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Issue 32, Fall 2007

Beyond the Canned Food Drive

Teaching Tolerance illustration of food can goods

More educators are turning to service-learning projects for charitable activities — and helping to foster connections between students and the human beings they aim to serve.

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

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Issue 29, Spring 2006

Disarming Faith

Low shot of an Irish cemetery in the Fall

An Irish exchange program eases historic divisions, two students at a time.

Topic

Religion

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August 15, 2016

Do What You Teach

By engaging in creative processes alongside our students, we create spaces where it is safe to take risks and grow.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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August 14, 2017

SPLC Releases Campus Guide to Countering ‘Alt-Right’

How can college students respond when white nationalists show up on campus? This guide offers answers.

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Immigration Rights & Activism

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Issue 4, Spring 2023

For Students, By Students

Youth activists co-create a scalable anti-racist curriculum with an emphasis on action to aid in the national fight for justice.

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September 16, 2016

Helping Students Connect With Standing Rock

The Sioux Nation protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline is taking on greater significance each day. Don’t miss the opportunity to teach about history in the making.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Write to the Source

Are You Convinced?

Are You Convinced? asks students to demonstrate their argumentative and evaluative writing skills.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

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W.6-12.1, W.6-12.4, W.6-12.9

July 19, 2014

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November 17, 2014

Children’s Rights are Human Rights

“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin?”

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Rights & Activism

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October 2, 2013

National Bullying Prevention Month

Join the movement to prevent bullying!

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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Dr. Gary Wellbrock is an early elementary educator at a dual-language (American Sign Language and English) school in New York City. He teaches deaf, hard-of-hearing and hearing children from diverse backgrounds. He holds a master's degree from Columbia University Teachers College and later became a licensed reading specialist due, in part, to his work with the Hello Friend Foundation. Gary earned his doctoral degree from the Language, Literacy and Learning program at Fordham University.

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