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- Civil Rights and Americans with Disabilities
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Classroom activities examining the Civil Rights Act and ADA. Despite its frequent omission from textbooks, the struggle for equity and inclusion for people with disabilities ... - A Bullying Survey
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In this lesson, students evaluate group practices and propose measures to improve the classroom climate. Objectives Students will evaluate group practices and propose ... - Before Rosa Parks: Susie King Taylor
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Georgia native Susie King Taylor was a teacher who traveled with the Union troops during the Civil War. The story of this unsung hero and her accomplishments as a young teenager gives new meaning to the term ... - Before Rosa Parks: Ida B. Wells
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Ida B. Wells is best known for her activism in the anti-lynching campaign. She moved to Chicago in her 20s and was a major figure in suffrage and women's club movements. ... - Before Rosa Parks: Frances Watkins Harper
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Frances Watkins Harper challenged power structures in the South, talking to free former slaves about voting, land ownership and education. Objectives Students will ... - Emmett Till: A Classroom Sonnet
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A poetry lesson weaves together the past, present and future of Emmett Till's tragic story. Students will empathize with the ... - Tolerance and Genocide
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Lesson uses history of genocide to further notions of personal responsibility. As a world history teacher, I seek to connect the events of the past with the issues of the world ... - Holocaust Art Education Project
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Holocaust study encourages discussion about what it means to be a responsible citizen. The Respect ... - The Literature of Bullying
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Lesson includes resources for tackling the bully problem. Nearly one out of every three students between the ages of 11 and 18 has experienced some form of bullying. Our school chose ... - Collective Poetry
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Collective poetry is an exercise designed to encourage students to work from a shared pattern in order to join their voices in a collective rhythm. We all have stories. In telling ... - Pre-WWII European Jewish Life Photo Project
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Examine the individuality of Jewish lives affected by or lost in the Holocaust, as well as how their communities were affected, through the finding and analysis of family photographs before and after the Nazi ... - One Survivor Remembers: Twenty Pounds
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This lesson is an excerpt from the teacher’s guide of One Survivor Remembers , a teaching kit built around the incredible life story of Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein. ... - One Survivor Remembers: Antisemitism
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This lesson is an excerpt from the accompanying teacher's guide to One Survivor Remembers , a teaching kit built around the incredible life story of Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein. ... - Clothing-Based Bias
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In this lesson, students will explore the way clothing can influence our perceptions of one another. "Who you are is more important than what you wear." — Kenneth Cole, ... - Rethinking 'Discovery'
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Morning Girl looks at the themes of exploration and "discovery" from another perspective. Discouraged by images of Columbus greeting indigenous people with hopeful ... - 'Mathematics for Our Past'
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Our students come from upper-middle-class homes and live in a sheltered suburban community with little exposure to anyone significantly different than themselves. Teaching tolerance is difficult when they have ... - Strong Women and Gentle Men
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This activity is designed for use with our free curriculum kit, Mighty Times: The Children's March , designed for the middle and upper grades. This activity is based on ... - The Children's March: Viewing the Film
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This activity is designed for use with our free curriculum kit, Mighty Times: The Children's March , designed for the middle and upper grades. Question and answer activity ... - New Kids on the Block
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Activity brings home the difficulties teen immigrants have fitting into a new culture. My 7th-grade students were studying teen immigrants and the difficulties they sometimes have ... - From Chaos to Community
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Teacher uses student suggestions to create ideal classroom environment. I was hired to teach 6th grade three days before school started at such a large school that they had formed it ... - Holocaust Education: Pink Triangles
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Speaker shows significance of symbol while giving a face to gay "category." The guest speaker came to teach a lesson on World War II not found in our text. After ... - Building Community, Day by Day
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Morning Meetings help students and teachers connect and start the day on a positive note. It's the start of the school day at Kensington Avenue School in Springfield, Mass. ... - Traveling Trunk: The History of Hate
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Artifacts of hate help middle school students see result of bullying, racist behavior. Slave shackles, a mangled piece of the World Trade Center's south tower, video of a ... - Bus Boycott: Historical Documents Highlight Integration Milestone
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This collection of primary resources and corresponding activities sheds light on the endurance of peaceful protesters in Montgomery, Ala., who overturned an unjust law. On December ... - Beat for Peace
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Implement an intervention program built on shared music and individual counseling sessions. "Dom ti-dom di-ga di-ga dat dat" — tubano drums that mimic speech resound ... - My Rights: Their Rights
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Teach students about the right to safety with a project based on the 1989 Charter of Children's Rights. It isn't very hard to get middle school students thinking about ... - Of Science and Heroes
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Combat stereotypes by creatively combining science and social studies activities. As a teacher, I've watched too many children hit one another because they have to "kill ... - Lessons from Goldilocks
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Teach inclusive, respectful behavior using storybooks lessons and art. The kindergarten students at Blakeburn Elementary School in Coquitlam, British Columbia, have definite opinions ... - The Poverty Project
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Help students remove prejudices they might have and dispel public myths regarding the "poor" through this five-month project. "Mom, I get into the dance for $4 tonight ... - Brown v. Board: A New Milestone Decade
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Three ways to encourage students to continue the struggle for equality and justice in the U.S. In A New Milestone Decade advocate Michael R. Wenger asks students to continue the ...
