Georgetown University
Center for Contemporary Arab Studies: Who Are the Arabs?
In an effort to dispel myths and counter stereotypical images of Arabs, this downloadable PDF file explains the richness of and diversity in Arab societies, including Arab communities in America. The document also offers ideas for...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: The Making of Grandpa's Drum
Learn more about the real-life experiences of Alaska Natives who were sent away to far-away boarding schools, in this behind-the-scenes video [2:55] about the "Grandpa's Drum" story in the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali. Use this inside...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Independent Lens: What's Your Calling?: Educator Guide
This educator guide is designed for young adults on the verge of making important life decisions, defining who they are, and determining how to achieve their hopes and dreams. Short film modules and highly customizable lesson plans allow...
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Pbs Learning Media: Independent Lens: The Calling: Film Discussion Guide
This discussion guide is designed as a tool to facilitate dialogue, and deepen understanding of the complex issues in The Calling, a film that follows seven young Muslims, Catholics, Evangelical Christians, and Jews on a dramatic...
Other
Teaching Tolerance: Hatred and the Holocaust
These resources can help teachers teach about the holocaust and genocide. They include excerpts from primary sources and discussion questions.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Building a Biodiversity Timeline
Students learn how various kinds of data and information can be gathered to create a biodiversity timeline that serves as evidence of changes in a population of a species.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pre K 12 Resources for New School Routines: Family Traditions Bingo: Pre K and K
These weekly activities are cross-curricular but emphasize Social-Emotional Learning, Math, and Literacy development. This week, we are learning about how sharing our family traditions helps us to respect and contribute to the diversity...
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Pbs Learning Media: Creating a Caring Classroom Community
Help early learners build healthy social and emotional skills with this special collection on promoting kindness, being just, and creating a caring classroom community! These activities, videos, tips, articles, and guides offer...
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Pbs Learning Media: Clifford the Big Red Dog
Through the power of play and imagination, Clifford and Emily Elizabeth brave exciting new adventures together, explore their island home, meet new friends, and learn that the differences between us- even big, red differences- can often...
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Pbs Learning Media: California Public Media Education Service: How a Preschool Founder Fosters Anti Racism
We must become vigilant regarding anti-racism and stop sweeping racism under the rug. Learn a few tips on how to do that in this PBS SoCal blog.
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Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Around the Block Activities
Explore how people are alike and different in these ARTHUR activities. From interviewing classmates to establishing local pen pals to creating neighborhood maps, the activities will help children understand and appreciate what we share...
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Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: All About Community
Use these ARTHUR activities to help children understand themselves and those around them. Topics include self-esteem, understanding others, and cultural diversity.
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Pbs Learning Media: Dinosaur Train
Dinosaur Train sparks children's interest in life science and natural history. As they explore a variety of animals, children develop the inquiry skills and knowledge needed to help them think, talk and act like paleontologists. Choose...
Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: America at the Centennial
A lesson plan requiring student to analyze primary documents from the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876. Learners interpret what these historical artifacts say "about the lives and values of Americans in 1876" among other things.
American Forum for Global Education
American Forum for Global Education: Introducing Myself & Others
Lesson plans teachers can use to promote self-understanding, cultural understanding, and the interconnectedness of people and cultures.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Book Files: The Giver
Lois Lowry's, "The Giver", is an Newbery Award novel. Themes of "The Giver" are diversity, freedom, connections, choice, individuality, honesty, and family. Make the smart choice by reading the novel with a BookFiles reading guide. The...
United Nations
United Nations: Introduction of Un to Children (Chinese)
These are the Chinese language pages of the UN's CyberSchool Bus site. Not as much content as the English version but pages do include resources and information about different nations and cities, UN-sponsored children's events (make a...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Changing Places
This is a mini-unit that helps students explore immigration through many different resources. Students will learn about Chinese immigrants, and then investigate their own cultural heritages.
University of California
Ucmp: Phylogenetic Systematics: Evolutionary Trees
This page provides an introduction to phylogenetic systematics, the way that biologists reconstruct the pattern of events that have led to the distribution and diversity of life. A tutorial "journey" into the Introduction, Methodology,...
PBS
Pbs: Everyday Ways to Teach Children Respect
It can be difficult to teach children how to be tolerant of those who appear different. This article discusses this issue, and presents television programming and books that are conducive to respecting those with differences.
Peace Corps
Peace Corps: Culture Matters Workbook
In-depth and thoughtful look at culture and the role it plays in our lives. Site includes lessons and handouts, articles about how non-Americans view Americans, what it's like to be from a different culture, the roots of American culture...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Biodiversity in Your Schoolyard
In this field lab, students will investigate the biodiversity around their school and record and document the information they find. The students will compare their information to those of their classmates, develop multiple hypotheses...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Simpson's Reciprocal Index: Identify and Compare Habitat Biodiversity
In this biology field lab, students will collect insects from two different habitats and use them to quantify the biodiversity of each habitat.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Using Plant Surveys to Study Biodiversity
An extended field investigation intended as launch into several concepts in environmental science including biodiversity, human impacts on natural systems, and energy transfer in ecosystems.