Keep On Mixing

Keep On Mixing

Author: Teaching Tolerance Staff

Source: Teaching Tolerance

Published: November 3, 2016

Keep On Mixing Article

Key Points:

• Briefly discusses the National Mix it Up Lunch Day that previously happened on October 25. On this day, students are encouraged to sit with other students they do not usually sit with during lunch and learn something new about them or their history, ethnicity, race, or culture. The idea is to address pervasive social divisions and help others learn more about what varieties and types of people exist in our own communities.
• The goal of the article was for schools and teachers to continue mixing it up in the classroom all year. Students should constantly be mixing it up and learning about

Christopher Bell: Bring on the Female Superheroes !

TEDxColoradoSprings 
Filmed Oct 2015
· 15:48 ·
Key Points: This Ted Talk addresses how our media saturated society influences how we learn what we know about other people and about the world. The viewpoint is from a father observing his daughter's desire to identify with female superheroes that are virtually nonexistent as merchandise in the toy aisles of our stores. He uses examples from Star Wars, Disney, Marvel, and My Little Pony to cause us to think about a future where boys and girls are equally respected equally valued and equally represented.

Audience: Parents, educators, students, everyone

Relevance: As educators, we need to lead the way in helping our students to make choices apart from our society's media driven public pedagogy.

https://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_bell_bring_on_the_female_superheroes