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Founded in 2009 as: "Spread the Word to End the Word."  Their goal was to end the use of the word "retard," through education and inclusion discussion. Inclusive Schools Network offers resources to schools to help them build an inclusive community that welcomes and celebrates students with learning differences.

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Founded in 2009 as: "Spread the Word to End the Word."  Their goal was to end the use of the word "retard," through education and inclusion discussion. Inclusive Schools Network offers resources to schools to help them build an inclusive community that welcomes and celebrates students with learning differences.

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Classes can get involved in Inclusive Schools Week a variety of different ways. One way is to expand morning circle activities to include sign language or another language. Another activity is to ask a physical or occupational therapist to come to your class to talk about what they do to help people. One more lesson idea is to have students write about a time they didn't feel included in a group. Follow up the reading by discussing the importance of inclusion and brainstorm ways to make everyone feel welcome in their class.

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Founded by two youth leaders in 2009 as,campaign focused its first 10 years on addressing a particularly powerful form of exclusion:the word'retard(ed)'. In 2017, 70% of teens said they vocalizedwrong and demeaning use oftheR-wordwhen it used in conversation, up nearly 50% since 2009. Over 10 years, leaders and self-advocates collected millions of digital and physical pledges to endtheR-word. Each was a personal commitment to acknowledgehurt caused bytheR-wordand to be respectful inthe wordsand actions taken towards people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. With leadership from Special Olympics and Best Buddies, and support from hundreds of other advocacy organizations,thecampaign grew from a handful events in 2009 to reach thousands of schools today.

In 2019,Spread the Wordto Endthe WordbecameSpread the Word: Inclusion.Thecampaign invites all people to commit to individual acts of inclusion. Thecampaignhighlights divisions that have led to social isolation and exclusion among individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) all overtheworld.The200 million people with IDD represent every country, belief system, sexual orientation, gender expression, race, and ethnicity. Day marks an opportunity for all communities to come together, take stock and recognizetheadvances made - andtheadvancement still left to do. Last alone year alone, more than 13,000 people pledged to take action in their communities.

Thecampaign continues to advocate for and with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and to work to make our society more inclusive. Special Olympics offers Unified Sports and inclusive leadership and education activities in nearly 8,00 schools in 49 states, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico. Many of these schools hostSpread the Wordevents led by students inviting their peers to commit to social inclusion.

Best Buddies International youth programs promote one-to-one friendship opportunities and leadership development in schools aroundtheworld, raising awareness and acceptance for people with IDD in their communities. In many ofthenearly 3,000 elementary school, middle school, high school, and college Best Buddies chapters worldwide,thecampaign has become an integral part oftheorganization's programming and showcasesthecommitment to create inclusive opportunities for people with IDD on a global level.

To learn more about Spread the Word, visit spreadtheword.global.

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Founded by two youth leaders in 2009 as Spread the Word to End the Word, the campaign focused its first 10 years on addressing a particularly powerful form of exclusion: the word 'retard(ed)'.

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All classrooms are now more diverse than ever. This website has compiled lesson plan ideas, and ready-to-go activities that help students connect with each other.

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All classrooms are now more diverse than ever. This website has compiled lesson plan ideas, and ready-to-go activities that help students connect with each other.

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One excellent lesson idea from this website is called "Holiday Stories." It teaches students about Chanukah, Christmas and Kwanzaa traditions by sharing stories about each holiday and highlighting how each celebration is unique but also connected. Another interesting lesson is called "Games Around the World." This lesson highlights different sports and activities that are associated with certain countries and/or cultures. Students get to see videos of the sports in action and compare them to sports that they love.

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Multiculturalism and Diversity | Scholastic

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Resources that foucs on the topic of multiculturalism and diversity. Includes professional articles and resources, lesson plans, and activities.

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Teaching for Change encourages teachers and students to think outside their classrooms and see what is going on in the world.  This resource helps teachers connect to books that help teach about bias and gives prompts and ideas about how to have those discussions in your classroom.

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Teaching for Change encourages teachers and students to think outside their classrooms and see what is going on in the world.  This resource helps teachers connect to books that help teach about bias and gives prompts and ideas about how to have those discussions in your classroom.

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A good way to use this resource in the classroom is to take advantage of the anti-bias book list that the have curated. Teachers can find picture books on topics such as: culture and language, gender identity, holidays, conflict resolution and self advocacy. If a teacher or the school doesn't own a book, they can find a read aloud on Youtube. These books can fit into ELA standards by going over, theme, main idea or character development.

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Teaching for Change and Rethinking Schools collaborate to bring people's history to the classroom.

A dedicated website to encourage and support teaching about Central American history.

The best selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, YA, and educators.

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Building social justice starting in the classroom.

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 The Learning for Justice website allows you to combine the Learning for Justice Social Justice Standards, Common Core-aligned literacy strategies and student performance tasks with windows-and-mirrors texts from the Student Text library. The result is a comprehensive, literacy-based plan that is both rigorous and relevant.

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 The Learning for Justice website allows you to combine the Learning for Justice Social Justice Standards, Common Core-aligned literacy strategies and student performance tasks with windows-and-mirrors texts from the Student Text library. The result is a comprehensive, literacy-based plan that is both rigorous and relevant.

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The Learning for Justice website has lesson plans that teachers can use and adapt for classroom. A particularly relevant section is titled: Exploring Diversity Through Oral History. One lesson is called A Community of Learners. This lesson asks the questions: How are we all the same? How are we different? Students learn that their differences are what make them interesting, unique and special.

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Learning Plans are built by teachers and reflect backward design. The Learning Plan Builder allows you to combine the Teaching Tolerance Social Justice Standards, Common Core-aligned literacy strategies and student performance tasks with windows-and-mirrors texts from the Student Text library. The result is a comprehensive, literacy-based plan that is both rigorous and relevant.

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This resource gives a lot of good tips for educators that want to make sure they are teaching in an equitable manner. It gives lots of ideas to teachers about making sure all students' backgrounds and beliefs are valued.

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This resource gives a lot of good tips for educators that want to make sure they are teaching in an equitable manner. It gives lots of ideas to teachers about making sure all students' backgrounds and beliefs are valued.

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One way it does this is by offering teachers downloads like "Ten Commandments for Equity Literate Educators."  This tip sheet asks teachers to do things like, "I prioritize equity over peace," and "I will inform myself."  Teachers can also find tips to shift their paradigms.  One tip is " Celebrating Diversity should become Committing to Equity. I think every teacher should read this because the vast majority of teachers want to have an equitable classroom but need a little help to get there.  The website also has conversation starters for teachers to use with their classes.

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EdChange - Equity, Anti-bias, & Diversity Activities & Exercises

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Multicultural, Anti-bias, & Diversity Activities & Exercises