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Issue 46, Spring 2014

Toolkit for Drowning in Debt

This toolkit provides a College/University Affordability Audit to help counselors, teachers, families and students evaluate the financial and academic supports and graduation outcomes offered by higher education institutions.

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September 30, 2015

The Danger of a Single Story

This history teacher uses Chimamanda Adichie’s TED Talk, “The Danger of a Single Story,” to foster his middle school students’ understanding of the relationship between narrative and power.

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Issue 48, Fall 2014

Toolkit for "We Spoke the Right Things"

Field trips can be a great opportunity to take critical literacy to a new level. This toolkit will help you prepare your students to take on social justice issues on trips.

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Community Inquiry

Save the Last Word for Me (6-8, 9-12)

A comprehension strategy that builds speaking and listening skills through structured text-based discussion. Students record sentences from a text and then discuss their responses in small groups.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

RL.6-12.1, RL.6-12.2, RL.6-12.4, RL.6-12.6, RI.6-12.1, RI.6-12.2, RI.6-12.4, RI.6-12.6, SL.6-12.1, SL.6-12.2, SL.6-12.6

July 13, 2014

student task

Do Something

Community Arts Showcase

Students produce original art that conveys an anti-bias or social justice message then work with school staff to plan a public showcase of their work.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 13, 2014

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Issue 43, Spring 2013

Buttoned Down

Illustration of a boy being fitted for a uniform

Are school uniform policies a perfect fit for all students?

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Class

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Issue 50, Summer 2015

A Message From Our Director

Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello asks: Do our schools allow students agency and security?

publication

Appendix A: FAQ

Answering frequently asked questions.

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Slavery Rights & Activism

November 21, 2023

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Participating in Digital Communities

This lesson aims to help students learn to safely and respectfully participate in different kinds of digital communities.

Grade Level

3-5

Subject

Digital Literacy

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

September 25, 2017

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Issue 5, Fall 2023

The Promise of Inclusive Education

Illustration of people gathering on top of and around large books.

Inclusive education builds critical thinking—the intellectual tools for reflection, continuous inquiry, constructive dialogue and the possibility of changing one’s perspective—and is an essential lever for democracy.

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