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Communication Skills

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice and model good listening skills, become aware of the effects of cultural and other biases that affect communication.
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Living Together as One

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify examples of discrimination in our country's past and present. They examine how bias is harmful to the community as a whole. They also describe what changes have been made to protect different groups.
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Population Policy-Progress Since Cairo

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars survey the evolution of population policies. They assess the presence of gender-bias in development statistics. They evaluate the nexus of women, development, and population policy.
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The Atomic Bomb Dilemma

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine consequences of using atomic bomb in light of resulting peace, distinguish between fact and opinion and analyze sources to recognize bias and points of view, and assume role of reporter, critic, cabinet member, or...
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Dissecting the Media

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine an editorial point of view in journalism and explore how this contributes to the West's understanding of events in the Middle East. They discuss the concepts of objectivity and subjectivity, and how tone and vocabulary,...
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Six Lessons from Jena

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners have discussions on how to create a good school climate based on Jena Every School. Students discuss signs of trouble, school climate, bias incidences, forums for discussion, teachable moments, and bridging divisions in the school.
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Understanding Causes of Global Conflict: Peer Interviews

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine sources of conflict. In this global conflict lesson, students discuss how peer pressure, bias, oppression, ethnocentrism, miscommunication, and fear contribute to personal conflict as well as global conflict. Students...
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Infusing Equity by Gender into the Classroom

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Young scholars discover the biases between the two genders by comparing males and females in different species.  In this gender identity lesson, students research National Geographic Magazine and view videos demonstrating the...
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Missouri Department of Elementary

Bursting Stereotypes

For Teachers 9th
Balloons take on the role of stereotypes in an activity that asks high school freshman to generate a list of different adjectives that are frequently used to describe men and women. Then then attach a stereotypical label to a balloon and...
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On the Air

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the issue of race in television since the 1950's, focusing specifically on African-American entertainers. After researching important issues, events, and television personalities of specific decades, students create TV...
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Michigan State University

Researching and Compiling Survey Information

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Bring Internet research and social issues to your language arts class in this activity. After investigating the topic "Media Violence and How It Affects Teenagers" on the Internet, middle schoolers work in groups to compile their...
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K12 Reader

Civil Rights Biography: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Students 3rd - 8th
Introduce your class to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his many accomplishments through a one-page biography. Class members read the text and respond to three questions included at the end. 
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Alabama Department of Archives and History

Alabama's Economic Contribution to the Confederacy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
With a presentation and guided questions, help elementary historians understand the role Alabama played in the Confederate economy during the Civil War. The resource concludes with a newspaper article writing assessment.
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GM Crops: Friends or Foes?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Genetically modified crops—How do you feel about them? Here, explore the benefits and risks of GM crops to inform your opinion. 
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Peace Corps

Culture is Like an Iceberg

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
What influences the way you dress, or celebrate holidays, or connect with your friends? Explore the cultural traits that are not easily seen with an engaging discussion. Using the model of an iceberg, learners place features of culture...
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iCivics

Step Four: Working with Websites

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Almost every profession today relates to websites in some way! The resource tasks the class to fill out three individual graphic organizers to help them analyze each website they visit.
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Stanford University

Vicksburg

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Long before the term fake news, media outlets offered competing narratives of events at the time. Looking at newspaper reports from the Battle of Vicksburg, class members consider two different versions of the strategic siege—one...
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Stanford University

Japanese American Incarceration

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Using documents, such as reports from government sources and civil rights activists, budding historians explore the justification for forcing hundreds of thousands of Japanese-Americans to leave their lives and re-evaluate that tragic...
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Teaching Tolerance

Community Newsletter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
What does it take to develop and publish a newsletter? Young academics create a newsletter with original artwork for their school or community. They explore social justice themes and spread messages of tolerance and inclusion. Scholars...
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Teaching Tolerance

Community Bulletin Board

For Teachers K - 2nd
A project-based lesson has pupils create a bulletin board to share artwork, nonfiction articles, and messages based on social justice themes. The finished board is displayed in the community to create a place for discussion. 
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Unit 5 Probability

For Students 8th - 11th
In this probability instructional activity, students determine the probability or possible outcomes for 40 problems.
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Polling and Statistics

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate polling. For this statistics lesson, students collect data-on polling and graph their data on a coordinate plane. They identify biased and non-biased polling.
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And the Survey Says...

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders evaluate whether a certain argument is valid or invalid. In this science lesson, 8th graders discuss the importance of using unbiased evidence. They design an experiment that they can test in school.
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Cultural Acceptance

For Teachers K - 12th
Pupils are segregated into groups according to their clothing and experience first hand what it feels like to be a minority in everyday life. In this cultural acceptance lesson plan, students experience discrimination first hand. Pupils...

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