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Mini-Lesson: Identity Iceberg

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Image of youth looking at an iceberg
Short Online Experience to Learn about this Core Topic For Educators | Middle School, High School About the Mini-Lesson Only a small portion of an iceberg can be seen above the waterline. Similarly, understanding someone's identity is limited by what we see on the surface. This mini lesson explores the concept of identity and the importance of going "below the waterline" to challenge and avoid stereotypes and identity-based bias. ADL's mini-lessons are short, interactive, online…
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Identity, Hair and Seeing Myself

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7-year old Morgan Bugg displays her drawing of hairstyles that reflect her identity
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary School COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, Language SEL STANDARDS*: Self-Awareness, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, Responsible Decision-Making 7-Year-Old Morgan Bugg Advocates for More Diversity in Avatars In April 2021, seven-year-old Morgan Bugg of Tennessee was using an educational gaming app called Freckle, which is used by more than 900,000 teachers in the U.S. This app gives students a chance to win coins while…
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Former officer charged in Daunte Wright killing; ADL calls on Fox to fire Carlson; AR governor signs scaled-back hate crimes bill

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April 16, 2021 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 The former police officer who was recorded on camera fatally shooting Daunte Wright during a traffic stop was arrested and charged with second-degree manslaughter on Wednesday. ADL called on Fox News to remove primetime opinion host Tucker Carlson after he openly embraced a white supremacist conspiracy theory in front of millions of viewers. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed a watered-down hate crimes bill into law this week, one that ADL and other…
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Civil rights probe launched into shooting of Jacob Blake; Antisemitic sign hung on LA overpass; NAACP takes action after Philly president’s antisemitic Facebook post

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August 28, 2020 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 Federal investigators announced that they have launched a civil rights probe into the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. A sign with the phrase “The Jews Want A Race War” was hung from the heavily trafficked Los Angeles interstate 405 highway overpass on Saturday. The NAACP will replace all leadership of its Philadelphia chapter — including its president, Minister Rodney Muhammad —…
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ADL Statement on Retirement of Supreme Court Justice Kennedy

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New York, NY, June 29, 2018 … Anti-Defamation League (ADL) CEO and National Director Jonathan Greenblatt issued the following statement following the announcement of Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement: "While often the fifth and deciding vote on many cases, Associate Justice Kennedy has been an important voice on key cases throughout his 30 years of distinguished service on the Court.  He has affected a broad range of civil…
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Behind the Making of 'The Work of Humanity'

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December 07, 2017 Updated: December 18, 2017 Editor's Note: Christian Picciolini and ADL's work battling extremism was featured on Sunday, Dec. 17 on 60 Minutes on CBS. As the one-time leader of one of the most infamous white supremacist groups in America, Christian Picciolini was once so immersed in the hate movement that his name appeared prominently in an ADL report on neo-Nazi activity in Illinois. Picciolini had swastika and racist tattoos on his arms and led a small empire…
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Diverse Books Matter

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Preschoolers - Mayor's Book Club
Teach students about the importance of diverse literature and engage them in a study on the diversity of books in their classroom or school library.
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7 Ideas for Teaching Women's History Month

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Drawing illustration of diverse women
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary School, Middle School, High School COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Reading, Writing, Language, Speaking and Listening In commemoration of Women’s History Month, this resource helps educators engage students in thinking broadly and critically about the experience of women and gender in all of its complexity. In highlighting the significant events as well as people that have made a substantial contribution to women’s experience, instruction should…
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8 Ideas for Teaching National Hispanic Heritage Month

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Extended Latino Family in Park
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary School, Middle School, High School COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Reading, Writing, Language, Speaking and Listening Commemorating National Hispanic Heritage Month In commemoration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we present this resource to help teachers engage students in thinking broadly and critically about the Hispanic American experience in all of its complexity. In highlighting the significant events as well as people that have made a substantial contribution…
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ADL: Racial Bias in Jury Deliberations “Erodes the Integrity of Our Criminal Justice System”

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New York, NY, July 5, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has joined with the Hispanic National Bar Association and LatinoJustice PRLDEF on an amicus brief in Peña-Rodriguez v. Colorado, a case involving allegations of racial bias on the part of a juror. The brief urges the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the use of specific evidence of racial bias in jury deliberations in order to prove a violation of the constitutional right to a trial by an impartial jury. “When…
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ADL Applauds Department of Justice Commitment to Implicit Bias Training

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New York, NY, June 27, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today applauded the announcement by the Justice Department that every federal law enforcement official and every federal prosecutor would participate in implicit bias training in the coming months. ADL previously recommended such core values training initiatives in its submissions to the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing. “This Justice Department has done extraordinary work to address…
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ADL Honors Civil Rights Leader Wade Henderson With Inaugural ‘Securing Justice’ Award

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Washington, D.C., May 18, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) honored longtime civil rights leader Wade Henderson with its inaugural Securing Justice Award in honor of his “transformational” leadership over two decades at the head of one of the country’s most influential civil and human rights coalitions. “Wade has been at the epicenter of every major civil rights battle and victory over the last 20 years,” Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL’s CEO…
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Now More Than Ever: Why We Need to Address Inequity and Justice in Schools

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Diverse Students Holding Sign, "Can We Talk About Equity"
October 28, 2015 We live in an increasingly pluralistic, multicultural and connected world. In order to prepare students to live, learn and eventually work successfully in society, we need to prepare them.  Diversity in the United States is rapidly increasing, especially among young people entering our school system. 2014 was the first school year when more children of color were enrolled in U.S. public schools than white children. However, the diversity of our teaching force is…
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Mo'Ne Davis and Gender Stereotypes

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Mo'Ne Davis Little League World Series Baseball Pitch
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary School COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Reading, Speaking and Listening The First Girl to Pitch a Shutout in the Little League World Series In 2014 Mo’Ne Davis, a 13-year-old girl, made news headlines as the first girl to ever pitch a shutout in the Little League World series. At that time she was considered the “most talked about baseball player on earth right now” according to many observers in the sports world. Mo’Ne (pronounced Moh-nay…
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Identity-Based Bullying

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Girl Student in Class Being Bullied
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary School, Middle School COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Writing, Speaking & Listening SEL STANDARDS*: Self Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, Responsible Decision-Making Bullying is a major problem in our schools. When it targets aspects of a person’s identity, it is called identity-based bullying, and may include bias about appearance, race, culture, gender and gender expression, language, religion, socioeconomic status,…
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Who Am I? Identity Poems

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Elementary School Students Group Standing
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary School COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Reading, Writing, Language Using Poetry to Teach about Identity Reading and writing poetry can provide an opening for young people to explore the various aspects of their identity, including their name, race and ethnicity, physical characteristics and more. April is National Poetry Month, a good opportunity to explore poetry with your students. Because poetry does not require strict sentence structure or the usual grammar rules…
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