Exploring Diversity

Katherine Scholes begins this informative piece by describing the multi-facted nature of the word "peace" and what it can mean to different people at different times. Then she provides concrete ways that each of us can be a peacemaker.

Mia can’t understand why the new kid, Amena, seems sad, but she learns that a little empathy can go a long way.

“In response to legislation that would have criminalized immigrants, thousands of high school students from across the country walked out of their classrooms and into history.”

Two small boys on a plantation strike up a dangerous friendship.

These creation myths, from two different cultures, consider how the world came to be.