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Future Voters Project: Best Practices for High School Voter Registration Drives

Teacher of color guiding student of color over their shoulder in a classroom setting.

Getting ready to lead a voter registration drive at your school? Here are five tips for getting started.

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.

January 21, 2020

Topic

Rights & Activism

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!

January 21, 2020

Topic

Rights & Activism

Future Voters Project: Additional Resources

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

January 21, 2020

Topic

Rights & Activism

What We’re Reading This Week: January 17, 2020

A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.

January 17, 2020

Teach This: Politics and History Textbooks

A stack of textbooks—viewed from the side—in varying conditions of use, from good to worn out.

A recent New York Times article compares history textbooks to show the radical differences between California and Texas editions. It’s a great opportunity to encourage your students to think about the role politics plays in curriculum.

January 14, 2020

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Immigration Gender & Sexual Identity

Teaching About King’s Radical Approach to Social Justice

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While Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches and work are 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.

January 13, 2020

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Class Rights & Activism

What We’re Reading This Week: January 10, 2020

A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.

January 10, 2020

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