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The Civic Mirror
The Civic Mirror is simulation tool that helps teachers turn classrooms into countries and students into citizens of those countries. This simulation is played both online and in the classroom setting. During this simulation, the students involved participate in three tasks – financially provide for a fictional family, develop a civic system to [...]
Teaching @ Tolerance – Those tear-me-apart, put-me-back-together, never-be-the-same-again blues
This website provides a lesson plan about tolerance modeled around the work and lessons of Martin Luther King, Jr. Five lesson plans are provided which each focus on a different message of tolerance. Each lesson plan covers a specific age group, ranging from grades Kindergarten through high school.
“Those tear-me-apart, put-me-back-together, never-be-the-same-again blues” activity demonstrates [...]
Change the Story, the U.S. Muslim Engagement Project
The Change the Story curriculum offers a starting point for increased knowledge and understanding of Islam and the Muslim community in an effort to reduce misinformation and promote mutual respect.
Teaching @ Tolerance Teaching about tolerance through music
This website provides a lesson plan about tolerance modeled around the work and lessons of Martin Luther King, Jr. Five lesson plans are provided which each focus on a different message of tolerance. Each lesson plan covers a specific age group, ranging from grades Kindergarten through high school.
“Teaching about tolerance through music” activity has [...]
Teaching @ Tolerance Everybody is unique: A lesson in respect for others
This website provides a lesson plan about tolerance modeled around the work and lessons of Martin Luther King, Jr. Five lesson plans are provided which each focus on a different message of tolerance. Each lesson plan covers a specific age group, ranging from grades Kindergarten through high school.
“Everybody is unique: A lesson in respect [...]
Ed Helper
This web-page is an online subscription service, which provides a wide range of materials and inspiration to teachers and homeschooling parents, about world religions. It describes religions overall, but also has a more specific description of a long list of religions. The page also includes worksheets and printable versions. Some of the postings [...]
Use literature to teach tolerance
This website is a lesson plan that commemorates 9/11 by teaching tolerance through literature. This lesson plan utilizes literature to teach about tolerance to elementary and middle school students. The literature listed on this website includes novels and short stories that address the theme of tolerance in different ways. The literature in this lesson plan [...]
Approach to Teaching Religious Tolerance
This link contains a lesson plan for teaching about religious tolerance. The lesson plan focuses around the concept of religious freedom and how this issue is critical to understanding rights in the United States. References to the Constitution, specifically the First Amendment, are made throughout the lesson plan. Emphasis is placed on discussing the major [...]
World Religions Grades 3 – 7
These websites through PBS provides lesson plan ideas for teachers to incorporate into their classes about world religions.
Topics covered in the Grades 3 to 7 activity ideas includes religious buildings/houses of worship for different faiths, celebrations various religions have in the spring time, and stories from the Native American tradition. Each of these activity sections [...]
Teaching @ Tolerance Bursting Stereotypes
This website provides a lesson plan about tolerance modeled around the work and lessons of Martin Luther King, Jr. Five lesson plans are provided which each focus on a different message of tolerance. Each lesson plan covers a specific age group, ranging from grades Kindergarten through high school.
“Bursting Stereotypes” activity involves students bursting balloons [...]