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Story Corner

Healing Touch [1]

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Number 40: Fall 2011 [3]

Susie King Taylor's illegal education as an enslaved child turned her into a teenage teacher and nurse during the Civil War.

Captain Whitmore asked me where I was from. I told him Savannah, Georgia. He asked if I could read; I said, “Yes!” “Can you write?” “Yes, I can do that also,” …

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Healing Waters [5]

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Number 18: Fall 2000 [6]

An Oregon educator breaks the logjam of environmental conflict

The rain stops and my 7th and 8th grade combined English class hikes down Nestucca Spit, a finger of drifting dunes on the north Oregon Coast.

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Two Pairs of Shoes [8]

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Number 43: Spring 2013 [9]

When Maggie receives two pairs of shoes for her birthday, she must learn to walk between two cultures.

Illustration by Josée Bisaillon

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Be a Good Boy [11]

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Number 42: Fall 2012 [12]

Story Corner: In 1920, Tennessee lawmaker Harry Burn followed his mother's advice on a controversial vote—and "freed 17 million women from political slavery."

Illustration by Hadley Hooper

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An Unlikely Friendship [14]

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Number 41: Spring 2012 [15]

Story Corner - Natalie gains a new friend that she almost missed out on.

Illustration by Jing Jing Tsong

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A War on the Peaceful [17]

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Number 38: Fall 2010 [18]

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A War on the Peaceful (PDF) [19]

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Beyond the Barbed Wire [21]

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Number 37: Spring 2010 [22]

Story Corner

My name is Helen Tsuchiya. My maiden name was Tanigawa. Growing up, my family included my parents, three sisters and one brother.

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Connected to Everything [24]

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Number 36: Fall 2009 [25]

A story from the Bitterroot Salish

Montana, 1891 — Last night, I stood outside alone, under the cold October moon. I took off my moccasins. I wanted my feet to remember the earth where my grandfather is buried.

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Story Corner: Freedom Riders [27]

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Number 35: Spring 2009 [28]

An angry mob beat the Freedom Riders when they arrived in Montgomery. How do you explain that to second-graders?

Have you ever taken a ride on an airplane?

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The Three Billy Goats Gracious [30]

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Number 34: Fall 2008 [31]

A retelling of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff," this story puts a cooperative twist on the traditional Norwegian tale.

Once upon a time there were three billy goats who were to go up to the hillside to eat, and the name of all three was "Gracious."

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Source URL: http://www.tolerance.org/category/department/story-corner

Links:
[1] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-40-fall-2011/department/healing-touch
[2] http://www.tolerance.org/category/department/story-corner
[3] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-40-fall-2011
[4] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/76833#comment-form
[5] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-18-fall-2000/department/healing-waters
[6] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-18-fall-2000
[7] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/76831#comment-form
[8] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-43-spring-2013/department/two-pairs-shoes
[9] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-43-spring-2013
[10] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/76787#comment-form
[11] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-42-fall-2012/department/be-good-boy
[12] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-42-fall-2012
[13] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/75487#comment-form
[14] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-41-spring-2012/department/unlikely-friendship
[15] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-41-spring-2012
[16] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/73894#comment-form
[17] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-38-fall-2010/department/war-peaceful
[18] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-38-fall-2010
[19] http://www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/general/Story_Corner_38.pdf
[20] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-38-fall-2010/department/war-peaceful#comments
[21] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-37-spring-2010/department/beyond-barbed-wire
[22] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-37-spring-2010
[23] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/18395#comment-form
[24] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-36-fall-2009/department/connected-everything
[25] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-36-fall-2009
[26] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/13171#comment-form
[27] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-35-spring-2009/department/story-corner-freedom-riders
[28] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-35-spring-2009
[29] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/11667#comment-form
[30] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-34-fall-2008/department/three-billy-goats-gracious
[31] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-34-fall-2008
[32] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/11641#comment-form
[33] http://www.tolerance.org/category/department/story-corner?page=1