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Brown v. Board: What It Means Today
Examine the impact of Brown v. Board and the state of school segregation today using interviews with 14 Americans from Teaching Tolerance magazine.
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Final Project Outline
This lesson plan is to accompany the Teaching Tolerance magazine article "Exposing Hidden Homophobia"
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When “Have A Nice Day” is Considered Weird
It’s not that hard to stick out in middle school. The unspoken code of social conduct is unyielding and inflexible. Anything outside of those narrow parameters is weird, and weird makes kids uncomfortable.
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Do Something
Persuasive Letters
Students write to a business, school or community leader to call for action in response to a social justice issue from the central text. Alternatively, students can write open, persuasive letters to their peers or family members.
July 13, 2014
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Alabama’s Immigration Law: The New Jim Crow
Alabama’s new law—with provisions against hiring, harboring or transporting undocumented immigrants—is bad enough for adults. But it is potentially disastrous for kids.
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Saying ‘Thank You’ to All the Ms. Sandras
Every school day just after 2 p.m., Sandra pushes her cart into my classroom to clean the bathroom and empty the trash cans. She is the school custodian and my students love her. When students hear her squeaky wheels in the hallway outside our door, they listen for her kind giggle as she enters the room. "Ms. Sandra! Ms. Sandra! Can I help you empty the trash? Can I help you?" they yell out with their hands waving in the air.
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Community Inquiry
Fishbowl
Fishbowl is a strategy for organizing medium- to large-group discussions. Students are separated into an inner and outer circle. In the inner circle, or fishbowl, students have a discussion; students in the outer circle listen to the discussion and take notes.
July 13, 2014
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Teaching About Religion
Guidelines that can help you address the concerns that often surround teaching about religion in public schools.