Teaching Peace & Justice
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From our popular Visual Learning series, use this photo to push your perception of Iran's people.
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Changing the Course of Dyslexia
by Bob Broudoposted May 02, 2012 - President and headmaster Bob Broudo of Landmark School passionately believes that we have a civic responsibility to help students with language-based learning disabilities discover who they are as learners and how they can learn.
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Curriculum & Resources: The Teacher Salary Project
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Words That Inspire: You Have My Permission to Wear a Hoodie Every Day
posted May 02, 2012 - In the wake of Trayvon Martin’s death, what advice should a mother give to her young, brown son? Use Rasha Hamid's words to start a discussion with your students about what this tragedy means.
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Visual Learning: Who Is That Masked Man?
posted Mar 14, 2012 - Visual literacy lesson plan focusing on Guy Fawkes mask image and the issue of corporate power and deception.
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Curriculum & Resources: Global Oneness Project
posted Mar 14, 2012 - Global Oneness Project is offering free film screening kits to educators. Take advantage of this great opportunity to explore interconnectedness and promote social wellness.
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Curriculum & Resources: Teaching Social Movements
posted Feb 29, 2012 - A collection of YES! resources for teaching about Occupy and other social movements.
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Curriculum & Resources: Academy of Achievement
posted Jan 30, 2012 - With biographies, personal interviews, and powerful images, the Academy of Achievement provides the opportunity for students to find a modern hero that resonates with their life. A content-rich Achiever Gallery of photos and a well-organized curriculum are terrific resources for hero projects or studies.
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When You Tell Them My Story, Please Mention That I Like Flaming Hot Cheetos
posted Dec 21, 2011 - What happens when students are given the honor and onus of writing a complete stranger's story in poetry form? Middle school students from rural and urban Oregon took the risk, transforming preconceived notions—from gangs to trailer trash, stuck up rich people to redneck hicks— into bridges.
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YES! Recommends: Americans Who Tell The Truth
posted Dec 21, 2011 - Americans Who Tell the Truth spotlights 170 portraits of truth tellers—people who fought for all people's rights with courage and determination—to teach students of all ages not only about their heritage, but also to stand up for what they believe in.
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Curriculum & Resources: Civil Rights Curriculum
posted Dec 21, 2011 - In 1942, Fred Korematsu was arrested and convicted for refusing to go with other Japanese Americans to incarceration camps mandated under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order No. 9066. The Fred T. Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights and Education shares lesson plans, videos, and other classroom resources to teach students the importance of speaking up for civil rights for all.
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Words That Inspire: We are the 1%
posted Nov 23, 2011 - Some members of the 1% have shared messages of solidarity with the 99%. What goes into a sign that makes a lasting impression? Explore an activity to help your students understand—and create their own—powerful signs.
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Curriculum & Resources: Occupy Wall Street
posted Oct 25, 2011 - Resources from YES! Magazine and NY Times Learning Network will familiarize your students with Occupy Wall Street.
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Curriculum & Resources: ThinkB4YouSpeak
posted Oct 25, 2011 - GLSEN's campaign ThinkB4YouSpeak helps straight teens understand why "that's so gay" and other common slurs may be unintentional but hurtful to their Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) classmates.
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Curriculum & Resources: The Innocence Project and Prison Food
posted Sep 22, 2011 - Use the Innocence Project’s interactive resources to understand the causes of wrongful convictions and exonerations, and see how your school's cafeteria food measures up to prison food with this tell-it-like-it is infographic.
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Words That Inspire: Martin Luther King, Jr.
posted Sep 22, 2011 - What is fair to one person may not be fair to another. How can students become aware of injustice—at school, in your community, and in this world— and dig deeper to discover how they can transform injustice to justice?
