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Make the Most of Teachable Moments

Find moments that can be used for staff and classroom discussion. Focus the conversation on the kind of atmosphere you want at your school and how you can achieve that.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

August 27, 2012

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Involve Others

This should not be a starting-from-scratch moment.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

August 27, 2012

article

April 1, 2013

Become an “Ecolutionary”

Inspired by a TED Talk, a teacher mobilizes his entire school community to plant an urban garden.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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September 30, 2015

The Danger of a Single Story

This history teacher uses Chimamanda Adichie’s TED Talk, “The Danger of a Single Story,” to foster his middle school students’ understanding of the relationship between narrative and power.

Topic

Class

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Issue 51, Fall 2015

A Message From Our Director

Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello honors Julian Bond, a champion for voting rights.

teaching strategy

Close and Critical Reading

Shared reading combines aspects of guided reading and read-aloud strategies. During shared reading, a teacher or proficient student reads the text aloud, pausing at pre-selected moments to discuss content and analyze the text. This strategy facilitates close reading of a complex text in small or whole group settings.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

RL.6-12.1, RI.6-12.1

July 19, 2014

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Issue 28, Fall 2005

Talking Across Boundaries

Follow student activists as they Mix It Up at their schools.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

article

Issue 5, Fall 2023

What Is Our Collective Responsibility When We Uncover Honest History?

Photo of Joycelyn Davis, a descendant of Charlie Lewis.

Local history advocates say preservation, education and healing should include community redevelopment and respecting the agency of descendants of enslaved people.

article

Issue 61, Spring 2019

Digging Deep Into the Social Justice Standards: Identity

In the first PD Café in our series about the LFJ Social Justice Standards, learn how to help your students dig deep on the concept of identity.

article

March 14, 2019

Students Know the College-Admissions System Is Rigged

Students rushing through the hallways in school | Teaching Tolerance

When news of the college-admissions cheating scandal broke this week, young people knew it was wrong and many weren’t surprised. Here’s how you can help them tap into their power in spite of it.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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