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Should Your Hairstyle Be A Constitutional Right?

This lesson uses the strategies of “student questioning for purposeful learning” (SQPL) and jigsaw grouping to engage students in examining Constitutional issues related to school-based grooming policies.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

Civics

ELL / ESL

February 10, 2014

article

Issue 53, Summer 2016

Toolkit for "Teaching at the Intersections"

This toolkit for “Teaching at the Intersections” provides anti-bias essential questions and readings from Perspectives for a Diverse America that can be used to build student understanding of intersectionality in grades K-12.

article

August 8, 2018

Learning for Justice 101: A Guide to Our Resources

Person writing notes while looking at computer

Perhaps you get our magazine and you’ve used our films. But Learning for Justice offers so much more! As a new school year starts, we review some of our favorite—and most popular—resources.

Topic

Slavery Race & Ethnicity Religion Ability Class Immigration Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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Media Consumers and Creators, What Are Your Rights and Responsibilities?

This lesson focuses on the concept of "fake news" and the responsibilities of news and media creators and consumers. Students will explore PEN America's News Consumers' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities and read an article about "fake news" that presents strategies on how to approach digital sources.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Subject

Digital Literacy

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

ELL / ESL

February 13, 2018

professional development

How Stereotypes Undermine Test Scores

Subtle changes in test environments can improve standardized test scores among students of color and girls.

Professional Development Topic

Classroom Culture

Instruction

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Bullying & Bias

July 6, 2017

professional development

'The Capacity for Connection'

In this special Q & A, educators Louise Derman-Sparks and Patricia G. Ramsey, authors of the book, What If All the Kids are White?, provide early grades educators with practical ideas on preparing white students for a multicultural world.

Professional Development Topic

Instruction

Topic

Bullying & Bias

June 30, 2017

teaching strategy

Exploring Texts Through Read Alouds

Examining Texts

Children will learn about the key components of paper and online text structure. Students will also gain the terminology necessary to talk about the structure and parts of a text.

Grade Level

K-2

CCSS

RI.K-2.5, RI.K-2.6, RL.K-2.5, RL.K-2.6

July 13, 2014

text

Informational

Petition of 1788 for the Abolition of Slavery in Connecticut, by Enslaved People of New Haven

This petition illustrates how enslaved people used the rhetoric of the American Revolution to point out the colonies’ hypocrisy of demanding freedom and liberty, while themselves having slavery.

“Blacks of New Haven City”

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

January 5, 2018

article

Issue 53, Summer 2016

Toolkit for "The New Sex Ed"

This toolkit for "The New Sex Ed" will help you assess the current state of sex education in your school and plan for ways to create a broader, more inclusive approach to teaching about sexuality.

publication

Introduction

About Teaching Tolerance A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance (TT) offers a broad range of free materials for K–12 educators. The project’s best-known product may be its magazine, published

October 23, 2018

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