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When Bad Things Are Happening
When news breaks of disaster or violence, your students may want to discuss a crisis as it unfolds. Here’s how.
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Anti-Immigrant
Animus toward people perceived to be immigrants led to a significant amount of harassment in schools; about 18 percent of the incidents that educators reported were directed toward people seen as “foreign.” This category
May 1, 2019
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Analyzing How Words Communicate Bias
This lesson, part of the Digital Literacy series, focuses on teaching students to identify how writers can reveal their biases through their word choice and tone. Students will identify “charged” words that communicate a point of view. Students will understand how writers communicate a point of view implicitly by writing their own charged news stories.
September 12, 2017
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Proclamation: To the Great White Father (November, 1969)
The announcement on November 20, 1969 from 89 American Indians – mostly students from colleges and universities – that they were taking over Alcatraz Island, set in motion what would become the longest occupation of a federal facility by Native Americans to date. This report aired a year later on NBC News, in December 1970, six months before the occupation ended.
July 2, 2014
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Toolkit for “Reimagining Digital Literacy Education to Save Ourselves”
The digital literacy resources in this toolkit, which can be integrated across all subject areas, are designed to meet present-day challenges in navigating online information and countering online hate.
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Presenting Teaching Tolerance's Digital Literacy Framework
The need for digital literacy is acute and vital in today’s world. Our new initiative can help prepare students to navigate this world.
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September 12, 2017
Toolkit for "Speaking of Digital Literacy"
Get a sneak preview of TT’s new digital literacy project with these lessons for grades K-8.
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Reimagining Digital Literacy Education To Save Ourselves
Misinformation and online hate are crisis-level threats to democracy and liberation movements. Digital literacy education must be among the solutions.
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Rock Your Mocs Spotlights Native Identity
Three years ago, a young activist used social media to put her idea into practice. Now her effort to honor Native people is an international event—and it keeps growing.
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Media Literacy Is Vital for Informed Decision-Making
Media literacy — being able to access, analyze and evaluate information for accuracy and reliability across a variety of mediums — is crucial for us to make informed decisions.
October 4, 2024