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June 16, 2011

Browder v. Gayle: The Women Before Rosa Parks

It is Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955. An African American woman boards a city bus downtown. She sits down in the first available seat. When white passengers begin boarding, the bus driver orders her to get up and surrender

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December 17, 2014

Working for the Common Good

One way to encourage young people to be concerned about the common good is to teach them about “the commons.”

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August 11, 2014

'American Sabor': A Bilingual, Multicultural Literacy Unit

A middle school teacher shares her innovative approach to using a bilingual multicultural resource.

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Race & Ethnicity Immigration

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Issue 47, Summer 2014

Take It Outside

Nature learning is formative in early childhood, and it can happen in even the most urban settings.

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February 24, 2014

Town Hall Meetings Empower Youth

Providing a forum for candid communication helps young people believe their voices are worth hearing.

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March 13, 2014

The Mystery of the Adolescent Brain

March 10-14 is Brain Awareness Week. Take a moment to learn more about how brain awareness can actually change your students’ attitudes about their own brains—and even help them be more successful in school.

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December 17, 2015

Connecting With Students Through Dialogue

After learning an important lesson about student engagement as a classroom teacher, this teacher educator passed it on to her pre-service teachers: Focus on connecting with students versus trying to control them.

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April 17, 2017

Teach Identity and Diversity—Even in Science Class

As Earth Day approaches, it’s a good time to think about how you approach issues of identity and diversity when it comes to the environment—regardless of the subject you teach. Here’s how one science teacher did it.

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Discovering My Identity

In this lesson, students will describe aspects of their identities such as race, gender, ability, religion and more. Then after exploring Marley Dias' Black Girls Books campaign, students will analyze book illustrations and write their own book review noting how characters are similar and different from them.

Grade Level

3-5

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Ability Bullying & Bias

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Reading & Language Arts

October 6, 2016

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Literature

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key

The novel's main character, Joey, is introduced in this excerpt. Joey is full of spunk, but he also has trouble focusing and controlling all of his urges—which sometimes leads him to make bad choices.

Jack Gantos

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3-5 6-8

Topic

Ability

July 5, 2014

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