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December 10, 2019

How Did Sugar Feed Slavery?

1858 engraving of enslaved people working in the sugar cane fields of the British West Indes, Lordprice Collection/Alamy Stock Photo.

In this inquiry, middle-school students explore the economic and human consequences of European sugar consumption during the era of the transatlantic slave trade.

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Slavery

January 4, 2021

What Educators Can Do in 100 Days

At the start of a new administration, we can all recommit to working for equity in schools. Members of the Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board suggest some ways to get started.

January 2, 2018

Toolkit for "States' Rights and 'Historical Malpractice'"

This professional development activity encourages educators to use primary source documents as a tool to counter common myths about the Confederacy and to discuss with students how we remember (or misremember) history.

January 2, 2018

Toolkit for "Statistically Speaking"

Is teacher bullying an issue at your school? This toolkit offers practical suggestions for how to identify the problem and what to do about it.

January 2, 2018

Toolkit for "A Remote Control for Learning"

In "A Remote Control for Learning," Gene Luen Yang explains how students with different learning styles can benefit when instruction includes graphic novels and comics. Use this classroom activity to see how comics can

January 2, 2018

Toolkit for "We Were Ready"

When hate came to Charlottesville, the district leaders at Albemarle County Public Schools were ready. Follow their blueprint, and learn how to inoculate your school or district against hate.

January 2, 2018

Toolkit for "Celebrate Maya Angelou!"

Explore Maya Angelou’s life and legacy by creating a customized Learning Plan that gives your students the opportunity to closely read her work and engage with her words through a social justice lens.

January 2, 2018

Toolkit for "Teaching Hard History"

"Can Words Lead to War?" is an Inquiry Design Model (IDM), one of six sample IDMs that accompany the Teaching Hard History project. This inquiry provides students with an opportunity to explore how words affect public opinion through an examination of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel 'Uncle Tom’s Cabin.'

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