- Family Ties [1]
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About 4 million undocumented immigrant women live and work in the United States. They live in fear of job-site immigration raids and deportations, which result in personal and economic costs both here and back ... - Paying With Their Health [2]
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Unwilling or unable to complain about working conditions, immigrants routinely suffer chronic problems brought about by pesticide use, harsh weather and the lack of proper equipment. Using primary sources, ... - Vital Work [3]
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These activities will help students make connections between the foods they eat every day and the harsh experiences of the undocumented female workers who play an essential role in bringing that food to them. ... - Acting Locally [4]
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In these activities, students will review some of the problems faced by women who enter the United States without legal documentation, research programs in their state that address these problems and identify ... - The Economics of Risk [5]
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In these activities, students will imagine themselves in the role of these women and weigh the risks and potential benefits of their actions. In the process, they will develop an understanding of undocumented ... - The Motivation for Movement [6]
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In this lesson, students apply a geographer’s framework to the migration of women who leave Latin America and enter the United States without legal documentation. Students explore the motivation for movement ... - Environmental Justice [7]
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For this lesson, students will use maps and graphs to explore some instances of environmental injustice. Framework The Gulf oil spill disaster raised awareness of the ... - Recognizing the Undocumented [8]
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This lesson features activities that will make students aware of the roles that undocumented immigrants play in the harvest and processing of food and other necessary products, help them understand the status ... - Act it Out [9]
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I teach writing and drama for seventh- through 12th-grade students who are home-schooled, financially secure and white. Racial and religious stereotyping issues frequently come up in ... - Taking Action on the R-Word [10]
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Derogatory language is common at the high school where I teach. I call students out whenever I hear them calling names or using profanity, and I often get into deep discussions about ... - Treasure Chest for Change [11]
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It is a challenge to help students to learn not only about history but also from it. I use Treasure Chest for Change as the culminating activity of an ... - How Do We All Live Under the Same Sky? [12]
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Cynthia Delilice’s Under The Same Sky focuses on issues of immigration and migrant workers. The story is told through the eyes of a teenager who struggles to make sense of ... - Quilting Our Diverse Classroom [13]
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Students create quilt pieces that tell the world something important about themselves in order to build an environment conducive to learning. Students developed a new camaraderie among each other that ... - The Only Boy in the Ballet Class [14]
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To teach about the importance of kindness, I first choose a story in which children are putting down others— for example, The Only Boy in the Ballet Class , by Denise Gruska, or Oliver Button is a Sissy ... - What’s Fair? [15]
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This lesson explores the concept of fairness through questions such as: What is fair? Should all people be treated the same? What would you do if you saw someone treated unfairly? Students are encouraged to ... - Immigration Myths [16]
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In this lesson, students will deconstruct common myths about immigrants and the process of immigration in 21st century America. They will also have an opportunity to share their knowledge with the greater ... - Debunking Stereotypes About Muslims and Islam [17]
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This activity will help students identify similarities and differences between the U.S. Muslim population and the entire U.S. population. It will also help dispel common stereotypes about Islam. ... - Wants Versus Needs [18]
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The lessons that follow will start a conversation about material consumption. Framework It happens in almost every classroom community: Someone has something someone else ... - Understanding Disabilities [19]
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In this lesson, students will first learn about disabilities. Then they will learn tips for communicating respectfully with people with disabilities. Framework People ... - The First Amendment and Freedom of Religion [20]
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In this lesson, students will use the case of Park51’s Islamic Cultural Center as a starting point for a discussion about whether religious freedom is absolute and if religious freedom requires respect for ... - Understanding Other Religious Beliefs [21]
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In this lesson, students will learn about other religions as a starting point to promote religious tolerance. Activities will help ... - The Language of the Immigration Debate [22]
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In this lesson students will explore the language of the immigration debate. First, students will learn the definitions of some of the commonly used terms. Next, they will learn the difference between a word’s ... - Everyone’s a Helper [23]
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This lesson helps children identify their own strengths and struggles. Students will work on ways to bring all their strengths together to build a classroom community. Building a ... - Teen Rights [24]
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In this lesson, students will explore what teen rights actually are. They will also read about some recent cases where teens felt their rights were violated. Students will debate the nature of rights ... - Charity and Justice: What’s the Difference? [25]
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This lesson has students distinguish between charity (volunteering in a soup kitchen) and justice (working to end the inequalities that make soup kitchens necessary). It asks students to think about root ... - Interpreting Visuals: Rural America [26]
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Web Exclusive activities for What is Rural America? (page 28-31) from Teaching Tolerance No. 38. Activity #1: Defining Key Vocabulary in Visuals Essential ... - The Gulf Oil Spill: An Environmental Justice Disaster [27]
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In April 2010, an environmental catastrophe occurred in the Gulf of Mexico. A deep-sea oil-drilling rig exploded, and millions of gallons of oil continued to gush into the Gulf for several months. The disaster ... - A Social Justice Study [28]
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I am an eighth-grade language arts teacher in Durham, New Hampshire. My students have grown up in an environment where there is very little exposure to ethnic, racial or LGBT communities. They are ripe ... - Building a Bridge of Understanding [29]
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Each year in my art room, I introduce a unit of study focused on the art and culture of another country or region. This year I decided to focus on Islamic art and culture. Since I provide art instruction to ... - Stars for Diversity [30]
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This is one of my favorite tolerance activities. It helps students think about leaving others out of groups and tolerating differences within the classroom. You will need many small self-adhesive stars of six ...
