Students critically examine news articles and editorials for attitudes of discrimination and prejudice. Students then complete checklist in which they analyze news reports for context, content, point of view, language, graphics, and...

Students analyze the students handbook and revise each section to make it equitable for males and females. In this stereotypes lesson students engage in a discussion of gender inequality and then look through the student handbook for...

Middle schoolers collect and analyze data on classroom participation.  In this gender equity lesson, students use tally marks to collect data on the sex and numbers of middle schoolers who participate in classroom...

Students research gender equity and the media.  In this gender equity lesson, students evaluate the influence of various media on both individuals and society.  Students discuss examples of media that portray gender roles and...

Students compare the treatment of men and women in Athens and Sparta. In this gender roles lesson, students research daily life in the Greek cities and create charts that compare the lives of women and men in both of the cities.

Students investigate the racism elements after the election of President Barack Obama. In this racism lesson, students read a recent article about 'post-racial' society. Students compile a list of achieving a post-racial society and...

Young scholars discuss emotions and decide as a group which emotions are O.K. for males/females. They discuss solutions to gender bias in terms of the different emotions and write a reflective essay about what they learn from the...

Middle schoolers research discrimination and how people fought against for the common good. In this discrimination lesson, students watch a movie about Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas. Middle schoolers generate a list of words about...

Pupils explore the concept of institutional bias. In this Civil War lesson, students read case studies on the treatment of Irish and African-American veterans who did not receive their pensions from the war. Pupils discuss their findings...

Students identify word problems that show stereotyping and calculate the percentages.

Students examine what respect is and isn't. In this character education lesson, students create a t-chart of what respect looks like and doesn't look like. The teacher adds the words bias, prejudice, stereotype and racism to the chart....

Students examine discrimination, prejudice, and bias in the world. In this tolerance lesson, students research examples of prejudice in different countries. They then identify the Core Democratic Values in song lyrics. Students locate on...

Middle schoolers examine prejudice and stereotyping. In this prejudice and stereotyping instructional activity, students define the words and give examples. They look at pictures of five different people before working in groups to...

Middle schoolers explore discrimination. In this character development lesson, students identify groups and organizations to which they belong and the requirements that go with each group. Middle schoolers discuss inclusion and exclusion...

Students listen to a story about different types of animals and explore how they all need each other, just like people do.

Ninth graders consider the diversity of the First Nations cultures in Canada. For this cultural diversity lesson, 9th graders research the cultural groups of the First Nations and share their findings with their classmates.

High schoolers examine 19th century newspapers, a last and testament, and census manuscripts to analyze the Irish and German immigrant communities in the 1850s and 1860s. They write a letter from the perspective of an Irish or German...

Students examine civil liberties issues in relation to genetic research, and discuss how genetic medical information may be used. They present personal viewpoints about genetic research as it relates to civil liberties

Students explore the value of truth. They discuss a quotation about truth and its purpose in making decisions in life situations. They consider how truth relates to who they are, their purpose in life and how they can live fully. They...

Students discuss the meaning of the words: stereotypes, bias, and discrimination. They create two collages, one for women and one for men. They brainstorm ideas on why they picked the pictures they did.

Learners investigate words associated with Anti-Semitism and hate. They view and discuss a video about teaching tolerance focusing on language usage.

Pupils participate in putting a straight knurl on a piece of steel.

Learners consider the classification of people. In this race studies instructional activity, students examine the concept of race as it relates to U.S. history and trends. Learners research racial discrimination and prejudice in order to...

Students explore the components of racismas they read through Horton Foote's, "To Kill a Mockingbird." The trial of the main character reveals instances of justice in the face of prejudice and forms the focus of the lesson.