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September 2001
Did you know? Indiana University Southeast has an Office of Equity and Diversity, with programs and workshops open to the public. For more information, or to be added to their mailing list, write to them at 4201 Grant Line Road, New Albany, IN, 47150-6405, phone 812-941-2306, FAX 812-941-2549, or e-mail eqdiv@ius.edu.
Bully-Proofing Your School
Visit the U.S. Department of Education's web site and check out the 1998 Annual School Report on School Violence. You'll find suggestions on what can be done by communities, schools, students, parents, police, Juvenile Justice authorities, businesses, elected officials, and government agencies. At the link above, you'll find three model programs for "bully-proofing your school" along with the programs' contact information.
The book, BULLY-PROOFING YOUR SCHOOL, is available at the Harrison County Public Library, in the children's department, on the Parent's Shelf.
Another Way to Do It: Be Nice--Nice is good.
Psst! Pass it on!
From the Teaching Tolerance Site
Family Ties and Fabric Tales - In observance of October's designation as Family History Month, this program explores classroom cultural composition. It can stand alone as an oral history sharing experience with a mapping component, or can extend to a quilt-making exercise.
Apply for a Teaching Tolerance Grant! - The Teaching Tolerance project of the Southern Poverty Law Center offers grants of up to $2,000 to K-12 classroom teachers for implementing tolerance projects in their schools and communities.
Did you know? Indiana University Southeast has an Office of Equity and Diversity, with programs and workshops open to the public. For more information, or to be added to their mailing list, write to them at 4201 Grant Line Road, New Albany, IN, 47150-6405, phone 812-941-2306, FAX 812-941-2549, or e-mail eqdiv@ius.edu.
What Do You Stand For?
Ages 11 to Adult
Game book (277 pages), poster, and buttons challenge students' problem-solving skills and invite them to explore integrity and respect. Handouts include surveys and checklists.
This and other diversity/teamwork training games are available through:
MindWare, 1-800-999-0398, www.MindWareonline.com and
Free Spirit Publishing, 1-800-735-7323, www.freespirit.com
Ages 11 to Adult
Game book (277 pages), poster, and buttons challenge students' problem-solving skills and invite them to explore integrity and respect. Handouts include surveys and checklists.
This and other diversity/teamwork training games are available through:
MindWare, 1-800-999-0398, www.MindWareonline.com and
Free Spirit Publishing, 1-800-735-7323, www.freespirit.com
Visit the U.S. Department of Education's web site and check out the 1998 Annual School Report on School Violence. You'll find suggestions on what can be done by communities, schools, students, parents, police, Juvenile Justice authorities, businesses, elected officials, and government agencies. At the link above, you'll find three model programs for "bully-proofing your school" along with the programs' contact information.
The book, BULLY-PROOFING YOUR SCHOOL, is available at the Harrison County Public Library, in the children's department, on the Parent's Shelf.
This is the motto of the recipe e-zine, World-Wide Recipes. One of the regular subscribers, a first-grade teacher who signed herself "Mrs. F," sent in the following testimonial to the power of simple solutions:
Since you began "Be Nice - Nice Is Good," we have adopted that as our class motto. When one of us has an objection to another's behavior, we just look that "family" member in the eye and say, "Be nice. Nice is good!" and the situation is taken care of.
Family Ties and Fabric Tales - In observance of October's designation as Family History Month, this program explores classroom cultural composition. It can stand alone as an oral history sharing experience with a mapping component, or can extend to a quilt-making exercise.
Apply for a Teaching Tolerance Grant! - The Teaching Tolerance project of the Southern Poverty Law Center offers grants of up to $2,000 to K-12 classroom teachers for implementing tolerance projects in their schools and communities.
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The Halloween Tree,
by Ray Bradbury ISBN# 0375803017 "This is a superb book for adults to read to children, a way to teach them, quite painlessly, about customs and imagery related to Halloween from ancient Egypt, Mediterranean cultures, Celtic Druidism, Mexico, and even a cathedral in Paris. (One caveat, though: Bradbury unfortunately perpetuates a couple of misconceptions about Samhain, or summer's end.)" - Amazon review Newly reissued. Available in bookstores, at Amazon.com and BN.com, and in the Teen section of Harrison County Public Library. |