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- Allies for Justice: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
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Students will understand the power of allies in civil and human rights movements. This lesson is part of the Viva la Causa teaching kit. Objectives Activites will help ... - Worker Exploitation Today: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
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Students will understand that the struggle for worker justice continues. This lesson is part of the Viva la Causa teaching kit. Objectives Activites will help ... - The Immigration Debate: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
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In this lesson, students will explore social justice issues within our nation’s immigration debate—a debate that is largely connected in the public psyche to undocumented Latino workers. Students will examine ... - 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 ... - The Race Card
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My freshman English students struggle to connect with the reality of legal segregation as an influential and tangible element of our country's historical past. While studying ... - Exploring the Film: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
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Using the common literary strategy of prediction, students will write descriptive compositions based on visual prompts and will connect symbolically with one of the farmworkers or allies. ... - 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 ... - Puppets and Tolerance
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Blending literature and puppetry is an excellent medium to provide a safe and non-threatening environment for children to explore many life issues. Abby's eyes widen in fear ... - An Exercise in Kindness
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Substitute teachers face intolerance nearly every day. Substitute teachers face intolerance nearly every day. A three-week 3rd-grade assignment presented me with a unique ... - Lesson: Dr. King and the Movement
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Teaching Tolerance considers the legacy of Dr. King's dream of a just and equal society for all and how much of the dream remains deferred. Now I realize that there are those ... - 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 ... - '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 ... - A Historical Primer On Economic (In)Equality
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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. ... - Readers' Theater—Hullaballoo: An Australian Folk Tale
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An Australian story inspires a traveling reader's theater After reading the Australian-based story "Crocodile and Ghost Bat Have a Hullabaloo" to my second-grade ... - My Multicultural Self
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In today's multicultural schools and classrooms, resolving conflict means being culturally aware. Framework Before endeavoring to develop cultural knowledge and ... - Ladder of Prejudice
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Examining the escalation from name-calling to genocide "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing ... - 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 ... - Mystery and Mayhem
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Using literature to help high school students examine the violence and loss of innocence of the 1960s For the last six years I have used Robert McCammon's Boy's Life ... - That's Not Fair!
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Students will experience the effects of unequal resources on student achievement, share their thoughts about educational disparities and take action to bring about change. Art ... - Gender Shouldn't Limit You!
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What are the political gender biases among young students? Would they elect a girl president? Problem: Sometimes a group of children doesn't think another kid can do ... - Women and Political Power
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The struggle for women's equality isn't over. Use these resources in your classroom to discuss the modern-day fight for political equality. The gender gap -- unequal access ... - 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 ... - Racial Disparities Jigsaw Mini-Unit
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In this mini-unit, students investigate racial disparities and their underlying causes and identify steps individuals and society should take to alleviate them. Objectives ... - 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 ... - Students Speak Out: A Discussion Activity
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This collection of student essays showcase models of student interrogation of racial disparities and racism. Discussion questions for classroom exploration are included. A Call ... - 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 ... - Readers' Theater
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Readers theater group helps spread message about bullying As a junior high counselor with a background in theater, I always am searching for new ways to incorporate ... - Defining Multicultural Terminology
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As a veteran teacher of English, literature and history, I have employed many different lessons to encourage my students to seek understanding of other cultures. To this end, I ... - 'I Am Special'
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I begin my lesson by telling students that we're going to have a guessing game with only two hints. They are to guess what subject we're going to be discussing by first listening to two stories. The ...
