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National School Safety

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a resource for school safety information, training, and violence prevention.
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: In Chicago, One Woman Offers a Safety Net

For Students 9th - 10th
Article reports on the work of one woman who is trying to make Chicago a safer place for young people. Includes an audio version of the story.
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Muslim Women's League: Welcome to the Muslim Women's League

For Students 9th - 10th
Addresses a multitude of topics pertaining to women and "the values of Islam", including dress, equality, and violence.
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Congressional Research Service: Iran's 2009 Presidential Elections [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
In this Congressional Research Service Report, Casey L. Addis examines Iran's 2009 Presidential Elections in their entirety, beginning with a summary of the candidates and their campaigns and concluding with a description of the violence...
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Hiero Graphics Online: The Rosewood Massacre Report

For Students 9th - 10th
A three-part report prepared for the Florida Board of Regents that goes into great detail about the Rosewood Massacre in Florida in 1923. This was just one of many examples of violence against African-Americans after World War I.
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Media Smarts

Media Smarts

For Students 9th - 10th
Canada's Centre for Digital and Media Literacy provides resources regarding media violence, media stereotyping, online hate, and information privacy. Each article is available in English and French.
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Displays for Schools: Rosewood Massacre

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive material detailing the events surrounding the Rosewood Massacre and ensuing racial violence in 1923. Features a chronology of events and firsthand recollections of survivors.
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BBC

Bbc World Service: I Have a Right To

For Students 9th - 10th
How well do you know your own rights? This site aims to help people make good choices and understand issues that directly affect them such as freedom, equality, safety, domestic violence, and the law. Choose a human rights case study for...
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Ohio State University

Ohio State University: Beyond "Tribes": Violence and Politics in Kenya

For Students 9th - 10th
Professor Claire Robertson examines the problems in Kenya, especially those as a result of the general election in 2007.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt Southern Horrors: Lynch Laws in All Its Phases by Ida b.wells

For Students 10th - 12th
This is an excerpt comes from "Southern Horrors: Lynch Laws in All Its Phases" by Ida B.Wells. In it she talks about lynching, or the murder by mob for an alleged crime without a legal trial. The targets of such violence and hatred were...
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National Crime Prevention Council: Teens, Crime, and the Community

For Students 9th - 10th
With a section for teens and one for adults, TCC offers information and resources aimed at reducing violence in the lives of teens--with their help.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Littleton Shooting, 1999 Interviews

For Students 9th - 10th
Read interviews with leaders in education, psychology, and law on the topic of youth violence. Looks at the issue of "Why our sons turn violent and how can we save them." Read the answers to this question, with specific details on recent...
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Christian Science Monitor

Cs Monitor: Strategies for Dealing With Rage

For Students 9th - 10th
This article, published by the Christian Science Monitor (December 21, 1999), explores the sharp differences in strategies for dealing with rage. With all the talk of violence in schools, how should kids handle the rage that may be...
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Curated OER

Violence

For Students Pre-K - 1st
violence
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Justice Learning: Zero Tolerance

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive information for students and teachers examining the issue of zero tolerance in schools and whether this was an ill-thought out policy. Resources include news articles, legal cases, legislation, audio files, etc. as well as...
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BBC

Bbc: Week of 8 18 14: Michael Brown Killing: State Police to Take Charge

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the current state of the protests in Missouri regarding the death of 18 year old Michael Brown at the hands of a police officer.
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Partners Against Hate

For Students 9th - 10th
Partners Against Hate provides educational and support information for families and professionals.
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Do something.org

For Students 9th - 10th
Do Something is a nationwide network of young people who know they can make a difference in their communities and take action to change the world around them. As part of Do Something, young people are asked what they want to do to make...
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Ohio State University

E History: Lynching in America

For Students 9th - 10th
Ohio State University gives a general discussion of lynching with links to numerous newspaper accounts of an 1897 lynching in Urbana, Ohio.
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PBS

Pov Engage: Lesson Plan Addressing Trauma Using Affective and Cognitive Skills

For Teachers 9th - 10th
During this instructional activity, students will learn how trauma impacts the brain via streaming clips. Students will learn about how a family stays interconnected with the community to help its members deal with grief connected to...
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Digital History

Digital History: The Civil Rights Movement Moves North

For Students 9th - 10th
Summers of the late 1960s was a time of widespread violence and rioting in the nation's major inner cities. What was previously thought of as a problem of the South had spread nation-wide and was now demanding immediate attention.
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Ida B. Wells Memorial Foundation: Her Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of Ida B. Wells who used the power of the pen to attack growing violence against African Americans in the late 19th century. She particularly focused on the use of lynching.
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Social Psychology Network: Jigsaw Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The "official web site of the jigsaw classroom",- a cooperative learning technique which was developed by Elliot Aronson. The jigsaw approach is considered to promote better learning, improve student motivation, and increase enjoyment of...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Canefight! Preston Brooks and Charles Sumner

For Students 5th - 8th
Violence associated with strong feelings about slavery entered the halls of the Senate. Read what happened to Senator Charles Sumner after a two-day tirade he gave in the Senate after the sack of Lawrence, Kansas.

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