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Introducing the Fall 2018 Issue of Teaching Tolerance Magazine

Our Fall issue has something for everyone. Whether you want to take action in support of undocumented students and families, update your understanding of white privilege, learn about a new lynching memorial’s haunting history lesson, or help your students identify as voters from a young age, these stories offer the background you need to get informed and involved in the issues that affect your students’ lives.

What Is White Privilege, Really?
A Museum. A Memorial. A Message.
Closing the Diversity Gap

September 11, 2018

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“We Lived in a Bubble”

Elizabeth MacQueen is the sculptor of Four Spirits, a monument built to memorialize the four girls killed in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. In her memoir, she discusses how the project revealed to her how sheltered she had been as a child growing up in Birmingham.

Elizabeth MacQueen

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6-8 9-12

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Class Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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History

November 18, 2014

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September 23, 2021

Parents Push for Student Safety

A parent-led grassroots organization in Georgia chips away at punitive school discipline policies and works to remove police from their schools.

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Rights & Activism

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July 31, 2018

The Religious Liberty Task Force Is More Sword Than Shield

Jeff Sessions the Attorney General of the United States of America at the Department of Justice

On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the creation of a task force that—in the name of “religious liberty”—threatens to systemically oppress LGBTQ students. The time for educators to demonstrate their allyship is now.

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Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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January 22, 2018

Accepting Change Because My Students Accepted First

After surviving a devastating car accident, this teacher realizes her true purpose in the classroom.

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October 25, 2018

Checking Yourself for Bias in the Classroom

Empty desks in a classroom with a blackboard in the background.

Unconscious bias can shape the responses of even the most well-intentioned educators. But you can check yourself—one teacher shares how.

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Bullying & Bias

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January 10, 2020

Teach This: Regulating Protest at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Tommie Smith and John Carlos raise their fists at a 1968 Olympic medal ceremony.

Analyze news of the recent announcement banning athlete protest at the Olympics to discuss protest and the power of individual voice with students.

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Creating Brave Spaces: Reckoning With Race in the Classroom

Episode 2, Season 4 People from all corners of public life are telling teachers to stop discussions about race and racism in the classroom, but keeping the truth of the world from students simply doesn’t work. English

August 30, 2021

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March 1, 2017

Learning How to Know in 2017

How do your students learn how to know? And what does your teaching look like in the face of a devaluing of shared truth, deepening political polarization and the mainstreaming of intolerance?

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March 15, 2017

A Classroom Discussion About the Media, Trust and Knowledge

Encouraging students to think through problems in the contemporary media landscape can help them become more active, open-minded knowledge-seekers.

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