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Inclusive Holidays in the Classroom

It’s common for teachers and schools to turn to holiday-themed worksheets and projects at this time of year. But for some students, these are not inclusive of their cultures, identities and traditions. Here are some LFJ resources that offer ways to find balance in your curriculum and facilitate classroom discussions around inclusion while respecting religious and non-religious differences.

  • Favorite Holiday Poster Projects Aren’t Inclusive
  • Avoiding the Holiday 'Balance Traps'
  • Religious Holidays
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Responding to Immigrant Family Separations

We know zero-tolerance policies harm children in schools; they're harming them at our borders as well. In the wake of the Trump administration's 2018 policy on the imprisonment and separation of immigrant families, we hope you'll read and share these resources. Consider how you can support the children in your classroom—and beyond.

  • Teaching on the Border
  • Support Students From Immigrant Families
  • Sources | Ten Myths About Immigration
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Gloria and Rosa Make Beautiful Music

Teaching Tolerance illustration of young girls playing for an adult audience
Two friends who attend different schools in the same community learn that one of their schools has no instruments for their music program, while the other has multiple different kinds. They use their friendship and musical abilities to confront this inequity and try to bring about change.
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Cynthia Levinson
Grade Level
K-2 3-5
Topic
Class Rights & Activism
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Civics
Economics
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Identity Justice Action
May 19, 2017
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Why I Teach: Learning What Courage Means

My first year of teaching in middle school was an onslaught of reading quizzes, vocabulary lists, lunch duty, reading skills and faculty meetings. It didn’t really leave a great deal of time for reflection other than the simple thought that I wasn’t quite living up to my ideal of changing the world through teaching.
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Gender & Sexual Identity
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Student Writing: A Listening Exercise

As an eighth-grade writing teacher, I routinely focus on reading student writing and utilizing it for several purposes. I am designing effective lessons, creating sound rubrics for assessment, developing peer conferences and monitoring their ability to meet standards and benchmarks. However, I often forget about one of our most important, frequently overlooked roles as writing teachers: our role as listeners.