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Teaching Hard History: American Slavery | Classroom Videos

Film cover of The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors.

In these short videos, historians and scholars explore the undertaught history of African and Indigenous enslavement in what is now the United States. (Available for streaming only)

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6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

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Social Studies

History

April 22, 2020

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April 20, 2020

District Responses to Coronavirus: Examples to Follow

asian mother talking on phone with daughter on computer

Advocate for students and families during this crisis by using this resource to evaluate your district’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and offer recommendations for changes.

Topic

Ability Class Rights & Activism

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April 8, 2020

Supporting LGBTQ Students During Social Distancing

Student with long hair and purple book bag on.

Experts at The Trevor Project offer recommendations for supporting LGBTQ students through school closures.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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Healthy Reminders During COVID-19 and School Closures

The COVID-19 outbreak and resulting social distancing guidelines affect the way we teach, learn and maintain relationships with our students and one another. These resources include a reminder to check our priorities, tips for making online courses culturally responsive and strategies for speaking up against coronavirus racism.

A Healthy Reminder to Educators During School Closures
Online Teaching Can Be Culturally Responsive
How to Respond to Coronavirus Racism

April 1, 2020

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March 31, 2020

Online Teaching Can Be Culturally Responsive

Amid school closures, online classes can offer new opportunities for culturally responsive teaching. Here’s what one educator is trying with her fifth grade students.

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Dr. Rachael Mahmood

Dr. Rachael Mahmood is a fifth grade teacher in a large school district outside of Chicago. In addition to teaching, she works as an equity ambassador designing and delivering equity workshops throughout her school district as well as in surrounding schools. Dr. Mahmood shares ideas, lessons, and frameworks for culturally responsive teaching with other educators on her YouTube channel and on Twitter. Her doctoral research re-examined parent involvement models to credit the involvement of African American mothers with low incomes. In January 2020, she was featured in the Chicago Tribune

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March 30, 2020

A More Complete Women’s History

Sister Rosetta Tharpe singing in front of a microphone.

Go beyond “famous firsts” and teach about the many ways women show up in the world.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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Supporting Students Through Coronavirus

We’re grateful to the educators continuing to support students and families through the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve developed these resources to support student well-being and learning during school closures, and we will

March 23, 2020

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March 23, 2020

A Trauma-informed Approach to Teaching Through Coronavirus

Empty desks in a classroom with a blackboard in the background.

Experts from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network share their recommendations for educators supporting students during the COVID-19 crisis.

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March 20, 2020

How to Respond to Coronavirus Racism

Young student with back to the viewer wearing a backpack.

As COVID-19 infections increase, so too does racism and xenophobia. Use our “Speak Up” strategies to let people know you’re not OK with racist or xenophobic comments about coronavirus or anything else.

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