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Segregation by Design
Our national understanding of segregation is incomplete unless we face the history of residential redlining. Richard Rothstein, author of 'Color of Law,' explains why.
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My Identity
After growing up in foster care, Ashley, a young Native-American Caucasian woman, converts to Islam in hopes of finding structure in a life where it never existed. However, with that decision comes the risk of losing one of the few biological connections she still has.
January 12, 2018
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Deaf Culture: Changes and Challenges
In his essay, Bacon provides some high-level insights into the past of America’s deaf, as well as the current culture and some potential challenges that lie ahead.
May 22, 2017
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Girls’ Attitudes About STEM Careers: Similarities and Differences Among Race/Ethnic Groups
This lesson presents excerpts from a recent Girl Scouts Research Institute study showing girls may be more interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers than previously thought. Students compare and contrast white, African-American and Hispanic girls’ perceptions of STEM fields.
April 6, 2012
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Toolkit for "Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff"
Support and affirm your immigrant students with these resources.
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Nativism and the Know-Nothings
In this essay, the author describes the Nativism movement, capturing the ways in which it dips and surges based on immigration cycles.
June 20, 2016
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What We're Reading
For rural schools, the growing use of technology can create new problems as it solves old ones.
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A Mountain Legacy
Children of Appalachia gain pride in their heritage and history
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Why “Both Sides” of a Story Aren’t Enough
Students are capable of processing complex narratives; we just need to give them the tools.
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Freedom Petition Submitted by Enslaved People to the New Hampshire State Legislature in Portsmouth on Nov. 12, 1779
This petition illustrates how enslaved people used the rhetoric of the American Revolution to point out the colonies’ hypocrisy of demanding freedom and liberty, while themselves having slavery.
January 5, 2018