Time Out For Tolerance

"If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we
must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so we weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place."

Margaret Mead
1901-1978

General  Web Pages:

• The Southern Poverty Law Center - Teaching Tolerance
•  This web page offers classroom resources, activities, teacher's aides and information on responding to hate in schools
• The Equity Education On Line - Teaching Tolerance
•  This web page is offers many links on organizations, students, and tools and materials
• The Freedom Coalition -  "What can I do?"
• The Switzerland Project - Educating Tolerance
• Initiatives to promote educational, cultural, and political tolerance in Switzerland
• The National Council of  Jewish Women - Teaching Tolerance
• A brief article on Southern Poverty Law center
• OUT of the PAST -   A Brief History
• A look at 400 years of Gay and Lesbian History in the United States
• Fight For Your Rights - Take A Stand Against Discrimination
• MTV's web page on hate crimes and what can be done to prevent them
• The Anti-Defamation League - 101 Ways You Can Beat Prejudice
• Building a prejudice free Zone, responding to a hate crime, developing a common language
• National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME) - Strength Through Diversity
• Articles, lesson plans, resources
• Rethinking Schools - An On-line Journal
• Great articles about racism and other inequalities in our school

• The Intelligence Project  - Hate Groups and Crimes
• A list of hate groups, hate crimes, and ways to fight hate
• United Against Hate - Hate Crimes Continue
• Legal action that is being taken and the efforts to pass the Hate Crimes Prevention Act
• HateCrime.Org - Hate Crimes and Political Action
• News about the latest hate crimes, the victims, and numerous links
• PFLAG - Hate Crimes Hurt Families
• A look at what a hate crime is, how they impact families and what families are making a difference

Lesson Plans to Help Create a Tolerant Filled Environment

• A Lesson on Tolerance - Racism, Classism, Homophobia
• A lesson to To help program students to be aware of their own intolerances, to understand intolerances in others and to become more tolerant.
• The Southern Poverty Law Center - Teaching Tolerance - Click on Classroom Activities
• Numerous EXCELLENT lesson plans to help combat a wide range of prejudices including racism, sexism, homophobia, religious intolerance, classism, ablism, and general human rights issues
• Britkid - Race, racism, and life
• An interesting game about race, racism, and life and issues surrounding these topics
• A critique of Britkids
• National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME) - Lesson Plans
• A list of links
• Multicultural - Lesson Plans and Resources
• Another list of great links

Helping Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, Transgendered (glbt) Students:

• I Think I Might Be a Lesbian - Now, What Do I Do?
• Helping young women who are questioning their sexuality
• I Think I Might Be Gay - Now What Do I Do?
• Helping young men who are questioning their sexuality
• A Message About Tolerance - Newspaper article
• A mother's article about her gay son
• Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Educators Network (GLSEN) - Take Action
• Taking a stand against discrimination
• Make Your Voice Heard! - Speak Out Against Harassment
• Ways to make the community aware of harassment
• Breaking Through the Wall of Silence: Helping GLBT Students
• Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Issues for Educators
• Creating a Safe Learning Environment -  Helping GLBT Students
• Info from the Colorado GSLEN and many links
• A Look at the Experiences of Gay and Lesbian Students - Life In a Public High School
• A paper looking at how gay and lesbian students suffer in our school systems and what we can do to help
• Growing Up Gay - Are The School Systems Doing Enough?
• An article from "Education World"
• Books - Resources for Young Gays and Lesbians
• Why having books in the library is important
• Books For Gay and Lesbian Youth - A List of Books
• The Books shown on this page are taken from a Lambda Rising book list.
• Gay and Lesbian Teachers and Students - What is the School Climate Like?
• An article which examines the climate in which gay, lesbian, bisexual people learn and work.
• Teaching and Counseling - How to help gay and lesbian students
• Important information, what can be done, and recommendations for education associations
• Creating Safe Schools for Lesbian and Gay Students -  A resource guide for school staff
• A booklet developed by Youth Pride, Inc. with the goal of ensuring safety for all students.
• Out Front - Rethinking Our Schools
• An 'out' high school teacher discusses what schools can do to fight the pervasive problem of homophobia

• There are many web sites which can help students and educators create diversity clubs and/or gay/straight alliances including:
• All One Heart
• Gay Straight Alliance Network
• Race Relations
• Why gay-straight alliances in high schools? - Its Elementary
• An article about why there should be GSAs

• Gender Equity - Still Knocking at the Door
• Many educators are confused about gender equity. Is it still a problem? Is it more "political correctness" than educational effectiveness? Wasn't that battle fought and won years ago?
• Where the Girls Are? - Understanding the Backlash Against Girls in the Classroom
• The educational rights of girls and women, so recently won, are already at risk
• A Student's View - Gender Differences
• Most people are sick of hearing age-old arguments between the sexes - gender issues, sexuality issues, questions between equality and differences of men and women, and last but certainly not least, our old antagonist sexism.
• Approaches to Eliminate Sexism in Schools - Helping to Overcome Sexism
• Sexism is a serious subject, which should not be taken lightly in our schools today. As we move into the next century, we must learn a new way of thinking and teaching in our classrooms.
•  That Sounds Like Sexual Discrimination to Me! - Sexism in the Classroom
• Anything else that expressly states or implies that females should only aspire to or do certain things, and that males should aspire to or do different things, simply on the basis of established convention or on the basis of gender, is completely unacceptable.
• Separate but Still Short-Changed - Sexism in the classroom
• Research suggests that many girls do better in single-sex schools, where they often attain higher levels of academic performance and career aspirations than girls in coeducational settings.
• It's Your Right - Girls Rights in School
• A look at what girls are entitled to at their schools.
• Preventing Sexual Harassment Of School Staff And Students - A list of resources
• A list of books, articles, and web sites for education about sexual harassment in our schools.
• Sexual Harassment - In Our Schools
• An Article defining sexual harassment and what can be done to prevent it.

• Classism A/V Materials - Finding Our Way
• A list of audio-visual materials published by the National Film Board of Canada
• Addressing Biases - Out Reach Efforts
• An article with suggestions to overcome racism, classism, homophobia
• Poking Fun at 'White Trash'  - It's nothing short of classism
• An editorial about classism

Racism

• American Pictures - Racism and Oppression
• Articles and links concerning racism and oppression
• Check out the pictures and stories associated with this project
• Racism, No Way - Recognizing racism in schools
• Information for teachers regarding racism and its effects in schools
• Confronting Racism - Promoting Respect
• An article explaining racism, promonting respect and tolerance

Religious Intolerance

• Countering Anti-Semitism - An Increase in Religious Hate Crimes
• Legal/Legislative Remedies and Current Reality:  Racism, Anti-Semitism and Hate in Canada

 
 
 

This list of web-sites is a work in progress.  If you have any suggestions for additions or removals, please let me know.  I am particularly looking for sites and lesson plans about religious intolerance and classism.

Email me at: rlsmith@educ.umass.edu