The Moment Archive

No matter the grade or the subject you teach, media literacy is a skill your students need. These resources from Teaching Tolerance—including our new podcast, The Mind Online—can support you and your students this Media Literacy Week and in the months to come.

Even if your students are too young to vote, there are plenty of ways they can get involved in the last few days of this year's election season. Try sharing our Voting and Voices pledge and Story Corner video to encourage them to talk with their families about voting. Or check out our Voting and Voices classroom resources for ready-to-use lessons, texts and activities that can get students of all ages excited about Tuesday's elections!

This week students witnessed troops being deployed to the southern border in response to migrants seeking asylum. They also heard anti-immigrant rhetoric and threats to the birthright citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment. This edition of The Moment offers resources you can use to dispel myths, humanize immigrant experiences and make your support for all students heard. 

Eleven people are dead after an anti-Semitic gunman opened fire at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. While moments of hatred and violence may feel all-too-common these days, we urge you to use the resources in this edition of The Moment to talk to your students about how hate takes hold and what they can do to fight it.

The Trump administration reportedly plans to revise Title IX to define sex as "either male or female, unchangeable, and determined by the genitals that a person is born with." This means the rights of transgender, nonbinary and intersex students are once again under attack. Your students need you today; here's how you can help.