The readings in this collection explore the nature of identity, belonging, tolerance, and difference in our increasingly global society.
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
Standing Up to Hatred and Intolerance
Address today's global challenges with lesson plans focused on current events including the refugee crisis and contemporary antisemitism.
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Bullying & Ostracism
Using Bully in the Classroom
Use clips from the film BULLY, along with additional classroom resources, to address issues of ostracism, bullying, and encourage upstander behavior in your school and classroom.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
10 Questions for Young Changemakers
This unit uses the 10 Questions Framework to explore two examples of youth activism: the 1963 Chicago schools boycott and the present-day movement against gun violence launched by Parkland students.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Confronting Apartheid
Explore South Africa’s tumultuous history from the early interactions between white European settlers and native African tribes to the implementation of apartheid and the long struggle for democracy.
Unit
Democracy & Civic Engagement
Identity & Community: An Introduction to 6th Grade Social Studies
Intentionally designed for middle school classrooms, this unit explores themes of identity and community by using students' knowledge of the Memphis, Tennessee, community.
Unit
Democracy & Civic Engagement
My Part of the Story: Exploring Identity in the United States
Help students understand that their voices are integral to the story of the United States with six lesson plans that investigate individual and national identity.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Standing Up for Democracy
Designed for students in the United Kingdom, these lessons foster the critical thinking, mutual respect, and toleration necessary to bring about a more humane society.
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Holocaust
Teaching Holocaust and Human Behavior
Use our online unit to lead students through a study of the Holocaust that asks what this history can teach us about the power and impact of choices.
Teaching Strategy
Character Maps
Help students engage with a fictional or historical character by creating an annotated illustration.
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Create a Headline
This strategy helps students synthesize and articulate the most important takeaways from a variety of resources containing information about a particular topic or theme.
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Lifted Line Poem
Provide a creative way for students to engage with a text by transforming a line they find meaningful into a poem.
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