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Mo'Ne Davis and Gender Stereotypes

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Mo'Ne Davis Little League World Series Baseball Pitch
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary School COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Reading, Speaking and Listening The First Girl to Pitch a Shutout in the Little League World Series In 2014 Mo’Ne Davis, a 13-year-old girl, made news headlines as the first girl to ever pitch a shutout in the Little League World series. At that time she was considered the “most talked about baseball player on earth right now” according to many observers in the sports world. Mo’Ne (pronounced Moh-nay…
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Martin Luther King, Jr. and Civil Rights: Relevancy for Today

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr March on DC
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary School, Middle School, High School COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, History/Social Studies In commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, this curriculum for grades 3–12 provides grade-specific lessons, resources and extension activities to provide your students opportunities to examine civil rights in the United States past and present. The lessons provide an opportunity for students to delve deeper into Martin Luther King Jr…
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Identity-Based Bullying

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Girl Student in Class Being Bullied
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary School, Middle School COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Writing, Speaking & Listening SEL STANDARDS*: Self Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, Responsible Decision-Making Bullying is a major problem in our schools. When it targets aspects of a person’s identity, it is called identity-based bullying, and may include bias about appearance, race, culture, gender and gender expression, language, religion, socioeconomic status,…
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70+ Years Later: The Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education

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Brown v. Board of Education School Segregation Protest
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Reading, Speaking and Listening, Language “We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” These are the words of the landmark Supreme Court decision on May 17, 1954 that declared segregated schools unconstitutional. More than seventy years later, even though much progress has been made, there are…
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Who Am I? Identity Poems

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Elementary School Students Group Standing
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary School COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Reading, Writing, Language Using Poetry to Teach about Identity Reading and writing poetry can provide an opening for young people to explore the various aspects of their identity, including their name, race and ethnicity, physical characteristics and more. April is National Poetry Month, a good opportunity to explore poetry with your students. Because poetry does not require strict sentence structure or the usual grammar rules…
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ADL Welcomes Presidential Action to Ban LGBT Discrimination in Federal Contracts

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New York, NY, July 21, 2014 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed President Barack Obama’s action to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the historic executive order which bans discrimination by federal contractors – as well as his executive action to explicitly protect transgender federal employees from discrimination.  ADL has been a longtime advocate for these actions, which could affect up to 20 percent of the nation’s workforce. …
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Encuesta de la Liga Antidifamación en más de 100 países halla que más de una cuarta parte de los encuestados están contagiados con actitudes antisemitas

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Solo el 54 por ciento de los encuestados han oído hablar del Holocausto NUEVA YORK, 13 de mayo de 2014 /PRNewswire/ ...La Liga Antidifamación (ADL por sus siglas en inglés) divulgó hoy los resultados de una encuesta mundial sin precedentes sobre actitudes antisemitas. El ADL Global 100: un índice de antisemitismo encuestó a 53.100 adultos en 102 países, con el objetivo de llevar a cabo, por primera vez, un estudio amplio basado en datos sobre el…
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ADL Poll of Over 100 Countries Finds More Than One-Quarter of Those Surveyed Infected With Anti-Semitic Attitudes

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Only 54 Percent of Respondents Have Heard of the Holocaust New York, NY, May 13, 2014 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today released the results of an unprecedented worldwide survey of anti-Semitic attitudes. The ADL Global 100: An Index of Anti-Semitism surveyed 53,100 adults in 102 countries and territories in an effort to establish, for the first time, a comprehensive data-based research survey of the level and intensity of anti-Jewish sentiment across the world. The survey found…
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La ADL indignada por la decisión de una secta católica marginal de celebrar un funeral a un criminal de guerra nazi

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Nueva York, NY , 15 de octubre 2013... La Liga Antidifamación (ADL ) expresó hoy su conmoción e indignación por el anuncio de la desición de una organización católica marginal de realizar el funeral del notorio criminal de guerra nazi Erich Priebke en su iglesia cerca de Roma. La Sociedad de San Pío X, una orden católica cuyos representantes han acusado a los judíos de hoy día de deicidio , y cuyo obispo…
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The Resilience of Antisemitism: The Lies of The Protocols of The Elders of Zion

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Resilience of Anti-Semitism Cover
GRADE LEVEL: High School COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, Language Since its contrivance at the turn of the twentieth century by the Russian secret police, The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion (or The Protocols of the Elders of Zion) has taken root in bigoted and uneducated minds around the world. The booklet’s twenty-four sections spell out the alleged confidential plans of a Jewish conclave seeking to attain world domination. They represent…
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ADL Welcomes Removal Of Billboard Evoking Anti-Semitic Stereotypes To Advertise Vodka

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New York, NY, November 22, 2011 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed a company's apology for a series of billboards advertising its discounted vodka with the slogan, "Christmas Quality, Hanukkah Pricing."  "We welcome the response of Wódka vodka, and are glad that they were sensitive to our concerns and the concerns of the many New Yorkers who were offended by this advertisement," said Ron Meier, ADL New York Regional Director. "The company acted quickly and…
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ADL Highlights Top 10 Issues Affecting Jews in 2011

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New York, NY, December 19, 2011 … The so-called Arab Spring, the series of popular uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa that challenged the old guard and led to the surprising exit of longtime leaders from the scene, including Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi, topped the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) annual list of top issues affecting Jews in 2011.  Also among the Top 10 issues affecting Jews: The Palestinians' unilateral bid for…
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ADL Supports U.S. Initiative to Move Embassy to Jerusalem

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New York, NY, May 9, 1995...The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed support for the Jerusalem Embassy Relocation Implementation Act of 1995 introduced by Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (R-KS ) calling for the U.S. to move its Embassy to Jerusalem. David H. Strassler, ADL National Chairman and Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director issued the following statement: "Moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, the capital of the State of Israel, should have taken place a long time…
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