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What Do We Have in Common? (Lunch Day Mixer) [1]

Excerpted from http://adulted.about.com/od/icebreakers/qt/2minutemixer.htm [2]

Activity
Mix It Up [3]
Diversity [4]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]

Who's Voting Now? [7]

This activity asks students to read and compare the language of selected Civil Rights legislation.

Activity
Ability [8]|Philosophy and Tactics [9]
Justice [10]
Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Social Studies [11]|Science and Health [12]

The Only Boy in the Ballet Class [13]

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, by Tomie dePaola.

Activity Exchange
Bullying [14]
Action [15]
Pre K to K [16]|Grades 1 to 2 [17]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|Math and Technology [19]|Science and Health [12]|Arts [20]|ELL / ESL [21]

Quilting Our Diverse Classroom [22]

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 continued to grow over the months.

Activity Exchange
School Culture [23]
Identity [24]
Grades 3 to 5 [25]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|ELL / ESL [21]

How Do We All Live Under the Same Sky? [26]

Cynthia Delilice’s Under The Same Sky focuses on issues of immigration and migrant workers.

Activity Exchange
Immigration [27]
Justice [10]
Grades 3 to 5 [25]|Grades 6 to 8 [5]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|Math and Technology [19]|Science and Health [12]|Arts [20]|ELL / ESL [21]

Treasure Chest for Change [28]

It is a challenge to help students to learn not only about history but also from it.

Activity Exchange
Race and Ethnicity [29]|Religion [30]
Action [15]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|Arts [20]|ELL / ESL [21]

Taking Action on the R-Word [31]

Derogatory language is common at the high school where I teach.

Activity Exchange
Bullying [14]
Action [15]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|Math and Technology [19]|Science and Health [12]|Arts [20]|ELL / ESL [21]

Act it Out [32]

I teach writing and drama for seventh- through 12th-grade students who are home-schooled, financially secure and white.

Activity Exchange
School Culture [23]
Justice [10]
Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|Math and Technology [19]|Science and Health [12]|Arts [20]|ELL / ESL [21]

Recognizing the Undocumented [33]

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 of and choices that face undocumented workers in our country and appreciate the importance of human rights.

Activity
Immigration [27]
Justice [10]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|ELL / ESL [21]

Environmental Justice [34]

For this lesson, students will use maps and graphs to explore some instances of environmental injustice. 

Activity
Rights [35]
Justice [10]
Grades 3 to 5 [25]|Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|Math and Technology [19]|ELL / ESL [21]

A Healthy Way to Show Feelings [36]

Individuals of all ages can find it difficult to identify and express their feelings in a positive way.

Activity Exchange
School Culture [23]
Identity [24]
Pre K to K [16]|Grades 1 to 2 [17]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|Math and Technology [19]|Science and Health [12]|Arts [20]|ELL / ESL [21]

Trading Cards That Honor True Greatness [37]

Each year in my elementary art classroom, students learn about a diverse group of black men and women in honor of Black History Month (this activity, though, is relevant throughout the year).

Activity Exchange
Race and Ethnicity [29]
Grades 1 to 2 [17]|Grades 3 to 5 [25]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|Math and Technology [19]|Science and Health [12]|Arts [20]|ELL / ESL [21]

What Makes a Family? [38]

There are many classroom activities in which students explore family roots.

Activity Exchange
Family [39]
Identity [24]
Grades 3 to 5 [25]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|Arts [20]

Bullying and LGBT Students [40]

The purpose of this activity is to discuss the bullying of LGBT students. It uses the Mexican tradition of El Paseo to begin that discussion.

Activity Exchange
Bullying [14]
Justice [10]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|ELL / ESL [21]

Debating Corporal Punishment [41]

In 2011, 20 states permitted corporal punishment in public schools. Many students who live outside those states find it hard to believe that corporal punishment still exists.

Activity Exchange
School Culture [23]
Justice [10]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|ELL / ESL [21]

Los Héroes y las Heroínas [42]

Through songs, stories and paintings, students explore how and why communities tell stories about heroes and heroines.

Activity Exchange
Race and Ethnicity [29]
Action [15]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Arts [20]|ELL / ESL [21]

Women’s Suffrage [43]

This lesson is the fourth in a series called Expanding Voting Rights [44]. The overall goal of the series is for students to explore the complicated history of voting rights in the United States. Two characteristics of that history stand out: First, in fits and starts, more and more Americans have gained the right to vote. Second, over time, the federal government's role in securing these rights has expanded considerably.

Activity
Wealth and Poverty [45]
Justice [10]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]

Toys and Clothes: Gender Expression [46]

As part of a yearlong anti-bullying program, “Be a Buddy, Not a Bully,” I presented this lesson to the pre–K class midway through the year.

