Number 16: Fall 1999

Cover art by Jane Evershed

Teaching Tolerance offers new ideas for your classroom, school and community.

Departments

A Place to Stand

The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on the need to commemorate the toll of slavery.

Feature Articles

Keepers of the Word

Bilingual storytellers blend history, tradition and culture to teach the power of language and story

Searching for Patterns

A conversation with Carlos Cortés

Wings of Witness

A 7th grade Holocaust project evolves into a memorial sculpture

"Who's Jim Crow?"

A novice teacher confronts the dangers of forgetting

Invisible No More

Romani Americans are challenging harmful assumptions about Gypsies

If Anger Were The Problem

A domestic violence counselor reflects on recent assaults in our schools

Awakenings in Wawasee

An Indiana community responds to hate in its midst

A Solitary Struggle

For many activist teachers, the journey of promoting equity in education is a lonely one.