Tolerance – Acceptance, 7-9

International Day for Tolerance, 16 Novemberhttp://www.un.org/en/events/toleranceday/

The United Nations is committed to strengthening tolerance by fostering mutual understanding among cultures and peoples. This imperative lies at the core of the United Nations

Students Learn A Powerful Lesson About Privilege – YouTube (1:45)https://youtu.be/2KlmvmuxzYE

With a recycling bin and some scrap paper. Check out more awesome videos at BuzzFeedVideo! http://bit.ly/YTbuzzfeedvideo MUSIC Over The Tracks Licensed via W…

We Are All Different – and THAT’S AWESOME! – YouTube (4:39)https://youtu.be/sQuM5e0QGLg
Cole Blakeway, a messy ten-year-old teaches us the value of celebrating differences as he describes his beautiful friendship with Steven, a 44-year-old man with Autism.

Tolerance – Vocabulary List: Vocabulary.comhttps://vocab.com/lists/700649Learn 40 words from this theme. To practise them you will need to log in.                                      …

Teaching About Tolerance Through Music | Education Worldhttp://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/03/lp294-04.shtml

Many Peter, Paul and Mary songs are known as much for their messages as their tunes. A lesson plan for teaching about tolerance through two songs (yr7-9):Don’t Laugh At MeRight Field 

New Boy — Oscar® Nominated Short Film – YouTube (11:32)https://youtu.be/FdeioVndUhs
A young African boy with a haunting back story starts school in Ireland and finds out quickly exactly what it means to be the new kid.

First They Came For… – YouTube (5:29)https://youtu.be/AO36y78dXAs

Inspired by the poem by Reverend Martin Niemoller of the same name, First They Came for… is set in a not-so-distant future where a nondescript regime takes away innocent people while one man struggles between standing up for what’s right and saving himself. Speaking Up for Each Other – Read and discuss

25 Mini-Films for Exploring Race, Bias and Identity With Studentshttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/learning/lesson-plans/25-mini-films-for-exploring-race-bias-and-identity-with-students.html

To help teachers make the most of these films, we also provide a grab-bag of teaching ideas, related readings and student activities.

Writing to Learn / Writing to Think – Leeward CC Writing-Intensive Focus Board https://sites.google.com/site/leewardccwifocus/wac-at-leeward-cc/writing-to-learn-writing-to-think

Breaking News English ESL Lesson Plan on Religious Freedomhttp://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1305/130522-religious_freedom.htmlA report from the U.S. State Department has highlighted the rise of religious intolerance worldwide. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gave reporters a summary of the “International Religious…

Aziz Abu Sarah: For more tolerance, we need more … tourism? | TED Talk (4:36)https://www.ted.com/talks/aziz_abu_sarah_for_more_tolerance_we_need_more_tourism

Aziz Abu Sarah is a Palestinian activist with an unusual approach to peace-keeping: Be a tourist. The TED Fellow shows how simple interactions with people in different cultures can erode decades of hate.

Editorial Cartoon: Intolerance | Teaching Tolerance – Diversity, Equity and Justicehttp://www.tolerance.org/lesson/editorial-cartoon-intolerance

Artists often use an editorial cartoon as a means to show their opinion about something in our society. Discuss the message of an editorial cartoon. Make your own poster (yr 7-9)

ESL Conversation Questions – Discrimination (I-TESL-J)http://iteslj.org/questions/discrimination.htmlScroll down under the Q’s on Dreams. Choose the ones that suit your group of students to discuss in small groups (yr 8-9)