- In Our Own Words: A Story Book with a Purpose [1]
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10 April 2013 This is the fourth lesson of the series “ Dealing with Dilemmas: Upstanders, Bystanders and Whistle-Blowers ,” which is ... - Dealing with Dilemmas: Upstanders, Bystanders and Whistle-Blowers [2]
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26 March 2013 The purpose of these lessons is to help students think about how to resolve difficult ethical decisions related to ... - Change Agents in Our Own Lives [3]
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26 March 2013 This is the third lesson of the series “ Dealing with Dilemmas: Upstanders, Bystanders and Whistle-Blowers ,” which is ... - Modern-Day Heroes: People Who Are Making a Difference [4]
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22 March 2013 This is the second lesson of the series “ Dealing with Dilemmas: Upstanders, Bystanders and Whistle-Blowers .” ... - Where We Stand [5]
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20 March 2013 This is the first lesson of the series “ Dealing with Dilemmas: Upstanders, Bystanders and Whistle-Blowers ,” ... - Toolkit for “Move to the Music” [6]
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21 January 2013 Educators have long used music to inspire, engage and teach their students. Whether by tapping into popular culture or reaching back through history, songs and ... - Healthy Bodies, Healthy Body Image [7]
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This final lesson of the series, I See You, You See Me: Body Image and Social Justice , which helps students think about their bodies and body image as related to broader issues of social justice and ... - Different Images of Beauty [8]
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This is the third lesson of the series, I See You, You See Me: Body Image and Social Justice , designed to help students think about their bodies and body image as related to broader issues of social ... - I See You, You See Me: Body Image and Social Justice [9]
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This series help students think about their bodies and body images in a social justice context. Each lesson looks at a different aspect of the relationship children have with their bodies. The series helps ... - Our Bodies and the Media [10]
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This is the second lesson of the series, I See You, You See Me: Body Image and Social Justice , which helps students think about their bodies and body image as related to broader issues of social justice ... - What is Body Image? [11]
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This is the first lesson of the series, I See You, You See Me: Body Image and Social Justice , which helps students think about their bodies and body image as related to broader issues of social justice and ... - Sharing the Story of Your Own Community [12]
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You’ve seen the Need to Know election special, “ America by the Numbers ,” which focuses on the small Georgia town of Clarkston. Like many communities across the nation, Clarkston is changing. As little as ... - The Numbers Tell a Story [13]
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Especially during election season, American politicians like to accuse each other of backing ideas and policies that are “outside the mainstream.” But what really characterizes that mainstream? And does it ... - America by the Numbers [14]
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“Whites should only be afraid of becoming a minority if it’s within the old definition of what a minority means—marginalized, left out, disenfranchised. The new American mainstream is inclusive. Everybody is ... - The Study of Racial Representation via Television Commercial Analysis [15]
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In my Latino/Latina literature class, my primary intent is to help my students see the inequities created in our society by pervasive racism and discrimination. This project asks that the students watch two hours of television, focusing only on ... - Toolkit for 'Confronting White Privilege' [16]
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This Teaching Tolerance story underscores the value of diversity within all of the communities we are part of—our cities and towns, neighborhoods, schools and groups of friends and acquaintances. Facebook might be another community to which you ... - Advertisements of Our Own [17]
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This is the thirteenth lesson in the Reading Ads with a Social Justice Lens series. This final lesson gives students a chance to reflect on what they have learned. Drama offers a wonderful way for ... - Talking Back [18]
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This is the twelfth lesson in the Reading Ads with a Social Justice Lens series. As children learn about justice and injustice, and become increasingly aware of stereotypes and bias in the world ... - Minimizing the Impact of Biases [19]
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This is the eleventh lesson in the Reading Ads with a Social Justice Lens series. Children need empowerment strategies for what to do when faced with biased messages. In other words, they need to ... - The Impact of Bias in Advertising [20]
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This is the tenth lesson in the Reading Ads with a Social Justice Lens series. Once students become accustomed to thinking about the power of advertising, they are also ready to think about how an ... - Showing More of Us [21]
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This is the ninth lesson in the Reading Ads with a Social Justice Lens series. On one hand, it is easy to argue for more diversity in advertising. On the other hand, asking for diversity creates ... - How Are We ‘Supposed’ to Be [22]
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This is the eighth lesson in the Reading Ads with a Social Justice Lens series. Advertisements often send constructed messages about how families are supposed to look, implying, for instance, that ... - Who Is There? [23]
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This is the seventh lesson in the Reading Ads with a Social Justice Lens series. Once children have been introduced to the idea of representation in advertisements, they can begin to consider its ... - Representation in Advertising [24]
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This is the sixth lesson in the Reading Ads with a Social Justice Lens series. Advertisements’ biased representations can affect our perceptions of others. For example, ads may show some groups ... - How Advertising Breaks Down Stereotypes [25]
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This lesson is the fifth in the Readings Ads with a Social Justice Lens series. If advertisements can perpetuate stereotypes, they also have the power to break them down. Children are sensitive ... - How Advertising Perpetuates Stereotypes [26]
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Advertisements do more than just sell products; they play a role in creating and perpetuating stereotypes as well. We can reduce the power advertisements have to reinforce stereotypes by teaching children ... - Stereotypes in Advertising [27]
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Media plays a powerful role in perpetuating stereotypes. Children must learn to think carefully and independently about the messages in advertisements. By learning about the concept of stereotypes and the ... - Reading Ads with a Social Justice Lens [28]
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Children are surrounded – and targeted – by advertisements: on television, the computer, even on their journeys to and from school. Children need specific strategies for reading and talking about ... - Reading Advertisements [29]
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As students learn to be critical readers and thinkers, it is important that they learn how to read and respond to everyday media. Throughout the series , students will practice the strategies developed in ... - What’s for Sale? [30]
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Children see and hear advertisements constantly. Television shows, radio stations, websites, even most streets and sidewalks are peppered with advertisements. Children need to be explicitly taught about these ...
