these ... - What We Learn From Women and Girls
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Many schools observe Women's History Month as a way to highlight contributions women have made in the past. This lesson encourages you to help students explore the positive impact of girls and women on ... - Maintaining Our Brand
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Students learn about advertising and find common ground with their peers by coming together to create a "brand" for themselves. Personal loyalty in 21st Century America ... - Flags for Peace
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This activity can help students make a personal connection to a seemingly abstract theme at the beginning of a lesson or as a culminating activity. When a white supremacist group ... - Friendship Pizza
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Identifying ways to promote acceptance and friendship When my kindergarteners became involved in a cycle of put-downs and tattling, I designed a lesson to assist them in ... - Circle Sculpture
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An introduction to the Theatre of the Oppressed This lesson plan is to accompany the Teaching Tolerance magazine article "Flipping the Script on Bias and Bullies" ... - Dinner for Two
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At the beginning of each term, in junior- and senior-level courses, I have my students get to know each other. At the beginning of each term, in junior- and senior-level courses, I ... - CDs: Creating Direction
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What if students had to articulate a "direction" or belief about prejudice through text and images? My classes had been discussing prejudice in history and in literature ... - Me And We: We are All Similar and Different
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In this activity, students explore the ways we are all similar and different. This activity is useful for planning Mix It Up at Lunch Day or when building intergroup ... - Music and Lyrics
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A lyric-based learning program that helps students analyze songs on their own Rather than focusing on censorship of lyrics, a lyric-based learning program encourages students to ... - Understanding Past and Present Labor Injustice through Music
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Period songs give students an understanding of early 19th century labor conditions When studying the impacts of 19th century industrialization, I play several period songs from the ... - 'Unbranding' to Encourage an Appreciation of Diversity
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Lesson on 'unbranding' guides students toward diversity appreciation I created this lesson so students could explore the ways branding undermines efforts to build community ... - Timeline of School Integration
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Teaching Tolerance offers activities and resources about the winding road toward, and away from, integrated schooling in the U.S. Timeline of School Integration This timeline ... - Identity Posters
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Posters put a stop to teasing as students learn more about each other. In school, some names invoke teasing. To start our year off right and to stop teasing before it begins, I have ... - Riding with Rosa
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A photo prompt helps students experience history. Ever wish you could go back in time and be part of history? With this activity, students can be "riding with Rosa" and ... - Gender Separate Dialogue Groups
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How do girls and boys see themselves? How do they think they’re seen by others? What do gender stereotypes teach kids about who they’re supposed to be? Materials: Pen and ... - Allies: A Discussion Activity
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Educator and author Mara Sapon-Shevin offers strategies and ideas to help students become allies -- people who stand with or for others. After leading students in a discussion about ... - Bullying: Tips for Students
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This checklist provides suggestions for what kids can do when bullying occurs – written for students being bullied, students who witness bullying and the bullies themselves. If you ... - A Timeline for Change
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Timeline activity helps foster a spirit of activism "It is that long-term change that I think we must see if we are not to lose hope." -- Howard Zinn In an ...
