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Analyzing the School Holiday Calendar
These activities ask students to engage with the question of what an equitable school calendar looks like and how to make their own school calendar more inclusive.
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Are School Calendars Equitable?
This lesson explores the debate about whether public schools, which typically close on major Christian and Jewish holidays, should also shutter for important celebrations in other faiths.
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Sounds of Change
This lesson challenges students to analyze and to reflect on messages presented in songs — and to express their own views about important issues addressed in some songs.
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Defining Activism
This lesson will give students the chance to think about what these crucial concepts mean and to begin considering a relationship between community activism and community building.