"Open Minds to Equality" is an educator's sourcebook of activities to help students understand and change inequalities based on: race, gender, class, age, language, sexual orientation, physical/mental ability, and religion. The activities promote respect for diversity and interpersonal equality among students, fostering a classroom that is participatory, cooperative, and democratic. This guide is a resource for teachers, leaders in professional development, and curriculum specialists. Following an introduction, these chapters are contained in this book: (1) Recognizing Roadblocks to Equality; (2) Teaching for Equality; (3) Building Trust and Communication; (4) Developing Skills for Creative Cooperation; (5) Expanding Our Vistas: Our Lives to Others' Lives; (6) New Words: New Perspectives; (7) Discrimination: Prices and Choices; (8) Investigating Your Environment; (9) More Environmental Influences and Their Effects; (10) Things Can Be Different; and (11) We Can Make Changes. A resource section, and an annotated bibliography are also included.