ACCORD A Community Committee on

ACCORD
A Community Committee on Respect and Diversity
PO Box 45
Cobleskill, NY 12043

ACCORD Video List

To borrow videos, and other resources contact the Middle School Office at 234 - 8368 or call Sue Spivak at 234 - 3840

Can’t We All Just Get Along? Dealing with Hate & Bias, Episode 7, Safe Schools Now Network, What’s it like to be different? Students share experiences with hate and bias. Highlights programs that promote violence prevention by confronting school culture issues such as harassment, racism, homophobia, gender bias. Staff, students, parents, community & experts discuss structure and rationale behind each program. National Education Assn., 1201 16^th St., N.W., Washington, DC 20036, 202-822-7746, www.safeschoolsnow.org. (53 minutes + 30 p. discussion guide), Faculty resource, Grs 9-12.

Ethnic Notions: Black People in White Minds, , Emmy-wining documentary tracing the evolution of deeply rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-Black prejudice. Narration b Ester Rolle and commentary by respected scholars shed lights on the origins and devastating consequences of this 150-year-long parade of bigotry. California Newsreel, 149 Ninth Street, San Franciso, CA 94103, www.newsreel.org, 415-621-6196. Faculty Resource. (57 minutes) Faculty resource, Gr 12.

Hard scrabble Childhood, A documentary about growing up poor in rural America. Videotaped in Schoharie County, focuses on children speaking their own experience of poverty and discrimination, Family Life Development Center, Rural Service Training Proj., Cornell U., 259 MVR Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, 607-255-7794, (31:13 minutes + discussion guide). Faculty resource.

It’s In Every One Of Us, a 5 minute visit with the human species, via photographs of people’s faces, of diverse ages, races, nationalities & cultures to David Pomerantz’ song, “It’s in Every One of Us,” Wernher Krutein Productions, Inc., 1987. New Era Media, 425 Alabama Street, PO Box 410685-W, San Francisco, CA 94141-0685, 415-863-3555, (5 minutes). Grades K-12.

Not In Our Town, Documentary details bias crimes in Billings, Montana, 1991-3, & community responses, California Working Group, 5867 Ocean View Dr., Oakland, CA 94618, (510) 547-8484. (30 mins). Grs 6-12.

A Place at the Table:Struggles for Equality in America, and detailed lesson plans, shows how courageous individuals have successfully fought against intolerance and discrimination throughout American history, Teaching Tolerance,* 2000, (40 minutes + 144 p. text). Faculty Resource, Middle & High School.

Starting Small: Teaching Tolerance in Preschool and the Early Grades, focuses on seven exemplary tolerance education programs, Teaching Tolerance,* 1997, (58 minutes + 250 p. text). Faculty Resource and K-5.

Survivors of the Holocaust weaves archival footage and survivors' personal testimonies and photographs chronicling life in pre-war Europe, Turner Broadcasting and Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation (818-777-7802), 1995 (70 minutes) Grs 6-12.

Toward A More Perfect Union: An Invitation to Conversation, distributed by Study Circles Resource Center as part of its program “Toward a More Perfect Union in an age of Diversity, invites us into conversations among Americans of different races, religions, ethnicities and backgrounds about race and diversity and what it means to be an American, 1996, Study Circles Resource Center, PO Box 203, Pomfret, CT 06258, 860-928-2616, 22:(45 minutes), grs 9-12.

Unlearning Indian Stereotypes, Still photos of Native American Children & voices of the Children telling effects of stereotypes on their lives, Honor Resource Center, 6435 Wiesner Rd., Omro, WI 54963, $35 + shipping, (20 minutes + 56 p. teaching guide), Faculty resource, grs 1-12.

The Writing on the Wall, A CBS Schoolbreak Special, In a reenactment of real events, 3 teenagers who desecrate a synagogue and the rabbi’s house are sentenced to remove their hate graffiti and visit the Rabbi weekly to learn about the holocaust instead of being sentenced to reform school. The rabbi does not allow the boys to remove the spray-painted swastikas from his garage door. When they have learned enough, the boys do so secretly. Little Eagle Productions, 10642, Santa Monica Blvd. #210, Los Angeles, CA 90025, (310)-441-8555, (30 minutes). Grs 6-12.

Resources

Lessons in Tolerance http://www.ccsf.org/Resources/Tolerance/ Lessons and resources for students and teachers (language, stereotypes, violence and conflict resolution, gay and lesbian issues, racism, sexism, non-traditional families, human rights, etc.)

America Responds: Tolerance in Times of Trial http://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/tolerance.html Classroom resources

Teaching Tolerance http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listteachingve.html Internet hot list of useful resources

Ten Ways to Fight Hate http://www.splcenter.org/teachingtolerance/tt-index.html from the Southern Poverty Law Center
Educators for Social Responsibility http://www.esrnational.org Resources for all ages on anti-bias, peacemaking, diversity, and conflict resolution
Seeking Solutions http://www.pbs.org/seekingsolutions/ Webcast Symposium on crime prevention

National Conference for Community and Justice http://www.nccj.org/nccj3.nsf/?Open Promotes undestanding and respect among all races, religions and cultures.

Teaching Steps to Tolerance http://tst.wiesenthal.com/resources/hate.html Bibliography, resources, kids corner
Promoting Tolerance at San Clemente High School http://www.teachtolerance.org/index.html Lesson plans and other resources
Resources for Teaching Peace and Tolerance http://www.crcs.k12.ny.us/es/Stranger'sShoes/PTresource.htm
Teaching Tolerance http://www.splcenter.org/teachingtolerance/tt-index.html Southern Poverty Law Center Site
A World of Difference http://www.adl.org/awod/awod_institute.html Anti Defamation League Site Programs to fight prejudice
American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee http://www.adc.org Information and resources

Understanding Stereotypes http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/stereotypes/ Lesson plans all levels, teacher guides and tools -- students brainstorm, creating categories of people and examining stereotypes that describe them
Responsive Classroom http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/ Northeast Foundation for Children
CASEL Site http://www.casel.org Advancing social and emotional learning
NMHAC: National Mental Health Awareness Campaign http://www.nostigma.org/help.html Resources to educate the public about mental health issues and eradicate the fear, shame and stigma commonly associated with mental illness

United States Immigration and Naturalization Service http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/index.htm

Immigration: Web Resources http://www.boxbitz.net/immigration/