Planet Tolerance

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• Learn more about cultural awareness, equality, guidance, human relations, human rights, racism, and tolerance.

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Tolerance.org, a web project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, “is a principal online destination for people interested in dismantling bigotry and creating, in hate’s stead, communities that value diversity.”

At Planet Tolerance, their kids’ website, interactive stories and activities teach kids to respect differences, question social boundaries, and more.

Play:

• At the One World Mural, create and publish original drawings and writings. Kids like you are creating the biggest online collection of pictures and words celebrating tolerance and justice. What kind of world do you want this to be? What does “One World” mean to you? Available in both English and Spanish versions.
• At A New Friend, make a storybook that’s all about friendship and you. Answer a few questions and a story will appear on your screen. Preview your story and then print it for coloring. Instructions will show you how to bind the story into a real book.
• In VoteQuest, go on a cross-country tour for women’s rights
• At World Without Words, trace the multicultural roots of U.S. English.

Read:

• Eat, My Fine Coat, a folk tale from Turkey contains full audio for beginning readers as they follow along with the text.
• In The Barking Mouse, a folk tale from Cuba, join a family of mice for lunch and discover a bilingual surprise. Full audio.
• The People’s Attorney is an interactive story of the first Jewish U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
• In the Strike for Three Loaves, follow along with an 11 year old factory worker in her quest for labor rights.

Explore:

• At Civil Rights Memorial, investigate true stories from the struggle for equality and justice.
• At Images in Action, search for hidden messages about diversity and intolerance.

The Parent Guides and Teacher Guides will help teachers and parents make the most of these resources and also suggest additional activities. The “For Teachers” section is filled with additional resources, including free curricula and award-winning videos for order, grant information, and more.