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Six Steps to Speak Up

Whatever situation you're in, remember these six steps to help you speak up against everyday bigotry. In any situation, however, assess your safety, both physical and emotional. There is a risk, and that must be acknowledged as you make your own choice to Speak Up!

Topic

Bullying & Bias

July 21, 2009

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Informational

Julia Moves to the United States

Teaching Tolerance illustration of young gilr with colorful hair moving to the cold big city

Sean McCollum gives an account of writer Julia Alvarez's move to the United States from the Dominican Republic as a young girl. Although Alvarez struggled to fit in in this unfamiliar place, she finally found a comfortable niche in her writing.

Sean McCollum

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Immigration

Subject

History

Geography

July 9, 2014

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Informational

Nobody Dared Her to Do It

Reverend Noel Koestline and Reverend Spencer Turnipseed remember Turnipseed's sister, Marti, the first white student to join Birmingham's sit-in movement.

Rev. Noel Koestline and Rev. Spencer Turnipseed (Brother)

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Geography

November 18, 2014

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Informational

1960: Sitting Down to Take a Stand

In this article, Suzanne Bilyeu details how the sit-in by the "Greensboro Four" at Woolworth's store in North Carolina created a domino effect which led to sit-ins across the country and galvinized support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Suzanne Bilyeu

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

July 5, 2014

article

January 30, 2017

What Do I Say to Students About Immigration Orders?

Educators are fielding questions from students about recently issued executive orders on immigration, refugee resettlement and a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Here are some suggestions for how to best answer students.

Topic

Immigration Bullying & Bias

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Literature

On Being Brought From Africa to America

In this poem, the speaker explores the relationship between her Christian beliefs and her enslavement. She reminds her readers of the Christian belief that anyone, regardless of their race, can follow Christianity and be saved.

Phillis Wheatley

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Religion Rights & Activism

Subject

History

Geography

July 7, 2014

article

March 16, 2017

To Know Our American History Is to Know Ourselves

What does the rise in hate groups and hate crimes say about our American history and American democracy when all lives should matter?

Topic

Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

article

October 24, 2011

Students Need Skills to Say No to Fist Fights

We must teach conflict resolution, empathy and individual responsibility to students as deliberately as we teach math and science. Schools will not get better until we do.

Topic

Ability Bullying & Bias

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Multimedia

StoryCorps: I Tried to Hide My Stutter

“I felt alone and tried to hide it...”

Taro Alexander

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Topic

Ability

July 8, 2014

professional development

Action Steps for Educators to Take to Stop Bullying

Use this chart as a starting point to help participants in your staff training identify specific actions they can take.

August 13, 2010

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