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Lost Friends

A young boy travels with his grandmother to place a “Lost Friends” ad searching for his uncle who was sold by his enslaver and separated from his family before the Civil War.

Jarah Botello

Grade Level

3-5

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

February 19, 2020

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March 24, 2022

Help Ensure Immigrant Families Have What They Need

Recent rule changes prompted fearful immigrant parents and caregivers to disenroll eligible children from support services. Educators can help clear up the confusion.

Topic

Immigration Rights & Activism

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What Administrators Can Do To Support Educators in Teaching Honest History

Administrators can support educators in advocating for teaching more comprehensive and accurate histories using the following tools.

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Slavery Rights & Activism

November 21, 2023

article

Issue 34, Fall 2008

You Can!

With a little encouragement, students everywhere can make the leap from passive interest to active engagement.

Topic

Rights & Activism

article

Issue 14, Fall 1998

Why Does the Buddha Have Long Ears?

A North Carolina museum educator invites students to explore religious diversity through art.

Topic

Religion

article

Issue 36, Fall 2009

Inclusion on the Bookshelf

Teaching Tolerance illustration with kids with disabilities floating surrounded by open books

In fiction, children with disabilities are often still segregated, labeled, lonely and lost. These titles will help bring your school’s library into the age of inclusion.

Topic

Ability

article

Issue 53, Summer 2016

Reel Life

Make the foreign familiar with films from around the globe.

Topic

Religion Gender & Sexual Identity

article

July 26, 2016

Dispelling Six Myths About Transgender Identity

Illustration by craigandkarl | TT54 | Teaching Tolerance Magazine

The Department of Education says it will no longer hear complaints from transgender students who are prohibited from using bathrooms that match their gender identity. In light of this disturbing news, it's more important than ever that educators know the facts when it comes to serving transgender students.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

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Dismantling Racial Caste

What is needed to end mass incarceration and permanently eliminate racial caste in the United States? Legal and policy solutions alone are not enough to dismantle racial caste because the methods of racial control within this system are “legal” and rarely appear as outwardly discriminatory. A social movement that confronts the role of race and cultivates an ethic of care must form or else a new racial caste system will emerge in the future.

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

Subject

Social Studies

Civics

History

October 14, 2014

article

March 6, 2018

Broken and Healing: Normalizing Mental Health Issues in Our Classrooms

Young people stand in a circle holding hands

If we want our students to feel safe and accepting of their own mental health issues, can we model that by being open ourselves?

Topic

Ability Bullying & Bias

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