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ERIC Number: ED661925
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Sep
Pages: 219
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Youth Hate Crimes and Identity-Based Bullying Prevention Curriculum. Preventing Youth Hate Crimes and Bullying. NCJ 305829
Lorraine Tiven
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
This curriculum is part of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's (OJJDP's) initiative to prevent youth hate crimes and identity-based bullying and was designed to build protective factors in youth, change the attitude and behavior of young people who commit hate crime offenses, and help individuals working with these youth to better understand the potential of advanced communications technologies to break down cultural barriers and address bias. The curriculum contains 10 units that provide an interactive learning process that educates young people about bias, prejudice, and hate and provides them with the information, awareness, skill development, and motivation to be active participants in combating prejudice and hate in their schools and communities, both online and offline. The overall theme of this curriculum is the development of respectful communities, whether they be in the schools, place-based youth-serving organizations, neighborhoods, towns or cities, online communities, and the world in general. In a time when hate crimes are on the rise, hateful rhetoric echoes across social media, school and mass shootings are increasing, and there is untenable divisiveness among people, the daily challenges facing youth can feel daunting. Opportunities for them to discuss their feelings and develop both the skills and motivation to create positive change are too rare. For this reason, OJJDP has invested resources in developing this curriculum and making it available for middle and high school-age youth to ask them to imagine what a respectful community might look like and ends with actions they can take to mobilize their skills, influence peers, and create positive, sustainable change for good as they work, both individually and collectively, to create more respectful communities where they live and in the world.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. 810 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 20531. Tel: 202-307-5911; Web site: http://www.ojjdp.gov
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools
Audience: Teachers; Administrators
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: US Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
Grant or Contract Numbers: GS00F010CA