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The Double Standard of Coming Out
In sports, machismo and closeted sexuality prevail. And players courageous enough to talk about their sexual orientation are, sadly, not on equal footing.
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student task
Do Something
Buddy Share
Students choose a mode of expression—e.g., writing, art or storytelling—to share theme-related ideas and feelings with a “buddy” from outside the classroom.
July 13, 2014
student task
Do Something
Collage of Concerns
Students create visual artwork combining various images to convey diversity or social justice issues, concerns or themes related to the central text.
July 13, 2014
student task
Do Something
Act Up! Drama for Justice
Students write and perform a skit or monologue that brings awareness to a specific issue addressed in the text.
July 13, 2014
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Foreign Language Study Can Benefit Students With Autism
Parlez-vous français? This educator reflects on what students on the autism spectrum, including her own daughter, can gain from foreign language study.
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When One Day of Peace Just Isn’t Enough
The beginning of the school year is always filled with excitement, but this year our school initiated a project that is still taking on a life of its own.
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Independent Reading: A Curricular Workaround
By incorporating quarterly independent reading projects into her curriculum, this English teacher ensures that every student reads culturally responsive literature.
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What We’re Watching
From full-length features to 10-minute shorts, these films caught our attention—and deserve yours.
teaching strategy
Word Work
Vocabulary Tableaux
A tableau is a representation of a scene or picture by people posing silently without moving. In a vocabulary tableau, a group of students use their bodies to create a frozen picture of a vocabulary word.
July 19, 2014
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Support for Tommy and His Doll
Camilla was drawing a doll she was planning to get with her parents over the weekend. She was talking to herself in sing-song tones as she drew the doll, some of her clothes and her own house. Across the table sat Tommy; he heard Camilla talking about the doll she was about to get. He exclaimed, almost as joyfully, “Hey! I’m going to get a doll too!” The two began to chat about the types of dolls they were going to get. Across the room, another boy, busily building with blocks, said in a voice that reached across the room, “You are getting a doll?” A look of confusion spread across his face.