Short Online Experience to Learn about this Core Topic For Educators | Middle School, High School About the Mini-Lesson What are microaggressions? This mini-lesson will help you to explore what microaggressions are, how they are experienced, and what can be done to address them. ADL's mini-lessons are short, interactive, online lessons for educators to learn about a core ADL topic, theme or activity. Objectives This self-paced micro-lesson will enable you to: Learn…

For Educators | For Parents, Families, and Caregivers | For Students Tweens and teens spend a lot of time using technology, much of it positive, but it can move into cyberbullying and other online mean behavior. Below are tips young people can use in their digital lives to help them have a positive online experience and effectively respond to negative online behavior and cyberbullying. Download the PDF (English or Spanish) above for the complete resource. Before going online... Set…

For Educators | For Parents, Families, and Caregivers Youth and Social Media Technology moves fast and so does social media. Like most tools, technology itself is neutral. All the sites listed can be used for many constructive purposes, linking youth to their friends and interacting in positive ways. Many youth use social media to create vibrant communities and engage in social action and ally behavior. Schools and educators are increasingly using social media to communicate with students…

Over the past couple of years, we have seen an alarming increase in incidents of violent bias, including hate crimes, harassment, identity-based bullying, vandalism and more. At the same time, we have also seen ordinary citizens take action to support and protect targets and victims—from individual bystanders acting as allies to groups of people fighting for fairness and justice in their communities. A&E’s ‘Divided States’ documentary series explores the ways in…

Rosalind's Classroom Conversations, February 2018 For Educators By Rosalind Wiseman With my team at Cultures of Dignity, I am constantly working to improve our lesson plans for young people. Of course, some issues that young people face are universal like friendship breakups, rejection and jealousy. However, as social media increasingly integrates into young people’s social lives and influences their identity development, we have to regularly revise our tools to help them understand…

Anti-Bias Education and Bullying Prevention For Educators Ad Council A national Ad Council PSA campaign, Love has No Labels, was created to raise awareness about implicit bias which can negatively influence how we treat people, how we interact with each other, and, more broadly, can lead to discrimination and injustice.  American Bar Association’s Anti-Bullying Initiative Special initiative that provides education and resources to help empower parents, educators,…

For Educators This free 20 minute course will help teachers in grades 3-7 maintain a positive classroom environment that is safe and inclusive so all students can learn and thrive. The course takes you through a process to help students move from being bystanders to using ally behavior in bullying situations. Educators will meet a diverse group of students in elementary and middle school who are faced with bullying behaviors and then will identify effective, practical strategies to build ally…

Rosalind Wiseman, best selling book author and bullying prevention specialist, joins forces with ADL to provide this timely resource for educators. Rosalind’s Classroom Conversations includes features on bullying, current events and the social and emotional development of children. Rosalind Wiseman has had only one job since graduating from college—to help communities shift the way we think about children and teens’ emotional and physical wellbeing. As a teacher,…

For Educators Why Should We Teach Children About Transgender People and Issues? In order to provide a safe, inclusive and welcoming learning environment for all students, it is important to discuss transgender, gender non-conforming and non-binary identities and topics in schools and classrooms. Gender identity is a significant aspect of identity and the human condition and there have been transgender and non-binary people since ancient civilization. As educators, it is important that we…

Rosalind's Classroom Conversations, January 2017 For Educators By Rosalind Wiseman Is a 6th grader chanting “Build a Wall” in his classroom a political statement or a deliberate act to intimidate other students in the class? What should a teacher do when witnessing this behavior? Since the election, some students have shared with me the experience of watching educators refuse to stop students from chanting this slogan or other phrases associated with current political…

For Educators In recent years, we have seen alarming images and biased language in schools and universities: name-calling, hate-filled taunts, vandalism, racial slurs and epithets, offensive graffiti on desks and bathroom walls. In addition, many young people—especially those whose identities have been targeted publicly with words and actions—are fearful and worried. Teachers have had to work overtime to console those students and provide resources to get help. Schools must be…

A Guide for Counselors and Camp Administrators For Educators | For Parents, Families, and Caregivers Summer camp is a wonderful time in children’s lives when they get to spend time outdoors, meet new people, have novel experiences and gain insight into themselves. There are about 12,000 day and resident camps in the U.S. and each year more than 11 million children and adults attend camp. According to an American Camp Association (ACA) report, parents cite the following reasons as the…

Table Talk: Family Conversations About Current Events For Parents, Families, and Caregivers | 10 and upTopic Summary Elec­tion years usu­ally present rich oppor­tu­ni­ties for parents and edu­ca­tors to talk with young people about civics, the elec­toral process, how government works and politics. This presidential election year, how­ever, has left many feel­ing hesitant about how to raise the topic and specif­i­cally, how to approach the…