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Why Reading Groups?
Reading groups that bring students, educators and families together benefit everyone involved. The advantages described here are well documented and supported by research that shows improvements in school climate, family
October 16, 2019
film kit
An Outrage
This film takes viewers to the very communities where heinous acts of violence took place, offering a painful look back at lives lost to lynching and a critical look forward. (Available for streaming only)
September 11, 2017
lesson
Looking at Race and Racial Identity in Children’s Books
This lesson, the second in a series, encourages students to think and talk openly about the concept of beauty, particularly as it overlaps with issues of race and racial identity.
September 9, 2011
lesson
What’s So Bad About “That’s So Gay”?
Almost every teacher has heard students use the expression, “that’s so gay” as a way of putting down or insulting someone (or to describe something). These lessons will help students examine how inappropriate language can hurt, and will help them think of ways to end this kind of name-calling.
February 27, 2010
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Self-Awareness and Cultural Competency
Cultural competency—the ability to work effectively and sensitively across cultural contexts—involves learning, communicating and connecting respectfully with others regardless of differences.
May 26, 2023
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professional development
Strategies for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Prejudice: Essential Principles
These design principles developed by the CODA panel are meant to provide guidelines for action to those selecting or developing strategies to improve intergroup relations.
May 10, 2011
lesson
The Little Rock Nine and the Children’s Movement
This lesson focuses on questions of justice and the role youth have played in social and political movements. By reading a combination of primary and secondary sources, students will learn how the Little Rock Nine came to play their important role. These teenagers’ participation in school integration stemmed not from the prodding of the parents or activists, but from within themselves.
September 11, 2012