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Collective Poetry: Teaching Tolerance
Help your class create collective poetry following a simple, engaging model from Teaching Tolerance (tolerance.org). Each young poet writes five things on an index card: sayings from others, favorite sound, favorite place, favorite...
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Stereotypes and Tonto
Learners identify stereotypes, especially those applied to American Indians. In this teaching tolerance lesson, students read an essay entitled " I Hated Tonto (Still Do)" and discuss the negative impact that stereotypes may have...
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Teaching Tolerance: That's Not Fair!
Students study unequal resources and their effects on education. In this educational disparities instructional activity, students participate in a coloring activity with quality and low-quality resources. Students then discuss the...
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Keep It Academic
Young scholars study various methods to learn about religion in the classroom. In this religion study lesson, students read and visit links to learn about various ways of teaching religion in schools. Young scholars learn the model world...
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The Race Card
Students use Ernest J. Gaines' A Lesson Before Dying to investigate the reality of legal segregation. In this segregation lesson plan, students work in groups to study the books characters and how their classification affected the rights...
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Learning for Justice
A website aimed at teachers, parents, and students on ways to combat hateful words and actions. Teaching kids about tolerance is part of many curriculum units across many grades; this site has separate sections tailored to grade specific...
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Pbs: Tolerance in Times of Trial
This lesson compares the treatment of Japanese-Americans and German-Americans during World War II and the treatment of Arab-Americans after September 11th.
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Learning for Justice: September 11th and After
This growing selection of teaching resources addresses the issues being raised following the September 11, 2001 attack. Content explores everything from the attack itself to related aftereffects, such as racial profiling and bias against...
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Learning for Justice: Part of a Community Online
This lesson plan focuses on helping young children learn to participate in different kinds of digital communities. Students will solidify and work on what they know about being part of any community.
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Teaching Tolerance: Producing Digital Information
This instructional activity focuses on what it means to produce digital content and share information using online platforms.