Category: Anti-Bias Activities
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5 YA Books with Diverse Protagonists for Pride Month
Looking for books that provide role models for LBGTQIAP+ students? Then take a look at these TPN recommended books for young adults. 1. How Not to Ask a Boy to the Prom by S. J. Goslee Big sisters can be annoying and helpful when it comes to getting a date. BACK COVER BLURB Nolan Grant…
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4 Books for International Down Syndrome Day
Discussing Down Syndrome with young children doesn’t have to be difficult. Start by laying a frame work of valuing differences and fostering empathy for all people. Many of TPN’s Great Books and Empathy Activities are a great place to start.
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International Women’s Day: Ten Facts
Focus on International Women’s Day. Here are facts and statistics to think about and to take action to change.
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Addressing Racial Stereotypes – Mississippi Bridge
Activities and discussion questions for Mildred D. Taylor’s Mississippi Bridge. Set during 1930’s segregation in Mississippi the book provides opportunities to discuss stereotyping and racial injustice.
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6 Things We Can Learn from Martin Luther King
~ MLK’s Words for Today ~ Fifty-two years after his death, the words of Martin Luther King are still calling out to us to fix our society and make it just. Here are six things he said to inspire you to take action. On Unions Joining together gives people power. “Let it be…
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Cashay: A Book Review by Teach Peace Now
~ Why We Need Tutors ~ Cashay by Margaret McMullan published in 2009 by Houghton Mifflin fits these categories: Social justice: Addresses issues of equity in schooling and living conditions Raises awareness: Shows diverse people living their lives Activism: Shows ways we can make a difference. Acceptable grade levels: High School Classification: Young Adult Fiction Concepts/ Topics covered in book:…
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Warriors A Review and Lesson Plan
~ The Warriors ~ by Joseph Bruchac Classification Chapter Book Elementary – 4th and up The Warriors: A Summary When Danny’s mother, a lawyer, gets a job in Washington, he must leave the Mohawk reservation where he has grown up and adjust to life in a new school. A skilled lacrosse player, Danny makes new friends,…
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Heart of a Chief – Review and Activities
~Heart of the Chief ~ Can one boy make a difference? Author Joseph Bruchac Upper elementary-Middle school Heart of the Chief: A Summary This book depicts Native Americans today facing a society that does not understand their culture. Set on an intentionally fictional reservation in New England, a boy enters the local middle school and deals…
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Pinwheels for Peace
~ PINWHEELS FOR PEACE ~ Pinwheels for Peace was started by two retired art teachers. Today thousands of children make pinwheels and plant them in a peace sign on International Peace Day on September 21. Learn more here. Students of all ages decorate a pinwheel pattern with peaceful scenes and then work together to create the…
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Peacemaker Biographies
~ Peacemaker Biographies ~ A Teach Peace Now Lesson Plan Grade 3 and up Objective To learn that many people have had the courage to stand up for what they believe and make change in the world. Procedure: Ask students to name people they know of who have contributed to making the world a more…
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One Person Can Make a Difference
~ You Can Make a Difference ~ A Teach Peace Now Lesson for All Ages Make a Difference: Introduction Each of us has personal strengths that can make a difference in the kind of world we live in. It can be a difference in one’s family, among friends, in school, in the community, in our…
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Are You a Teacher? Form a Peace Group
~ Why form teacher peace groups in our schools? ~ Teachers are confronted daily with the challenge of forming a group of diverse students into a peaceful cooperative classroom where everyone can learn and thrive. This is not easy to do in a world in which the media glorifies violence and nations settle differences by…