Teaching Tolerance
"Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education; they grow there, firm as weeds among stones." --Charlotte Bronte, 1816-1855


Here are several types of resources to aid you in your classrooms:



Books
Quinito's Neighborhood by Ina Cumpiano (K-3)

Brave Charlotte by Anu Stohner (K-3)

The Stranger and the Red Rooster by Victor Vilsenor (K-3)

Rosa by Nikki Giovanni (K-3)

Keep Climbing, Girls by Beah E. Richards (K-6)

Lucy's Family Tree by Karen Halvorsen Schreck (K-6)

Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding by Lenore Look (K-6)

Just Like Me: Stories and Self Portraits by Fourteen Artists edited by Harriet Rohmer (K-6)

This is the Dream by Diane Z. Shore (K-6)

Super Grandpa by David M. Schwartz (3-6)

What You Will See Inside by Mahendra Jani (3-6)

The Bus Ride That Changed History by Pamela Duncan Edwards (3-6)

Susan B. Anthony: Fighter for Women's Rights by Deborah Hopkinson (3-6)

Landed by Milly Lee (4-6)

The Good Rainbow Road by Rawa Kashtyaa'tsi (4-6)

Music for the End of Time by Jen Bryant (4-6)


Websites
Education Reform- loads of links here for elementary teachers

Tolerance.org- you can subscribe to their magazine, get ideas for lessons or order kits and handbooks.

Understanding Prejudice.org- lesson ideas

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