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An Intersectional Lesson From Reconstruction
The lessons of Reconstruction extend beyond the history classroom.
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The Problem With the “Disney Version of History”
We can celebrate Dr. King and interrupt the idea that our progress toward justice has been continuous and inevitable.
Understanding Implicit Bias Through Photography
In this middle- and high-school, school-level grant, students use photography to understand implicit bias and consider how they see themselves and others.
Land of Freedom: Civil Rights Movement in East Alabama
In this high-school, classroom-level grant, students researched the history of the fight for civil rights in their region and shared their findings with their community.
Existence Is Resistance: Supporting Student-led Social Change
As we encourage students to take action against injustice, what are we doing to support them in this work? An educator offers five practical lessons she’s learned in doing just that.
Another Slavery Simulation: We Can and Must Do Better
A simulation of an auction during a fifth-grade lesson about slavery last week is just the latest illustration of why we need better ways to teach hard history.
One Year After Parkland, A Reminder to Take Pride in Students’ Action
On the anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, we remember the students and educators we've lost and recognize those who have mobilized their grief into action.
Beyond the Little Rock Nine
Help students connect history to the present by including lesser-known events and milestones when you teach the history of school integration.
Teachers Against Child Detention: “We’re Not Gonna Stop”
Teacher of the Year Mandy Manning talks with TT about the movement to end child detention, the upcoming Teach-In for Freedom and a Call to Action she hopes all educators will hear.
Call to Action: All Children Deserve to Be Free
Guided by the belief that all children deserve to be free and to be in school, the organizers of Teachers Against Child Detention are calling upon fellow educators to demand the end of child immigrant detention.