Classroom Resources

This web-exclusive curriculum is proven to counteract gender bullying in the early grades.

Posters put a stop to teasing as students learn more about each other.

Examining the escalation from name-calling to genocide

Using literature to help high school students examine the violence and loss of innocence of the 1960s

Have we really learned how to break down barriers?

A recent wave of noose incidents – particularly those on school campuses – has raised alarm among adults and questions from young people.

A lyric-based learning program that helps students analyze songs on their own

Period songs give students an understanding of early 19th century labor conditions

Blending literature and puppetry is an excellent medium to provide a safe and non-threatening environment for children to explore many life issues.

What if students had to articulate a "direction" or belief about prejudice through text and images?

At the beginning of each term, in junior- and senior-level courses, I have my students get to know each other.

This lesson will guide students through their human right to education and help them evaluate how well the world is doing when it comes to providing a free, equal, quality education to our youth.

Identifying ways to promote acceptance and friendship

A lesson that encourages students to examine what it means to relate to others

What are some characteristics your students associate with elderly people?

Distribute Lifesavers in the cafeteria to start Mix Up lunchtime conversations.

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 their own lives and communities today.

Always guard against the tendency to believe that everyone within a given identity group believes the same way.

Ethnobotany, a specialized field of science that studies the interrelationships between humans and plants, can provide a "hook" for exploring and understanding cultural diversity and ethnic traditions. Social studies themes offer another springboard for exploring the historical relationships that different cultural communities have with plants.

Almost every person in the U.S. has an immigration history, whether in the distant familial past or in more recent times. As a nation of immigrants, the United States has long struggled with how best to create unity within a pluralistic society, as typified in the motto on the Great Seal of the United States (and the dollar bill): E Pluribus Unum.

Early grades activity to confront gender stereotypes.

Sometimes we say something to another person that we believe is true because of their gender.

Activity Ideas

Teaching Tolerance offers activities and resources about the winding road toward, and away from, integrated schooling in the United States