Thread: PLEASE - PLEASE LOOK at THIS!!! Teaching KIT for Elementary

School Teachers are not qualified to psychologically program elementery students. What the heck is this crap.

I think they need to be teaching those kids partiotism not globalism. I would love to see the teachers manual just to see what kind of responses you are susposed to fish out of the students.

You said it swatchick, it's propaganda!

Dixie

This is being PUSHED THROUGHOUT THE USA by the Southern Poverty Law Center!

They're extending "grants" as well.

Grant Summaries


The Teaching Tolerance Grants Program supports K-12 educators with funds to develop and implement innovative anti-bias projects in classrooms, schools and communities.

These grant summaries describe some of the most recent projects we've funded. Our magazine's Grant Spotlight offers a deeper look at a successful grant-funded project.

The Grant Application Guide explains how to apply.


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August 2006

Books to Bind
Adam Dovico, language arts teacher at Vienna Elementary School in Pfafftown, N.C., received a $1,000 grant to provide multicultural books helping students in the rural, homogenous setting develop appreciation and understanding of diversity. Students will research countries featured in the literature and build connections with students from those cultures through "personal story and package exchange" activities.

The Golden Rule through Comics
Yavneh Academy associate principal Elaine Weisfeld received a $1,700 Teaching Tolerance grant for students to create comic books in English and Hebrew to be the creative media for character- and tolerance-related education. The books will be shared with public schools and a sister school in Nahariya, Israel.

Our American Identity: A Study in Diversity
Rebecca Taylor-Sturdivant, a history teacher at Coffee County Central High in Manchester, Tenn., received a $1,995 grant to fund multicultural resources. The study will involve broad student interaction as they focus on building understanding of different ethnic and racial groups with an emphasis on immigrants and the effect of immigration on American society.

Multicultural Education Project
Cathy Novokowsky, a fourth-grade teacher at Windermere Preparatory School in Windermere, Fla., received a $750 grant to provide resources for a well-integrated multicultural/tolerance and diversity program. The collaborative project incorporates free Teaching Tolerance materials with professional development resources and student literature.

Anti-Bullies
Responding to a dramatic rise in bullying and gang-related issues at her school, Laura Buller, a teacher at Frank L. Smart Intermediate School in Davenport, Iowa, received a $500 grant for students to create their own tailor-made anti-bullying program. They will establish a protocol, learn to stand up for themselves and others, and practice techniques to diffuse bullying situations. Parents and community members will be involved in the project.

Lunch Bunch Kidz Club
Steve Caponegro, Director of Special Services at Florham Park Schools in Florham Park, N.J., received a $1,310 grant to implement character education and intergroup relations programs he designed especially for his school system. "Kids' Club" and "Mix and Mingle" will involve peer models and group interaction as strategies to address specific life skills (e.g. anger management and social skills) needed to succeed in and out of school.

Dialects, Stereotypes, and Tolerance
When two students, homeless after Hurricane Katrina, transferred into Valerie Bugni’s English class at Spring Valley High School in Las Vegas, their Southern accents and vernacular were openly mocked by some students. The stereotyping and put downs provided inspiration for Bugni to develop a grant project to teach students about the positive and negative social and cultural implications of the many dialects of our language, so students can begin breaking down their own prejudicial thoughts and become more tolerant of differences found within their own community. The $1,708 Teaching Tolerance grant will be used to encourage students to explore and understand the social and cultural underpinnings of various dialects by engaging in cooperative learning activities, Socratic seminars, and peer-to-peer conversation and inquiry.

A Tapestry of Difference
Edison Elementary principal James Martin received a $1,000 grant for a project using parental collaboration to creation writing portfolios and books featuring family histories and traditions. The stories will be shared during Family Night celebrations with school and community to encourage appreciation of diversity, family pride and literacy skills. A majority of the Salt Lake City school's students are immigrants with Spanish being the primary language spoken at home.

Respect for Diversity
Sandy Shevack, with the Quality of Life Afterschool and Summer Program at Lincoln Middle School in Passaic, N.J., received a $750 Teaching Tolerance grant to provide resources supporting student activism. As a long time activist, Shevack is a catalyst in developing projects fostering discussions across racial and ethnic boundaries, and empowering students to become active in human rights issues.

Using Business Concepts to Increase Tolerance and Test Scores
When a student survey at Woodridge High School revealed African American students felt less respected by teachers, administrators, staff and students than did white students, Peninsula, Ohio, teacher Johnna Vineyard responded. She received a $1,995 grant to implement a student-driven plan to improve acceptance and understanding of diversity. The high school students will team-mentor middle-school students and initiate a number of strategies including "ethics" cards with questions for students to consider when making decisions, and "lunch circles" to find common ground and build community.

Immigrant Nation
After hearing many derogatory remarks about immigrants, and with media attention on immigration reform, Coffee County Central Spanish teachers, led by Angelina Hensley, received a $2,000 Teaching Tolerance grant to implement strategies fostering tolerance. The Manchester, Tenn., foreign language students will participate in guided research, dialog and discussion, and launch a public awareness campaign to foster respect and appreciation of immigrants.

Art Works
Debi Barrett-Hayes, a professor at Florida State University School in Tallahassee, Fla., received a $2,500 grant for middle- and high-school students to create an aluminum relief cultural/historical totem as the culminating activity of a year-long study of the role stereotyping, racial & religious bigotry and hate crimes played in our nation's history. After interviewing elders, traveling to Washington to study the 1932-45-era national memorials and the events leading to their creation, students will develop a sculpture totem to communicate their own connection and understanding of the importance of tolerance.

