publication
1,121 Results
article
Walking Undocumented
Wildin Acosta will walk across the graduation stage in June—but he almost didn't make it. Read about his incredible journey and the team of student journalists and teachers who helped make it happen.
article
What's in a Mascot?
A 9th-grade English unit helps students analyze legacy behind Native American mascots.
lesson
Food Deserts: Causes, Consequences and Solutions
Increases in obesity and diet-related diseases are major health problems in the United States. During the last 20 years there has been a dramatic increase in the nation’s obesity rates, correlating with increased rates of cardiovascular disease, certain types of cancer, Type 2 diabetes, increased health-care costs, reduced quality of life and increased risk for premature death.
October 17, 2011
publication
Basic Strategies
Educators from all grade levels and all parts of the country emphasize this point: You must speak up against every bigoted and prejudiced remark, every time it happens.
July 30, 2012
text
Informational
"To the Dead We Owe the Truth"
In this segment from 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets, a jury delivers the verdict in the case about the murder of Jordan Davis by Michael Dunn.
August 19, 2016
text
Literature
Life in the Iron Mills
This short story—acclaimed as one of the earliest examples of American realism—paints a bleak picture of industrial workers' lives in the mid-1800s.
July 7, 2014
text
Literature
Seventeen Syllables
Rosie's mother and father did not marry out of love, and her mother writes haiku as an escape. After entering a contest, a man comes to deliver her prize—a framed picture. Angered by this intrusion, Rosie's father destroys the picture. In her anguish, Rosie's mother explains her marriage to her daughter.
July 7, 2014
article
National Treasures
Help your students travel through time with primary sources from the Library of Congress.
article
‘Here To Tell My Story’
In developing the One Survivor Remembers kit, Teaching Tolerance's Curriculum Specialist/Writer Jeff Sapp spoke extensively with Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein.