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February 20, 2018

Walkouts, Marches and the Desire to 'Do Something': What You Need to Know About Stoneman Douglas Activism

Student Activism | Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School | Image by Joe Raedle/Getty Images | Teaching Tolerance

After the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, courageous survivors have inspired a groundswell of activism and advocacy. Here's what you need to know—and what you can do, no matter your situation.

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Rights & Activism

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September 28, 2018

Only a Lynching Is a Lynching

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice | Equal Justice Initiative | Photo by Lauryn Mascareñaz

We must resist language that compares the challenging of powerful men to racial terror.

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Rights & Activism

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September 23, 2021

Parents Push for Student Safety

A parent-led grassroots organization in Georgia chips away at punitive school discipline policies and works to remove police from their schools.

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Rights & Activism

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StoryCorps: She Kissed Me on the Cheek

“The next day, the police car pulled up and they said, 'We're taking y'all to jail.'”

James Thompson, Dwight Thompson and Brenda Lee Graham

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Civics

History

July 8, 2014

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Informational

Decision No. 633: Promoting Tolerance and Media Freedom on the Internet

Committed to promoting tolerance and the right to "receive and impart information," the OSCE reaffirms the need to report hate crimes on the Internet. Among other suggestions, the OSCE recommends that states review their laws regarding Internet hate speech.

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Permanent Council (OSCE)

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Religion Rights & Activism

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Civics

History

October 30, 2014

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Defusing School Violence

This lesson explores the complexities of a situation in which immigrant students attend a school that is plagued with racially motivated violence. Working in small groups and as a class, students will discuss possible solutions and outcomes and apply their problem-solving skills to issues affecting their own school and community.

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6-8 9-12

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Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

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ELL / ESL

April 1, 2010

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StoryCorps: Stonewall Riots

“The lights went up, the music went off, and you could hear a pin drop.”

Michael Levine and Matthew Merlin

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

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Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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Civics

History

July 8, 2014

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September 12, 2018

Hate at School: August 2018

Student with long hair and purple book bag on.

In the first month that students returned to school in much of the United States, we found that hate picked up where it left off last year.

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Religion Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

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July 25, 2017

“Holden Caulfield is a typical teenager”?

When this teacher’s classroom of white students identified The Catcher in the Rye protagonist Holden Caulfield as a “typical teenager,” she knew she needed to broaden their idea of what “typical” teenage problems look like.

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Issue 61, Spring 2019

What We're Watching

Dim the lights and get ready to learn with these TT-approved films!

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