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March 3, 2020

Teach This: America’s Presidential Primaries, Explained

Use this video to introduce your students to the history of presidential primaries and to spark a discussion about the role of primaries today.

Topic

Rights & Activism

February 7, 2020

An Educator Workshop With Black Children at the Center

Group of students and teacher sitting around table having a discussion

An executive director of educational equity explains how her district planned a workshop for Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action—and how you can, too.

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Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

January 30, 2020

Teach This: Native American Appropriation at the Super Bowl

A football player in a uniform with their back to the viewer.

This weekend’s Super Bowl offers an opportunity to talk with students about appropriation and identity.

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Race & Ethnicity Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

January 29, 2020

Black History Month: Teaching the Complete History

Illustration featuring the likenesses of Bayard Rustin, Angela Davis, Sojourner Truth, Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, Frederick Douglass and silhouettes of protesters and activists.

Go beyond trauma and struggle to examine the liberation, civic engagement, creativity and intersecting identities of Black people during Black History Month.

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Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

January 21, 2020

Future Voters Project: Including All Students

Student standing in front of classroom full of fellow students as they present something from a sheet of paper.

These recommendations will help ensure that no student feels excluded or singled out during your school’s voter registration drive.

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Rights & Activism

January 21, 2020

Future Voters Project: Build Your Registration Team

Two students, seated at a table covered in documents, facilitating a registration drive while another student fills out a sheet of paper across from them.

The first step to a successful voter registration drive is assembling the right team. Here’s how you can find the folks you need and get them excited!

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Rights & Activism

January 21, 2020

Future Voters Project: Additional Resources

Person writing notes while looking at computer

Looking for registration forms, state laws or further guidance on planning your voter registration drive? Here are a few of our favorite resources!

Topic

Rights & Activism

January 13, 2020

Teaching About King’s Radical Approach to Social Justice

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | Bettmann/Getty Images

While Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s work is often sugarcoated, it’s important to teach that King championed economic justice and taught Black self-love while also pushing back against neutrality, imperialism and systemic racism.

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Race & Ethnicity Class Rights & Activism

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