Peace Committee/ Peace Program
After reading about a school receiving national attention for implementing a peace project, Creswell Elementary students in Creswell, N.C., were motivated to create their own project. Reading teacher Kim Jacobson empowered the students' Peace Program by helping them obtain a $1,090 Teaching Tolerance grant to form a Peace Committee comprised of members elected to a mentoring and leadership program. The committee will discuss, organize and carry out peaceful activities and programs throughout the year.

Changing Faces
Rhona Williams, special education teacher at Brentwood Elementary in Lake Charles, La., received a $1,625 Teaching Tolerance grant to provide resources for a well-developed curriculum promoting multicultural diversity. She hopes to affirm the different abilities within the school, and the increased diversity within the community.

Ban the Bullying
Kristine Howes, a counselor at Jennie P. Stewart Elementary in Centerville, Utah, received a $1,000 grant to promote a school-wide program to build harmony and end bullying. Students will engage in role-playing, puppet shows and games to build understanding.

Rebuilding After the Storm
Stacey Boitnott, a counselor at Bonne E'cole Elementary School in Slidell, La., received a $2,000 Teaching Tolerance grant to support intervention activities including "play therapy" for students who live with acute stress. In the aftermath of Katrina, there is a noticeable increase in extreme emotional responses expressed through increases in anger, bullying, illness, depression and even suicide.

Learning Tolerance
Jack Marcellus, a school counselor at Highland Park School in Gloucester, N.J., received a $300 grant to support a student-led school-wide promotion to create a safe school environment and eliminate bullying and name-calling. The program will begin with 7th- and 8th-grade students who will share the program and extend the outreach.

Who's Behind the Mask?
Global Studies teacher, Mike Kendrick, of Westminster, S.C., received a $2,000 grant to support a mask-making art project. The West-Oak High School students will use the project to demonstrate their understanding of different cultures and how the level of religious tolerance in society directly correlates with the amount of violence in current world conflicts.

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41. Donate tolerance-related books, films, magazines and other materials to school libraries. Organize a book drive.

42. Buy art supplies for a local school. Sponsor a mural about the cultural composition and heritage of your community.

43. Volunteer to be an advisor for a student club. Support a wide range of extracurricular activities to help students "find their place" at school.

44. Coach a girls' sports team. Encourage schools to provide equal resources for boys' and girls' athletics.

45. Sponsor a conflict resolution team.

46. Ask school counselors what resources they have for supporting gay and lesbian youth. Offer additional materials if necessary.

47. Assess your school's compliance with the accessibility requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Organize a class project to improve compliance.

48. Donate a tape recorder to a school that is conducting oral history projects. Suggest a focus on local struggles for civil rights.

49. Start a pen pal program. Get students in touch with people in different parts of the community, country or world.

50. Applaud the other team. Promote good sportsmanship and ban taunting.

51. Encourage schools to go beyond the "heroes and holidays" model to develop a rich, ongoing multicultural curriculum. Give Teaching Tolerance materials to educators in your community.

52. Provide confidential methods for students to report harassment or bullying.

53. Encourage school administrators to adopt Internet-use polices that address online hate, harassment and pornography.

53. Discourage the use of divisive school emblems.

55. Ensure that schools comply with the McKinney Act, the federal law mandating educational services for homeless children.
{homeless? or ILLEGAL?}

56. Create a bilingual (or multilingual) calendar highlighting school and community activities.

57. Invite bilingual students to give morning greetings and announcements on the PA system in their home languages.

58. Make sure that school cafeterias offer options for students and staff with dietary restrictions.

59. Celebrate "Someone Special Day" instead of Mother's Day or Father's Day. Keep adoptive and foster students in mind when planning family-oriented programs.

60. Ask schools not to schedule tests or school meetings on the major holidays of any religious group. Develop a school calendar that respects religious diversity.

Any school board that buys that garbage should be run out of town.

This is an obvious globalist propaganda intended to destroy patriotism and you will notice there won't be any emphasis on white or black ethnicity, but will focus on Hispanic, because that is the goal of the "Race." Get our children to turn against us and our values and they will grow up molded as a "globalist."

AngryTX,

If there is a piece of trash textbook on the market, Texas has already bought it. Prentis Hall. Need I say more.

Wonder if Laura Bush is in on this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dixie

Two words: Home school

Two more: Private school

Now, two words that need to be part of the GOP platform next election: School vouchers

"CrocketsGhost"

Two more: Private school



Are yoiu sure private school doesn't apply these themes ?

My grandchildren are in private school, I'm going t6o ask them if they have something like this.

Originally Posted by minnie

"CrocketsGhost"

Two more: Private school



Are yoiu sure private school doesn't apply these themes ?

My grandchildren are in private school, I'm going t6o ask them if they have something like this.

Depends on the school. The beauty of private school is that you as a paying customer have some degree of say over what is taught. Your objections may actually mean something, whereas they will almost certainly be ignored by a public school district unless you are able to muster a coalition or raise a specific legal issue. What's more, if a private school is not responsive to your reasonable requests, you can always move your child to another school.

So I'm going to say that if your grandchildren answer in the affirmative, it's time to talk to their parents about having a parent-teacher conference or moving them to another school.

Here's a real shocker. The Principal at our public elementary school canceled Spanish !! Yes!! She made the decision to offer the children something else in place of Spanish.

Here...let me help you up off of the floor.