An Outrage, a film by Hannah Ayers and Lance Warren, is available for streaming only, exclusively for registered Teaching Tolerance members.
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The learners will view works of art that advocate for social change. They will recognize that art can influence social change. The learners will select an issue of human rights and create a work of art that represents the issue. They will write a paragraph of explanation about their work.
This unit focuses on learning about what Baltimore was like historically and how segregation and disinvestment has disproportionately negatively affected Black communities. Students will analyze a societal issue and determine the basis of that issue today through maps and explore solutions to it.
Students learn about historical incidents of race discrimination and public protest, drawing parallels to present day social barriers and the need for social action. Students define stereotype, discrimination, racism, and prejudice and brainstorm a social action plan to heal racism. Students organize a “Mix It Up Day!” with the intention of breaking down social and racial barriers in the school lunchroom.
This downloadable resource provides a simple lesson plan for exploring diversity in the classroom. This activity helps reveal the many differences a classroom of students has, even when the surface appears homogeneous. Geared for Grades 9-12, though can be adapted for younger students.
This curriculum unit for grades PreK–12 provides grade-specific lessons and resources that assist in addressing these difficult issues with children at home and in the classroom.
This high school lesson provides an opportunity for students to learn more about Black Lives Matter and the activists involved, explore the controversy about using the term “All lives matter,” and posit their point of view in writing to a person of their choice.
This unit introduces scholars to key concepts of community organizing. Scholars also gain an understanding of how community organizing works using real examples from Baltimore, and explore how it is an effective tool for making real improvements in their communities.
Where does bias come from? In this mini lesson you will explore the differences between explicit and implicit bias and how to challenge it in our everyday lives.
ADL's mini lessons are short, interactive, online lessons for educators to learn about a core ADL topic, theme or activity.
Only a small portion of an iceberg can be seen above the waterline. Similarly, understanding someone's identity is limited by what we see on the surface. This mini lesson explores the concept of identity and the importance of going "below the waterline" to challenge and avoid stereotypes and identity-based bias.
ADL's mini lessons are short, interactive, online lessons for educators to learn about a core ADL topic, theme or activity.
This mini lesson will introduce you to the Pyramid of Hate, an ADL concept and activity that demonstrates how the seeds of bias, once planted, can grow quickly from biased ideas to discrimination and acts of violence.
ADL's mini lessons are short, interactive, online lessons for educators to learn about a core ADL topic, theme or activity.
Today's classroom is more diverse than ever before. We've compiled tips from experts, lesson plan ideas, and ready-to-go activities that speak to the backgrounds of all your students.
We are thrilled that teachers across the country are meeting, collaborating, and building curriculum based on Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. This YA book is based on Kendi’s 2016 Stamped from the Beginning.
Both books center the lives of key individuals to help readers sort out both the origins of racist ideas and to differentiate between segregationist, assimilationist, and antiracist positions. These individuals — Cotton Mather, Thomas Jefferson, William Lloyd Garrison, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Angela Davis — offer examples that we’re happy students will encounter in the project of antiracist education.
We hope educators supplement these texts with an equally rich people’s history of racism and antiracism. Toward that effort, we have suggested lessons that complement key chapters and moments in Reynolds’ and Kendi’s Stamped. In most cases, we’d recommend doing these lessons before having students listen or read the chapter, since many of our activities leave the “what really happened” unanswered until the end.
In this mini-unit, students investigate racial disparities and their underlying causes and identify steps individuals and society should take to alleviate them.
Objectives:
Students will explore structural aspects of racism.
Students will connect historical racism with contemporary social problems.
Students will gather and use information for research purposes.
Students will read and listen critically.
Students will contribute to the overall effort of a group.