Activity Exchange
Gender Expression [47]
Justice [10]
Pre K to K [16]
Reading and Language Arts [18]

The People Puzzle [48]

Each fall, I look forward to the joy and adventures of teaching new students. The more the students and I understand about one another, the richer their learning experiences.

Activity Exchange
School Culture [23]
Diversity [4]
Pre K to K [16]|Grades 1 to 2 [17]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|Math and Technology [19]|Science and Health [12]|Arts [20]|ELL / ESL [21]

Family Spotlight [49]

At the beginning of each school year I extend an invitation through a letter to all my students’ families. I ask them to sign up for a 15- to 30-minute class visit to share a talent, hobby or anything else interesting about someone in their family. I call each of these a “Family Spotlight.”

Activity Exchange
Family [39]
Diversity [4]
Grades 3 to 5 [25]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|Arts [20]|ELL / ESL [21]

Using Tootsie Roll Pops to Teach Tolerance [50]

This activity helps students increase respect for differences and gain a deeper understanding of universal similarities.

Activity Exchange
School Culture [23]
Diversity [4]
Grades 3 to 5 [25]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|Science and Health [12]|Arts [20]|ELL / ESL [21]

Create an Anti-Cyberbullying Sign Campaign [51]

Cyberbullying is a serious concern in today’s schools. Since it can happen to a student at home as well as in school, it can be more pervasive and traumatic for victims than traditional bullying. An anti-cyberbullying sign campaign is an effective way to fight cyberbullying through positive peer pressure.

Activity Exchange
Bullying [14]
Action [15]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|Math and Technology [19]|Science and Health [12]|Arts [20]|ELL / ESL [21]

Our Groups of Friends [52]

In this activity, students examine the diversity of their groups of friends.

Activity Exchange
School Culture [23]
Diversity [4]
Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|Arts [20]|ELL / ESL [21]

Advertisements of Our Own [53]

This is the thirteenth lesson in the Reading Ads with a Social Justice Lens [54] series.

 

This final lesson gives students a chance to reflect on what they have learned. Drama offers a wonderful way for students to make themselves heard. It also helps them synthesize their understandings of a topic. By working collaboratively to create their own advertisements, children will show that they are thinkers as well as activists.

Activity
Appearance [55]
Justice [10]
Pre K to K [16]|Grades 1 to 2 [17]|Grades 3 to 5 [25]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|Arts [20]|ELL / ESL [21]

Memories: Can-Have-Are [56]

Activity Exchange
Appearance [55]
Pre K to K [16]|Grades 1 to 2 [17]
Reading and Language Arts [18]

Understanding Prejudice through Paper Plate Portraits [57]

Activity Exchange
Appearance [55]|Gender Expression [47]
Grades 1 to 2 [17]|Grades 3 to 5 [25]
Arts [20]

The Study of Racial Representation via Television Commercial Analysis [58]

Activity Exchange
Media Literacy [59]|Race and Ethnicity [29]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|Math and Technology [19]|ELL / ESL [21]

What Is the Universal Language? [60]

Activity Exchange
Media Literacy [59]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Reading and Language Arts [18]

What Does Justice Require of Victim-Perpetrators? [61]

Activity Exchange
Rights [35]
Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Social Studies [11]

Teaching the Levees: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Community Problem Solving [62]

Activity Exchange
School Culture [23]
Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Social Studies [11]

What is Body Image? [63]

This is the first lesson of the series, I See You, You See Me: Body Image and Social Justice [64], which helps students think about their bodies and body image as related to broader issues of social justice and the harm caused from stereotypes.

Activity
Appearance [55]
Identity [24]
Pre K to K [16]|Grades 1 to 2 [17]|Grades 3 to 5 [25]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|Science and Health [12]|ELL / ESL [21]

Different Images of Beauty [65]

This is the third lesson of the series, I See You, You See Me: Body Image and Social Justice [64], designed to help students think about their bodies and body image as related to broader issues of social justice and to explore the harm created from stereotypes.

Activity
Appearance [55]
Diversity [4]
Pre K to K [16]|Grades 1 to 2 [17]|Grades 3 to 5 [25]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|Science and Health [12]|ELL / ESL [21]

Exploring Community History and Cultural Influence [66]

This activity invites students to identify aspects of culture that influence our own behavior and sometimes make it difficult to understand the behavior of other people. Culture is a complex idea, and teachers should he prepared to offer students many examples of cultural features.

