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Engaging Colleagues

When educators feel like they are not alone in their belief that students deserve access to accurate and inclusive learning, they are more likely to persevere in their advocacy for teaching honest histories.

Topic

November 21, 2023

article

November 23, 2016

Post Election: Don’t Neglect Those Emotions

Empowering students and teachers with the skills of emotional intelligence can help create a more compassionate and just society.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

article

Issue 11, Spring 1997

Lighten Up

The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on the ups and downs of laughter.

teaching strategy

Exploring Texts Through Read Alouds

Realia

Realia are real-life objects that enable children to make connections to their own lives as they try to make sense of new concepts and ideas. This strategy brings the Perspectives central text to life for students by using everyday objects during the read aloud.

Grade Level

K-2

CCSS

RL.K-2.1, RL.K-2.2, RL.K-2.3, RI.K-2.1, RI.K-2.2, RI.K-2.3

July 13, 2014

article

May 23, 2019

Hate at School: April 2019

High school-aged student with red-colored hair looking downcast and pensive.

As the end of the school year approaches, reports of hate and bias in U.S. schools haven’t slowed down.

text

Informational

Choices

This essay places side by side the historical oppression of African Americans in the South and the recent surge of African Americans moving back to the South of their own free will. In her discussion, Maya Angelou questions why such choices are considered remarkable.

Maya Angelou

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

Subject

History

Geography

July 2, 2014

article

Issue 49, Spring 2015

Shelter from the Storm

Illustration of girl wading through rain puddles

Trauma shows many faces. Schools that recognize them can be places of healing.

article

July 7, 2009

On the Front Lines

Suggestions for educators working to promote equity.

publication

'Why Did That Girl Say That to Me?'

Personal Story: Ages 6-12

July 29, 2009

article

March 14, 2012

Don’t Label a Book by Gender

In my eighth-grade language arts classroom, we use discussion as a vehicle for learning, thinking, writing, posing and defending arguments, questioning and reviewing—just about everything. And as can be expected, we sometimes digress from the topic at hand.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity