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Gloria and Rosa Make Beautiful Music

Teaching Tolerance illustration of young girls playing for an adult audience

Two friends who attend different schools in the same community learn that one of their schools has no instruments for their music program, while the other has multiple different kinds. They use their friendship and musical abilities to confront this inequity and try to bring about change.

Cynthia Levinson

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

Economics

May 19, 2017

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Literature

SWOOSH!

In this story, Hani faces the decision of removing her hijab in order to play in a basketball tournament or sitting on the bench and watching the game. With the support of her teammates, she stands up to injustice and makes an important decision.

Ann Malaspina

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Religion Gender & Sexual Identity

Subject

Civics

May 19, 2017

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Informational

Deaf Culture: Changes and Challenges

In his essay, Bacon provides some high-level insights into the past of America’s deaf, as well as the current culture and some potential challenges that lie ahead.

Paul Bacon

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Ability Rights & Activism

Subject

History

May 22, 2017

publication

Learning the Landscape of Digital Literacy

The internet and digital technology have not only changed our day-to-day lives—they have changed the boundaries of education. Most educators embrace the opportunities (and responsibilities) presented by new media and

July 4, 2022

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Defusing School Violence

This lesson explores the complexities of a situation in which immigrant students attend a school that is plagued with racially motivated violence. Working in small groups and as a class, students will discuss possible solutions and outcomes and apply their problem-solving skills to issues affecting their own school and community.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

SEL

ELL / ESL

April 1, 2010

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Sounds of Change

This lesson challenges students to analyze and to reflect on messages presented in songs — and to express their own views about important issues addressed in some songs.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Class Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

April 26, 2017

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Analyzing the School Holiday Calendar

These activities ask students to engage with the question of what an equitable school calendar looks like and how to make their own school calendar more inclusive.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Religion Immigration Rights & Activism

May 1, 2017

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Literature

A Place Where Sunflowers Grow

Mari and her family have been sent to an internment camp in Utah. She does not understand what they have done to deserve their internment and longs for her backyard in California where she used to grow sunflowers.

Amy Lee-Tai and Felicia Hoshino (illustrator)

Grade Level

3-5

Subject

History

April 7, 2016

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Informational

I fit the description...

In this blog post, Steve Locke—a college professor of 13 years—details being wrongfully detained by the police while walking to get lunch all because they believed he matched a description.

Steve Locke

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Rights & Activism

April 28, 2016

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Multimedia

Teaching Tolerance Interview With John Lewis

In the graphic novel March, Congressman John Lewis documents his experiences as a young civil rights activist. Hear him describe his first arrest employing a nonviolent resistance strategy, as captured in the book.

John Lewis

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Class Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

June 20, 2016

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