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Growth Mindset Toolkit

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
A nine-slide presentation provides educators with practical ways they can help young people develop a growth mindset, a key competency in social-emotional learning.
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Teaching Tolerance: Producing Digital Information

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan focuses on what it means to produce digital content and share information using online platforms.
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The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Abpi: Diabetes

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, student-led lesson on diabetes including causes and treatments. Students work their way through illustrations and animated tutorials, and answer review questions along the way. There is a self-checking quiz at the end of the...
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PBS

Now With Bill Moyers: Whose God? (Lesson Plan in Religious Pluralism)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A activity in analyzing historical documents on religious freedom and in assessing the historic impact of diverse religious groups on the United States. Pupils examine current separation-of-church-and-state issues and decide if diverse...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Come on Over Rover

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Have you ever wondered why it takes such a long period of time for NASA to build space exploration equipment? What is involved in manufacturing and building a rover for the Red Planet? During this lesson, learners will discover the...
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Learning for Justice

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A website aimed at teachers, parents, and students on ways to combat hateful words and actions. Teaching kids about tolerance is part of many curriculum units across many grades; this site has separate sections tailored to grade specific...
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Huntington Library

Huntington Library: A Nation Conceived in Liberty [Pdf]

For Teachers 11th
In this lesson, 11th graders examine the events and political philosophy that laid the foundations of the American government, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. They also look at what role religion played in shaping American...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Science and Religion

For Teachers 11th - 12th
A lesson using the strategy of structured academic controversy where young scholars explore the roots of differing perspectives on evolution, In the process, they develop a deepened understanding of science and religion, and tolerance...
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Learning for Justice: Part of a Community Online

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson focuses on helping young children learn to participate in different kinds of digital communities. Students will solidify and work on what they know about being part of any community.
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PBS

Pbs: The New Americans: Reluctant Refugees

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Comprehensive lesson plan about the new immigrant - the refugee. Looks at many aspects of their assimilation, experience, and long term prospects.
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9/11 Memorial & Museum

National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Accepting and Embracing Differences [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has partnered with the New York City Department of Education and the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education to develop a robust set of 9/11 lessons for K-12 classrooms. Each lesson is...