Kits & Handbooks

Teaching Tolerance
Published twice a year, our magazine profiles educators, schools and programs promoting diversity and equity in inspirational and replicable ways.

Rhinos and Raspberries, Tolerance Tales for the Early Grades
This full-color storybook is designed to build character and community and supports key literacy strategies for students in grades preK-6. Includes a hardback book for teachers and classroom sets of six for student use.

Starting Small
Designed for in-service programs, this training tool for early grades educators profiles exemplary pre-K through 3rd grade classrooms in which peace, equity and justice are guiding themes.

I Will Be Your Friend
This musical anthology for the grades 2-5 teaches activism through music, acknowledging our nation's proud tradition of singing for social change.

Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
Recommended for middle and upper grades, this Academy Award-nominated documentary film and accompanying resources bring the Montgomery Bus Boycott alive for today's students.

Mighty Times: The Children's March
Recommended for middle and upper grades, this special teachers' edition of the Academy Award-winning documentary film and accompanying resources tell the heroic story of the young people in Birmingham, Alabama, who brought segregation to its knees.

America's Civil Rights Movement
The story of the struggle to end official apartheid in the U.S. is told through the Academy Award-winning film, "A Time for Justice," and accompanying resources designed for middle and upper grades.

One Survivor Remembers
Designed for use in grades 8-12, this Academy Award-winning documentary film tells the empowering story of Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissman Klein. The kit includes primary documents drawn from Klein's private collection, along with a teacher's guide and resource booklet.

A Place at the Table
Narrated entirely by young people, this historical documentary for middle and upper grades tells the story of the United States' struggle to ensure liberty and justice for all. A book component and lesson plans are also included.

Viva La Causa
A new documentary film about the Delano strike and grape boycott led by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta. Includes a 39-minute DVD and a teacher's guide with standards-based lesson plans for grades 7-12.

Shadow of Hate
Episodes of intolerance throughout U.S. history — from the plights of Quakers in colonial New England to the 1991 riots in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, N.Y. — are examined using video, text, and classroom activities for grades 7-12.

Responding to Hate at School
Administrators, teachers and counselors in K-12 schools can respond promptly and effectively to bias incidents using the proven strategies and concrete steps outlined in these pages.