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September 7, 2011

Reminding Students of America’s Diverse Beauty

This week as the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, I plan to gather my third-, fourth- and fifth-graders around me. I will tell them, "Our country is a beautiful place." I’ll keep this in mind as I think of the moments when we were clearly afraid.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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Issue 45, Fall 2013

Bring it Home

Teaching Tolerance illustration rainbows over school building

Building support for LGBT students in the South.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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Issue 21, Spring 2002

Comprehensive Coverage

Baltimore schools forge innovative partnerships for mental health.

Topic

Ability

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June 26, 2012

Notes of Apology Offer Platform for Change

This past February, our school abandoned the traditional Valentine’s Day love note exchange, opting instead to encourage school-wide participation in a new activity we called the “Valentine’s Day Apology Note Project.”

Topic

Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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April 1, 2013

Become an “Ecolutionary”

Inspired by a TED Talk, a teacher mobilizes his entire school community to plant an urban garden.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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March 14, 2014

'Unkink the Hose' with Brain Breaks

March 10-14 is Brain Awareness Week. Help your students maximize their brain power by adding brain breaks to your bag of tricks.

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January 8, 2015

Perspective Taking

When this teacher assigned her students to debate a topic, they learned more than effective argumentation—they learned how to consider the perspectives of others.

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Religious Diversity in the Classroom

Teaching Tolerance and the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding teamed up to offer educators a free webinar series: Religious Diversity in the Classroom.

Professional Development Topic

Instruction

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Religion

September 10, 2014

student task

Do Something

Fairness Fair

Students work in groups to role-play or tell stories about real life situations related to fairness, community, diversity or social justice themes. Students then perform their skits or stories for others as part of a class-wide “fairness fair.”

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K-2

July 13, 2014

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January 14, 2014

Teaching Around the Script

Scripted curricula can limit teachers and hurt morale. But living social justice ideals in the classroom still imparts valuable lessons to students.

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Rights & Activism

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