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Issue 45, Fall 2013

Toolkit for LGBT Best Practices

From December 1993 through September 2011, the U.S. military allowed gay and lesbian service members to serve in the armed forces as long as they didn’t disclose their sexual orientation. This policy is commonly referred

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Invisible Man, Prologue

Is it possible to be seen but not noticed? To be noticed but not understood? Ralph Ellison shows that invisibility is no accident.

Ralph Ellison

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9-12

July 5, 2014

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November 27, 2013

Choosing Other Words

This teacher was prepared for her ‘speak up’ moment—and you can be, too!

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Ability Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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October 22, 2015

Building Empathy With ‘Miss Peregrine’s’

This after-school educator developed a creative set of discussion questions and prompts to help students talk about empathy. Her tools? A young adult novel, the Teaching Tolerance Anti-bias Framework and Perspectives for a Diverse America.

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Bullying & Bias

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August 13, 2015

Blogging and the Immigrant Experience

To help her students understand each other’s stories, backgrounds and experiences—and to improve their writing—this teacher added blogging to her curriculum.

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Immigration

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Issue 49, Spring 2015

Josh, Brandon and the Grumpy Old Man

Josh is annoyed with his grumpy neighbor, until a family member helps him find compassion.

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Issue 13, Spring 1998

Don't Walk Away

The associate director of Teaching Tolerance urges us to stick with the tough conversations.

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Responding to the Read-Aloud Text

Shared Reading

During shared reading, learners observe experts reading with fluency and expression while following along or otherwise engaging with the text. This strategy should focus on a specific instructional element (or mini lesson) that improves targeted reading comprehension skills while promoting the joy of reading.

Grade Level

K-2

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RL.K-2.1, RL.K-2.2, RL.K-2.3, RL.K-2.6, RL.K-2.7, RI.K-2.1, RI.K-2.2, RI.K-2.7, RF.K-2.4

July 19, 2014

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December 6, 2016

Join Our Community!

Here are 12 things you can do to stay connected with Teaching Tolerance.

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Word Work

Word Wheel

Students use a concept map to organize their vocabulary learning. This tool requires students to define words, find examples, draw on prior knowledge and connect related concepts.

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6-8 9-12

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L.6-12.4, L.6-12.5, L.6-12.6

July 19, 2014

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