Here are some additional ways that you can create more inclusive schools...

• Conduct an essay contest on respect and tolerance. Have the winning essay read at an event or during morning announcements.
• Reach out to the unreached. Challenge all students to get to know at least one student they do not know.
• Kick off the week by talking about the impact of bullying. Guide students to the Stop Bullying Now! Campaign website for webisodes, games, surveys, and more!
• Demonstrate how respect and tolerance are fundamental aspects of our life as a democratic society using lessons developed by the Constitutional Rights Foundation-Chicago
• Have a class discussion/role play on the importance of showing respect.
• Use teambuilding activities that emphasize sharing and group participation.
• Identify examples of respect and lack of respect for others in history and literature.
• Assign research papers on different cultures and how they show respect to one another.
• Hold a "Culture Celebration Day" where dress, activities and decorations reflect different cultures from around the world.
• Have students pair up with a student from a different culture and allow them to "shadow" each other for a day to see what it is like to walk in someone else's shoes.
• Review the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and discuss how your school and community support these rights.
• Create a quilt of diversity using pieces of fabric that represent each student's cultural heritage.