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...

Explore cultural diversity and build tolerance. Learners view art representing various cultures by Canadian painters. (Adapt with images or artists that reflect your demographics.) The class creates a collage or mural depicting cultural...

Students role play. In this equality instructional activity, students read a passage in Leviticus and describe people that would be considered strangers and how they are to be treated. Students discuss the concept of discrimination....

Students discover the identities of their classmates.  In this tolerance lesson, students create individual posters showcasing their identity, history, and family background.  Students examine the posters to get a better...

Pupils explore multiculturalism. For this visual arts lesson, students consider how visual arts may provide service opportunities and create artistic pieces inspired by service.

Students study tolerance in a puppet activity. In this tolerance activity, students watch a puppet performance to learn about tolerance, diversity, and understanding.

Students study unequal resources and their effects on education. In this educational disparities lesson, students participate in a coloring activity with quality and low-quality resources. Students then discuss the disparity in the...

Students complete compare and contrast activities for two stories about racism and tolerance in the science fiction genre. For this literary analysis lesson, students read a Ray Bradbury short story and Walter Mosley poem, watch a...

Young scholars explore early 19th century labor conditions through the use of period songs. For this tolerance lesson, students listen to period songs and respond. Young scholars write their own song that protests unfair and dangerous...

Help young scholars understand what an atheist is and why it is important or respect their beliefs. Using this non believers lesson, students will learn about people who hold different beliefs are discriminated against by others. They...

Students investigate the prejudice and racism that has existed in the U.S. for centuries by attending a field trip.  In this equality lesson, students visit the Tolerance Museum and discuss the history of the U.S.  Students...

Students read a short story about a young Iraqi boy, which opens up classroom discussion about the difficulties some immigrant students face, especially in the days after September 11.

Students articulate a direction about prejudice through text and images via a CD album cover. In this prejudice lesson, students view images for prejudice from various sources. Students brainstorm words that contribute to the meaning of...

Students explore the controversy surrounding recently published Danish political cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

Students discover facts about the Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead. In this compare and contrast lesson, students explore Halloween and the Day of the Dead. Students create an alter to memorialize a family member or friend that has...

Peace, love, tolerance, faith. Marc Chagall's Peace Window in the United Nations World Headquarters serves as a model for young artists as they create their own peace-themed transparent paintings. A great activity for both SPED and...

Students discuss the differences, flaws and strengths that we all have using "Eggbert, The Slightly Cracked Egg" by Tom Ross and Rex Barron as inspiration . They color 'slightly cracked' hard-boiled eggs.

Students explore diversity. In this religious studies lesson, students develop their knowledge and understanding of world religions as they use Internet and print sources to research Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism and...

Learners are introduced to the concept of segregation and explore its affects on society. They participate in a role-play about segregation, read books about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., create self-portraits, sing songs and participate...

Students explore philanthropy through art. In this service learning lesson, students discuss the diversity in their community and use their senses to create tolerance posters.

Students study the Mexican traditions for the Day of the Dead. In this Mexican traditions lesson, students study monarch butterflies and learn about the role that the mariposa plays in the Day of the Dead. Students learn about migration,...

High schoolers identify themes in Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet by analyzing the film or text. In this tolerance instructional activity, students create their own Elizabethan era terms related to interacting with different social...

Students explore the similarities of the Japanese-American experience in WWII and Arab-American experience in post-September 11 US policy. They create presentations on their reflections and express themselves through poetry, dance,...

Students explore how artists contribute to the public good. In this art and community lesson, students identify a community's needs and wants, identify how characters in a story meet their needs and wants, and identify ways that arts...