Lesson
School Culture [23]
Diversity [4]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|ELL / ESL [21]

Early African Calendars [67]

Many math educators believe that learning about the multicultural history of mathematics can help a more diverse range of students achieve math success. Knowledge of their ancestors' contributions, proponents say, could enhance students' interest in algebra, for example, which was brought to Europe in books written by Islamic scholars from Central Asia, Arabia, Turkey, and North Africa. The following excerpt and activity, examines the origins of early North African number systems.

Lesson
Race and Ethnicity [29]
Diversity [4]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]
Social Studies [11]|Math and Technology [19]

Sexism: From Identification to Activism [68]

Students will identify ways in which sexism manifests in personal and institutional beliefs, behaviors, use of language and policies. Use this lesson to develop plans of action against bias.

Lesson
Gender Equity [69]
Action [15]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|Math and Technology [19]|Science and Health [12]|Arts [20]|ELL / ESL [21]

Family Ties and Fabric Tales [70]

Exploring family roots and immigration.

Lesson
Family [39]|Immigration [27]
Diversity [4]|Identity [24]
Grades 1 to 2 [17]|Grades 3 to 5 [25]|Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|ELL / ESL [21]

Freedom's Main Line [71]

Learn how activists in Louisville, Kentucky successfully campaigned against segregated streetcars in 1870-71.

Lesson
Events [72]
Justice [10]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]

Critical Viewer Activity [73]

Help your students take a critical view of advertising.

Lesson
Gender Expression [47]
Justice [10]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Social Studies [11]|Science and Health [12]

Going to Bat for Girls Activity [74]

In celebration of Title IX's anniversary, we highlight one family's struggle to realize the promise of equality.

Lesson
Gender Equity [69]
Justice [10]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Social Studies [11]

What Responsibilities Accompany Our Rights? [75]

This lesson looks at an important question students will face as citizens: What responsibilities accompany our basic rights?

Lesson
Rights [35]
Action [15]
Grades 3 to 5 [25]|Grades 6 to 8 [5]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]

Singing for Peace [76]

Teacher/musician uses music to help students deal with images of war.

Lesson
School Culture [23]
Diversity [4]
Grades 3 to 5 [25]
Arts [20]

The Children's March: Viewing the Film [77]

This activity is designed for use with our free curriculum kit, Mighty Times: The Children's March, designed for the middle and upper grades.

Lesson
Philosophy and Tactics [9]
Action [15]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Social Studies [11]

Strong Women and Gentle Men [78]

This activity is designed for use with our free curriculum kit, Mighty Times: The Children's March, designed for the middle and upper grades.

Lesson
Leaders and Groups [79]|Gender Equity [69]
Justice [10]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Social Studies [11]

Pre-WWII European Jewish Life Photo Project [80]

Examine the individuality of Jewish lives affected by or lost in the Holocaust, as well as how their communities were affected, through the finding and analysis of family photographs before and after the Nazi occupation.

Lesson
Race and Ethnicity [29]
Justice [10]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]|Arts [20]|ELL / ESL [21]

One Survivor Remembers: Twenty Pounds [81]

This lesson is an excerpt from the teacher’s guide of One Survivor Remembers [82], a teaching kit built around the incredible life story of Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein.

Lesson
Race and Ethnicity [29]
Justice [10]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]

One Survivor Remembers: Antisemitism [83]

This lesson is an excerpt from the accompanying teacher's guide to One Survivor Remembers [82], a teaching kit built around the incredible life story of Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein.

Lesson
Race and Ethnicity [29]
Justice [10]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]

Before Rosa Parks: Susie King Taylor [84]

Georgia native Susie King Taylor was a teacher who traveled with the Union troops during the Civil War. The story of this unsung hero and her accomplishments as a young teenager gives new meaning to the term "war hero."

Lesson
Leaders and Groups [79]|Gender Equity [69]
Justice [10]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]

Before Rosa Parks: Ida B. Wells [85]

Ida B. Wells is best known for her activism in the anti-lynching campaign. She moved to Chicago in her 20s and was a major figure in suffrage and women's club movements.

Lesson
Leaders and Groups [79]|Gender Equity [69]
Justice [10]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]

Before Rosa Parks: Frances Watkins Harper [86]

Frances Watkins Harper challenged power structures in the South, talking to free former slaves about voting, land ownership and education.

Lesson
Leaders and Groups [79]|Gender Equity [69]
Justice [10]
Grades 6 to 8 [5]|Grades 9 to 12 [6]
Reading and Language Arts [18]|Social Studies [11]

Assessing Access [87]

Children often lack knowledge and skills necessary to interact with each other, especially when confronted with differences in mobility, hearing, sight, developmental skills or verbal skills.

Lesson
Ability [8]
Justice [10]
Grades 3 to 5 [25]
Social Studies [11]|Science and Health [12]
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