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Fun and Fitness in a Library Parking Lot

Line dance leader Kit Cheung teaches her class of Chinese-American women in an unlikely place: the parking lot of a local library. No other public location offers both the outdoor space and sun cover the group requires for their twist on the traditional Chinese exercise of tai chi. The relationship that forms between the initially reluctant library and Kit’s dance group has created some unexpected opportunities.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Grade Level

3-5

Topic

Religion Ability Class Immigration

Subject

Social Studies

June 26, 2019

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December 4, 2018

Black Lives Matter Week of Action

Illustration of students receiving high fives from adults as they disembark their school bus.

This February, schools across the country will work in solidarity to launch a shared set of lessons and examine their schools’ policies in pursuit of social and educational equity for their Black students.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Issue 61, Spring 2019

Toolkit for "Bearing Witness to the Hard History of Guilford"

In this activity, students will read about local history projects designed to foster connections between the town they live in and the enslaved people whose labor built it. Then, they will use primary sources to research the hidden history of their community.

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November 26, 2018

Teachers’ Silence on Climate Change Violates Students’ Rights

Child looking out onto the countryside, silhouetted in window

It’s our responsibility as educators to ensure we’re teaching our students what they need to know about climate change.

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October 5, 2020

Teaching the Hard History of Indigenous Slavery

The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors title.

TT’s newest film, ‘The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors,’ offers a classroom-ready introduction to the history of Indigenous enslavement in what is now the United States.

Topic

Slavery Rights & Activism

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March 17, 2021

Responding to Anti-Asian Violence and Georgia Shootings

A single lit candle surrounded by darkness.

After a shooting spree in Georgia took the lives of eight people—including six Asian American women—it’s important to pause, check in and prioritize care.

Topic

Class Gender & Sexual Identity

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Issue 57, Fall 2017

A Message From Our Director

Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello implores educators to pass on these lessons of love in the face of hate.

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Rick Mula

Rick Mula is an Equal Justice Works Fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center. The aim of Rick’s fellowship project is to reduce the discrimination that LGBT youth living in Tennessee and Alabama experience in the education, child welfare and juvenile justice systems. His fellowship is sponsored by the Mansfield Family Foundation. Rick graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2015 where he received a graduate certificate in gender, sexuality and women’s studies. Rick was also awarded the Dean Jefferson B. Fordham Human Rights Award and the Blank Rome Alvin Ackerman

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August 10, 2018

Hate at School: A Back-to-School Look at the Past Year

Distraught student sitting against wall with hoodie drawn

“Back to school” shouldn’t mean “back to hate.” Here’s a look at the hate incidents we reported last school year—and steps for making this year better.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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March 13, 2018

Teaching to End Tragedy: A Call to Elementary School Teachers

elementary teacher talking with students

This educator asks elementary teachers: Is your classroom preparing students to work toward healthier, safer, more equitable communities—or to do worksheets?

Topic

Rights & Activism

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