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Promoting Tolerance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create multimedia presentations on stereotyping. In this stereotyping lesson plan, students have discussions on different kinds of stereotyping, how it makes people feel, and create a multimedia presentation on it.
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The Power of Words: Social Justice Words

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Pupils role-play the position of a presidential candidate. They create their platform to include social justice programs and present it to the class. They answer questions to end the lesson.
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Put-Ups

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students train themselves to recognize the good in others. In this character traits lesson, students discover what put-ups are as their teacher models giving put-ups to others. Students then discuss how to recognize the good in their...
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Poetry for Home: Homelessness

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read a poem to learn about homelessness. In this poetry lesson, students make a list of words about their home and then feelings about their home. Students read the poem 'When I Think Home' and then write their own version of...
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Defusing School Violence

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students practice problem-solving skills as they listen to a scenario in which students defuse violence and tension at their own school. In this defusing school violence lesson, students discuss hate-based violence and brainstorm ways to...
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Thanksgiving Mourning

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the way diverse groups can perceive a shared experience in a dramatically different light.  Students read commentary written by Native American writers and find examples of different points of view. ...
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The Aleut Evacuation: An Overlooked Injustice

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners read and complete activities about the Aleut tribe and Russian impact on the people. For this Aleut and Russian history lesson, students read a passage about the history between the Russians and the Aleut tribe. Learners write a...
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The Real Monopoly: America's Racial Wealth Divide

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore America's racial wealth divide. In this Teaching Tolerance lesson, students play a "rigger" version of the game Monopoly and reflect on the game and economic injustice in the United States.
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Clothing-Based Bias

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students investigate stereotypes attached to clothing. In this teaching tolerance lesson students explore how the way someone dresses can influence other people's perception of that person. Students discuss what groups of people might be...
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A Breath of Fresh Air! Oxygen Tolerance in Bacteria

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore and research what pork and beans, gangrene and denitrification have in common. They summarize that they all are the result of anaerobic bacterial action. Students analyze the chemical processes that are carried out...
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Modern-Day Heroes: People Who Are Making a Difference

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Not all superheroes wear capes. An engaging lesson delves into the world of modern-day heroes and activists for change. Academics learn there are many different ways to be a hero as well as explore what makes a person a hero. The...
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Eggbert- The Slightly Cracked Egg: Tolerance, Disabilities, Characater Education

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discuss the differences, flaws and strengths that we all have using "Eggbert, The Slightly Cracked Egg" by Tom Ross and Rex Barron as inspiration . They color 'slightly cracked' hard-boiled eggs.
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Tolerating the Intolerable: Responses to Cultural Conflict

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine how differences in culture affect people. In this cultural conflict lesson, students use the Internet to research specific incidents in history where conflict led to violence, then the class discuss possible solutions...
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Fast or Slow?

For Teachers K - 6th
Vestibular stimulation is an action or activity relating to balance and motion. To find out what kind of vestibular stimulation your learners with multiple disabilities enjoy best, follow these simple suggestions. You engage the child in...
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Why Is Cultural Diversity a Positive Thing?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
From more empathetic individuals to greater tolerance in government, learners explore the benefits of a culturally diverse world through a series of collaborative, discussion-based activities. 
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Proverbs of One World

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Bring your class to the computer lab, and have them use the library and online resources to select proverbs related to specified themes. They create a book or bulletin board of proverbs that offer lessons connected to themes of freedom,...
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Treasure Chest for Change

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students fill treasure chests. In this Holocaust lesson, students participate in an activity that requires them to find the value in everyday items.
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Exploring Cultural Rituals

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Learners analyze images and music of common rituals in America with those of other countries. They use worksheets to compare and contrast the events.
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9-11: Looking Back...Moving Forward

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students watch and discuss a video about teens living in and around New York and how 9-11 changed their lives. They answer discussion questions, read and discuss newspaper/magazine articles, take a self-test on depression, and create a...
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Taking a Closer Look at Religions Around the World

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore diversity. In this religious studies instructional activity, students develop their knowledge and understanding of world religions as they use Internet and print sources to research Judaism, Christianity, Islam,...
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Mystery and Mayhem

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students use literature to examine the violence and loss of innocence during the 1960s. For this U.S. history lesson, students read Robert McCammon's Boy's Life to investigate the social unrest, violence and loss of innocence in the...
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Social Boundaries Activity: Map It Out

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students observe the school for one week to identify social boundaries.  In this map it out activity, students sketch the school's social boundaries, identifying where social cliques hang out.  Students compare their...
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Teaching Tolerance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine several case studies on multiracial individuals and the technology used to identify them by race and ethnicity. They present their findings to classmates.
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Countering Homophobia: Feelings, Tolerance, Sexuality, Stereotypes

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore and discuss name-calling, feelings and myths relating to homosexuality through labeling feelings and participating in a game.

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