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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.
May 1, 2017
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When It Comes to Holocaust Awareness, We Need to Raise the Bar
The events of this week have made it clear: It’s time to bring genocide and Holocaust awareness lessons back into the spotlight.
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Who Are American Muslims?
Why is anti-Muslim bias on the rise in the United States? How much do your students know about Islam and its followers? Explore these questions with two student-friendly videos.
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“But You Don’t Look Like a Muslim”
A student's comment prompted this classroom teacher to initiate an in-depth conversation about Islam, Muslims and Islamophobia.
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Learn Something New Every Day
Antisemitism is alive and well in the United States, and its proponents feel emboldened. The antidote? Anti-bias education.
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When Students Have Space to Talk About Their Cultures
An elementary school principal highlights what can happen when educators give students opportunities to talk about their cultures and to learn about the cultures of other students.
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Countering Islamophobia
This lesson helps students explore, confront and deconstruct stereotypes targeted at Muslims. Students will learn about the impact of Islamophobia and create an anti-Islamophobia campaign to display in school.
February 14, 2017
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The Silencing of Mary Dyer
In this chapter, Carnes details oppression experienced by the early New England colonists. In particular, he chronicles Mary Dyer’s path from a once uncomfortably conforming Puritan to an outspoken Quaker unshaken by threats, banishment and even death.
January 23, 2017
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Expelling Islamophobia
Anti-hate and anti-bullying policies aren’t enough in the fight against Islamophobia.