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I See You, You See Me: Body Image and Social Justice

This series help students think about their bodies and body images in a social justice context. Each lesson looks at a different aspect of the relationship children have with their bodies. The series helps students take ownership over their own feelings and attitudes and develop an activist stance in terms of understanding body image and also looking after their own physical and emotional wellbeing.

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Bullying & Bias

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

SEL

ELL / ESL

November 27, 2012

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Should Your Hairstyle Be A Constitutional Right?

This lesson uses the strategies of “student questioning for purposeful learning” (SQPL) and jigsaw grouping to engage students in examining Constitutional issues related to school-based grooming policies.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

Civics

ELL / ESL

February 10, 2014

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Literature

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key

The novel's main character, Joey, is introduced in this excerpt. Joey is full of spunk, but he also has trouble focusing and controlling all of his urges—which sometimes leads him to make bad choices.

Jack Gantos

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Topic

Ability

July 5, 2014

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Informational

Just Peace: A Message of Hope

In this book excerpt Mattie Stepanek describes what it is like living with a rare neuromuscular disease. Defying many developmental odds, Mattie recounts highs and lows as he travels toward his tenth birthday, living on what he terms “the edge.”

Mattie Stepanek

Grade Level

3-5 6-8 9-12

Topic

Ability

July 5, 2014

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Multimedia

StoryCorps: Living with Dyslexia

“I always lived in fear that someone would discover that I couldn't keep up.”

Sean Plasse and Blanche Podhajski

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Ability

July 8, 2014

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Visual

My Illustrated History

Cartoon features the cartoonist at various ages.

This cartoon offers “a short illustrated history” of the artist’s life from birth to present day, with a special emphasis on his Sikh metamorphosis.

Vishavjit Singh

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Religion

November 18, 2014

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Literature

This Little Light of Mine

In addition to holding a key place in American folk and gospel music, this song has significance as an anthem of the civil rights movement.

Harry Dixon Loes

Grade Level

K-2

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

Subject

Civics

History

July 3, 2014

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Literature

We Live By What We See at Night

In this poem, the speaker addresses his father, recalling for him the lush Puerto Rican landscape that he grew up in. Now, this green can be seen only in his father's dreams.

Martin Espada

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Topic

Immigration

Subject

Geography

July 3, 2014

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Literature

The Prince and the Rhinoceros: An Indian Tale of Speaking Kindly

An illustration of a boy with a red hat petting a rhinoceros.

The prince and his pet rhinocerous have a special friendship. He showers her with kind words until one day he lets the thought of gold get in between his and the rhino's special bond.

Toni Knapp

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Bullying & Bias

Subject

Civics

July 3, 2014

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Disability Is Diversity: Focus on Creating Inclusive Environments

“Disability is the way other people don’t accommodate you or respond to you.”
—Ashley Dalton, Southern Poverty Law Center

Changing the learning environment to be more inclusive—instead of a focus on changing the learner—creates opportunities for accessible education practices that benefit all young people. These LFJ magazine articles explain how, for children to thrive in more inclusive learning environments, social justice and equity movements must include intersecting identities and disability rights.

Disability Is Diversity
Confronting Ableism on the Way to Justice
Critical Practices for Social Justice Education

June 26, 2023

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