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Building Perspectives App

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Learners explore a perspective application of the TI-73. In this middle school mathematics lesson plan, young scholars view the front, back, right, and left views of a city to determine the height of each building in a city plan.
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Colors of My Skin

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils cooperate in small groups to prepare paint colors that match their own skin colors. They share a variety of paint colors which they mix individually to create a shade that matches their own skin tone. They discuss the colors...
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Children's March Teacher's Guide, Activity 6

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the role of gender in the Civil Rights Movement. In this Children's March instructional activity, students watch "Mighty Time: The Children's March" and respond to the provided discussion questions that accompany it....
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Speaking Kindness in Democratic Classrooms

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students write rules for their classroom. In this community building lesson, students discuss reasons for rules and write their own guidelines for appropriate classroom behavior.
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The American Indian Boarding School Experience: Then and Now

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine cultural assimilation. In this Native American history lesson, students read and analyze "The Spirit Survives: The American Indian Boarding School Experience: Then and Now." Students identify how American Indian Boarding...
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Sticking Together: Sharing Our Stories, Our Differences, and Our Similarities

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students create a classroom community. In this character education lesson, students discuss the functions of communities and then work in small groups to write stories to be shared with their classmates.
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United We Stand

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Student examine the life and work of Cesar Chavez. In this Teaching Tolerance lesson, learners read about Cesar Chavez and recognize his work as a labor leader. Students discuss the concept of standing together as a group to fight...
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It's Who I Am

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners use banners to share information about themselves. In this art-based character lesson, students make a banner with an acrostic made from their name, then share the banner and information about themselves with the class.
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Dance: Cultural Dance Festival

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars participate in a folk dance presentation. In this multi-cultural activity, students and their families work together to learn and perform folk dances at a school sponsored festival. The teacher acts as facilitator, working...
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Maniac McGee, Lesson 3

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students explore possible causes of stereotyping. In this multicultural awareness instructional activity, students participate in activities in which "conditioning" affects responses. Students compare their conditioned responses to...
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Courage to Be You: King Day (7th)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students define discrimination and relate it to their own experiences. In this discrimination lesson, students discuss feeling like a stranger and complete a personal experiences worksheet. Students then find strategies to reduce or...
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I Belong, But Why Don't You?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore discrimination. In this character development lesson plan, students identify groups and organizations to which they belong and the requirements that go with each group. Students discuss inclusion and exclusion and...
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It Can't Happen Here or Can It?: Peer Pressure, Prejudice and Intolerance

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the pressures of group-pressured behavior. For this teaching tolerance lesson, students read literature and view videos regarding negative group behavior. Students answer comprehension questions and participate in a survey.
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Oral History

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students create oral histories. In this oral history lesson, students prepare for and conduct interviews with Holocaust survivors, liberators, or rescuers. Students study the provided procedure for the interview and present their...
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Who Is Family? Analyzing Family Photos

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine families through photography. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students examine photographs of families and discuss the attributes of families. Students select family photographs to analyze in writing.
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Who Has Hair?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore similarities and differences. In this Teaching Tolerance lesson, students read literature and participate in activities that features mammals and their hair. Students learn that they share things in common while we are...
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Old As I See It

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students share their views of aging then look at the medias images of aging and compare.  In this investigative lesson students create a collage and written descriptions on aging. 
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A Day at Mount Vernon

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners discover daily life on George Washington's plantation, Mount Vernon.  In this compare and contrast lesson, students examine the life styles at four distinct sites at Mount Vernon to become familiar with the people, places, and...
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Were Lewis and Clark respectful to the Native Americans they encountered on their journey?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders debate whether or not Lewis and Clark were respectful of Native Americans they encountered on their journey.  In this American History lesson, 6th graders review primary documents and diary entries from the Lewis and Clark...
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Riding with Rosa

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine a photo to experience history.  In this teaching tolerance activity, students view a photograph of Mrs. Parks sitting on the bus and place their own picture by hers.  Students imagine that they were sitting on the bus...
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Rendering a Resolution

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the concept of peace. In this International Peace Day instructional activity, students determine their reaction to a scenario that requires them to benefit themselves or benefit everyone. Students discuss the scenario...
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Multimedia Lesson on Japan and Paper Cranes

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore paper cranes. For this Japan and paper cranes lesson, students discuss Japanese culture and history prior to creating their own paper cranes. 
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Different Viewpoints - Loyalist or Patriot

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use primary sources to study U.S. history and government. In this primary sources lesson plan, 3rd graders practice gathering information from "eye witness" accounts of history.
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Diverse Life Forms of the Ocean

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students recognize marine organisms and differentiate between plankton and nekton.  In this investigative instructional activity students create a concept map using their list of terms and study marine life forms. 

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