For Educators July 21, 2021
Moderator: Adam Strom, Director, Re-imagining Migration
Presenters: Erika Lee, Regents Professor, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Rudolph J. Vecoli Chair in Immigration History and Director of the Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
This webinar examines anti-immigrant bias past and present. In our current climate, voices that were once on the fringe have become mainstream in our political discourse. As…
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September 02, 2021 National Hispanic Heritage Month, which kicks off September 15 and ends October 15, provides an excellent opportunity to focus on Latinx literature. These books can be a jumping-off point to discuss the Latinx experience year-round. Our recommended books for elementary and middle school include picture books, chapter books and graphic novels. They help young people explore identity, names, culture, immigration, discrimination and important people in Latinx history. The…
August 25, 2021 As our nation’s children head back to school, it’s a stressful and scary time. Families, students and educators continue to struggle with a pandemic that is surging. After the last school year with unpredictable and intermittent remote learning and continued fear, loss and grief, teachers are exhausted. In our current reality of a highly contagious Covid-19 variant, lack of mask mandates in some…
Short Online Experience to Learn about this Core Topic For Educators | Middle School, High School
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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…
Short Online Experience to Learn about this Core Topic For Educators | Middle School, High School
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What are microaggressions? This mini-lesson will help you to explore what microaggressions are, how they are experienced, and what can be done to address them.
ADL's mini-lessons are short, interactive, online lessons for educators to learn about a core ADL topic, theme or activity.
Objectives
This self-paced micro-lesson will enable you to:
Learn…
Short Online Experience to Learn about this Core Topic For Educators | Middle School, High School
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Where does bias come from? In this mini-lesson you will explore the differences between explicit and implicit bias and how to challenge it in our everyday lives.
ADL's mini-lessons are short, interactive, online lessons for educators to learn about a core ADL topic, theme or activity.
Objectives
This self-paced micro-lesson will enable you to:
Define…
Short Online Experience to Learn about this Core Topic For Educators | Middle School, High School
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This mini-lesson will introduce you to the Pyramid of Hate, an ADL concept and activity that demonstrates how escalating levels of attitudes and behavior grow in complexity from biased ideas to discrimination and acts of violence.
ADL's mini-lessons are short, interactive, online lessons for educators to learn about a core ADL topic, theme or activity. …
Welcoming America is a nonprofit organization which focuses on cultivating an inclusive environment, especially for people who are immigrants. From certified welcoming programs for local governments to annual conferences for sharing successful immigrant stories, Welcoming America is dedicated to providing resources to foster encouraging and empowering communities for immigrants. Welcoming Week, a core initiative of Welcoming America, will…
Table Talk: Family Conversations about Current EventsJuneteenth, also known as “Juneteenth Independence Day,” “Emancipation Day,” "Jubilee Day," or “Freedom Day,” is an annual holiday that marks the end of slavery. The holiday’s name is a blending of the words “June” and "nineteenth." Juneteenth commemorates the day in history that Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas and informed the enslaved…
Many people are unsure what to say or do when confronted with offensive humor or slurs. When bystanders choose to stand silently by, however, they may be inadvertently communicating their acceptance of the behavior to others. The following process outlines a way to respond that has proved helpful for many people, from elementary school children to adults.
1. Clarify for yourself what you want to get out of the interaction.
If your primary goal is to express your anger and indignation…
Student Learning For Students | 6 and up
April 21, 2021 The verdict has come down. The jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of second-degree and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd.
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a forty-six-year-old Black man living in Minnesota, was killed while being arrested by the police. Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, pinned Floyd to the ground while he was…
Civics Lesson
GRADE LEVEL: High School How is Dialogue Different than Debate?
Technology is enabling students to be increasingly aware of news and current events. Along with this increased awareness, we see more and more students becoming actively engaged in conversations around hot-button topics. While students often talk in digital spaces about current events that concern them, they also continue the conversation in person. When disagreements happen in those conversations, what…
April 14, 2021 Don’t talk to strangers. It’s a rule that some parents teach their children from a young age.
But there’s one website that encourages users to do just that, and it’s growing increasingly popular among tweens and teens. It is being used in ways that young people and their families should learn more about.
Created in 2009, Omegle is a free website that randomly pairs users in one-on-one video chat sessions. The site has seen a resurgence over the…
Mini-Lesson For Students
About the Mini-Lesson
This mini-lesson will introduce you to the Pyramid of Hate, an ADL concept and activity that demonstrates how the seeds of bias, once planted, can grow quickly from biased ideas to discrimination and acts of violence.
ADL's mini-lessons for students are short, interactive, online lessons for you to learn about a core ADL topic, theme or activity.
Objectives
This self-paced mini-lesson will enable you to:
Explore…
This case involves a constitutional challenge to a temporary admissions program, developed in the wake of COVID-19, for Boston’s three highly selective Exam Schools. The argument put forth by plaintiff is that the new plan — which involves the suspension of entrance exams in favor of criteria that value high academic standards, increased neighborhood equity, socioeconomic inclusion and racial diversity — is a race-based quota program that purportedly “disfavor[s] Asian…
Civics Lesson
GRADE LEVEL: High School What Needs to Change to Increase Voter Turnout?
After every election, regardless of the outcome, people wonder how many people showed up at the polls to vote. The number is never as high as people would like, especially during midterm elections. In the 2016 Presidential election, 60.1% of the population eligible to vote showed up to the polls. During the midterm elections in 2018, only 50.3% of those eligible voted. While thousands of dollars…
April is National Poetry Month
National Poetry Month provides an opportunity for many schools and classrooms to dedicate time to the study of reading and writing poetry.
Poetry uses vivid and descriptive language, beautiful imagery, unique sounds and rhythms, and diverse voices. It often evokes an emotional and empathetic response and can open doors to people and worlds for which we are unfamiliar. It can touch hearts and minds and motivate action and societal…
Civics Lesson
GRADE LEVEL: High School On What Grounds, If Any, Should an Adult U.S. Citizen Be Prevented from Voting?
Should There Be Felony Disenfranchisement Laws?
During the 2018 midterm elections, Florida voted on whether to allow those who have been incarcerated to gain back their right to vote. Florida was one of a handful of states that did not allow previous felons to have their voting rights restored following completion of their prison sentences…
What Educators and Family Members Can DoToday, local, national or international tragedies happen so frequently that they can feel almost commonplace. When a hate crime, mass shooting, act of terrorism or other terrible and hate-inspired event occurs, one of the first questions many people ask is, what should we tell the children? How can we explain to them what has happened? Despite our best efforts to protect youth from the details of hate-motivated events, we can never assume that they are…