Mix It Up at Lunch Day-10/31/17

Mix It Up at Lunch Day is an international campaign that encourages students to identify, question and cross social boundaries. While schools can register to host a Mix It Up event on any day of the year, millions of students around the world participate on the official Mix It Up at Lunch Day, held on the last Tuesday of each October. It’s October 31st this year! 


Students consistently identify the cafeteria as a place in their school where divisions are clearly—and harshly—drawn. So we ask students to move out of their comfort zones and connect with someone new over lunch. It’s a simple act with profound implications that we encourage educators to include in year-round efforts to promote healthy, welcoming school environments. Studies have shown that interactions across group lines can help reduce prejudice. When students interact with those who are different from them, biases and misperceptions can fall away.

https://www.tolerance.org/mix-it-up

And a few books to read about lunch, and school and cafeterias!:

Arnold, Tedd.

Super Fly Guy / Tedd Arnold.

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Krosoczka, Jarrett.

Lunch Lady and the bake sale bandit

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Krosoczka, Jarrett.

Lunch lady and the cyborg substitute

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Krosoczka, Jarrett.

Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians

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Krosoczka, Jarrett.

Lunch Lady and the author visit vendetta

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Krosoczka, Jarrett

Lunch Lady and the schoolwide scuffle

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Prelutsky, Jack.

What a day it was at school!: poems

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Two new documentaries on American high schools

Watch Preview on PBS. See more from 180 Days.

180 Days: A Year Inside an American High School premieres Monday, March 25, 2013 on PBS stations. Following the day-to-day stories of students, parents, teachers and staff at the Washington Metropolitan High School (also known as DC Met), 180 Days: Inside An American High School, is an intimate portrait of a public school that attempts to make a difference in the lives of students each and every day.



A Tale of Two Schools: Race and Education on Long Island. ERASE Racism’s documentary, A TALE OF TWO SCHOOLS: Race and Education on Long Island, follows David and Owen, two African American teenagers during their senior year of high school. Even though the students have a lot in common, they go to very different schools. A TALE OF TWO SCHOOLS spotlights these differences and the results of educational disparities. The film also focuses on the benefits that diversity provides for all students.
See http://www.eraseracismny.org/our-work/education/a-tale-of-two-schools-race-and-education-on-long-island

Both documentaries give interesting perspectives on American education today.

MIX IT Up at Lunch Day- Nov. 10, 2009

Teaching tolerance a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center is sponsoring

Mix It Up at Lunch Day

in K-12 schools

November 10, 2009

The event is a simple call to action: take a new seat in the cafeteria. By making the move, students can cross the invisible lines of school division, meet new people and make new friends.
Mix it Up at Lunch Day helps students become more comfortable interacting with different kinds of people.

For information go to:

http://www.tolerance.org/mix-it-up

Organization Tips for Teachers

http://www.tolerance.org/mix-it-up/lunch-day

and

Lessons and Activities are also available

http://www.tolerance.org/mix-it-up/activity

Schools can register to participate:

http://www.tolerance.org/mix-it-up/add/school