“Our mission is to help teachers and schools educate children and youth to be active participants in a diverse democracy."
Teaching Tolerance focuses on four core domains: Identity, Diversity, Justice and Action. These domains inform lessons and activities geared towards promoting social justice, inclusivity, and tolerance within schools and communities. "The program emphasizes anti-bias and social justice. The anti-bias approach encourages children and young people to challenge prejudice and learn how to be agents of change in their own lives"(SPLC). There are lesson plans and extension activities for each grade level as well as corresponding justification guides, which detail domains covered and grade-level reading resources. There are numerous lessons for all grade levels.
- Advertisements and You
- Part of a Community Online
- What is Differently Abled?
- Corporations (StoryCorps, Upfront)
- Museums (Museum of Tolerance)
- News Organizations (NBC News)
- Videos
- Podcasts
- Oral Histories
Presence Evaluation: Full Presence
Evaluation Notes: There are many featured lessons about teaching injustice with examples of injustice in various forms (e.g., disability, race, religion, etc.) are provided.
Presence Evaluation: Full Presence
Evaluation Notes: Lessons encourage students to take their knowledge and move into action, including “do something” sections. Examples of opportunities for students include, but are not limited to making a more inclusive calendar, designing a monument, and engaging with campaigns. Students are given the opportunity to use the internet as a means for social activism.
Presence Evaluation: Full Presence
Evaluation Notes: Some lessons explore the various communities schools might be involved in such as neighborhoods, online, school, etc. A few lessons spoke about improving communities and engaging in a positive way with the members of the communities. Students are asked to solve problems in their local schools and communities.
Presence Evaluation: Minimal Presence
Evaluation Notes: There were few opportunities for students to engage with administrators, parents, or the physical environment in documents reviewed.
Presence Evaluation: Full Presence
Evaluation Notes: Many of the lessons are focused on the direct instruction of definitions that relate to social justice, such as equity and fairness.
Presence Evaluation: Full Presence
Evaluation Notes: There are lessons that ask students to participate in self-reflection and consider social justice themes impact on their experiences. For example, in one reviewed lesson, students are asked to reflect on their consumer choices around gendered products.
Presence Evaluation: Full Presence
Evaluation Notes: There have been numerous studies documenting Teaching Tolerance's effectiveness.
Presence Evaluation : Full Presence
Evaluation Notes: Teaching Tolerance contains many lessons promoting inclusion, respect, and equity.
Presence Evaluation: N/A
Evaluation Notes: We are unable to evaluate this domain since it is best measured through observation.
Presence Evaluation: Full Presence
Evaluation Notes: There are several lessons examining social identities.