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Announcing Our REVERE Awards Wins!
Teaching Tolerance is pleased to announce that we are among the recipients of 2017 REVERE Awards from the Association of American Publishers.
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Do Something! (Grades K-2)
ObjectivesActivities will help students: synthesize all discussions and activities they have participated in with regard to gender expression and identity; solidify their understanding of the harmful nature of
March 13, 2012
professional development
Do Something! (Grades 3-5)
ObjectivesActivities will help students: synthesize all discussions and activities they have participated in with regard to gender expression and identity; solidify their understanding of the harmful nature of
March 13, 2012
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Teaching Courage in a Postmodern World
Students need historic context to connect activism of the past to social issues in the present.
professional development
Jerrie Mock
“Jerrie Mock” is a story written by Tamera Bryant for publication as a Perspectives for a Diverse America text in 2013.
May 9, 2014
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You Spoke, We Listened
Reader reactions: Your thoughts on being vulnerable, Roma, immigration and more.
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Danger on my Doorstep
Linda Schubert recounts the fear that consumed her Jewish family living in Nazi-Germany in the late 1930s. Each family member endured individual stress and anxiety, but each also contributed to the family's greater good of the family.
July 7, 2014
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Literature
An Angry Black Woman on the Subject of the Angry White Man
Jordan's poem takes on an sarcastic tone as she describes the duties, punishments, emotions and false promises endured by African Americans since slavery in response to Bill Clinton's description of affirmative action as "a psychologically difficult time for the so-called angry White man."
July 7, 2014
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Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association
This segment examines black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey and his organization, the Universal Negro Improvement Association. Best known for his leadership in a "back to Africa" movement, Garvey's ideas would influence later black nationalist thought.
July 8, 2014
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Jerrie Mock
Tamera Bryant relays the story of Jerrie Mock and her dream to fly an airplane around the world. In spite of naysayers, including her family, who tried to remind her that girls grow up to be wives and mothers, Jerrie followed her dream and became the first woman to fly an airplane around the world.
July 9, 2014