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Dim the lights and get ready to learn with these LFJ-approved films!
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Resisting Hate and Building Resilience
The anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol reminds us of the importance of strengthening democracy and countering hate. Our resource series Resisting Hate in Education offers strategies for prevention, intervention and response to hate and bias. Explore recent resources on understanding and addressing antisemitism and Islamophobia in schools along with recommendations for supporting young people during tragedies and crisis events. Together, we can engage as a broader community across our differences, build networks to foster resilience and take action to resist hate.
- Resisting Hate in Education
- Understanding Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Education
- Handle With Care: Supporting Young People During Crisis Events
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Teaching Hard History in Grades K-5
Join Learning for Justice for a deep dive into our brand-new Teaching Hard History framework for grades K–5! Participants will learn how our elementary framework centers the stories of enslaved people to teach the history of American slavery in a way that is both age-appropriate and accessible.
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Learning from the Civil Rights Movement
The resources in this series can help us learn from our history and examine today’s justice issues to answer the questions: “How can I make a difference?” “How can we make a difference together?”
August 11, 2024
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By Virtue of Being Human: A Human Rights Questionnaire
"Test the waters" of human rights awareness with your class before introducing them to the framework by using the following questionnaire.
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What If?
The editor of Teaching Tolerance explores the ins and outs of social boundaries at school.
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Being 'Tolerant' About Creationism
Forty percent of Americans believe that God created humans in their present form 10,000 years ago, according to a Gallup poll released late last week. In other words, they subscribe to creationism.
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Helping All Kinds of Families
It was meet-the-teacher night at my elementary school. The room was ready for a new class of second-graders. The rubric for grading paragraphs and stories was on the wall around the writing center. A scientific method poster hung on the wall in the science corner. Essential questions for numbers and operations were on the chalkboard in the math area. And a picture commemorating the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education was on the social studies wall. I was ready to help my children become successful students.
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Overcoming the Limits of Labels
There are some new labels kids have created for one another since I was in school. When I grew up, there were no skaters or noobs. No one was goth or emo. In my day, kids who wore collared shirts and madras were preppy. Kids who smoked cigarettes and listened to Led Zeppelin were burnouts. Jocks were still jocks, although the jocks of my youth were all-inclusive. Today, they separate themselves by sport.
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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.