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Worried About a Friend? Use Your E.D.G.E.
Students don’t always know how to help someone they care about who might be experiencing bullying, suicidal thoughts or other problems. This can help.
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Writing the Powerless Out of History
In a recent discussion about a history reading, I asked students if they understood the need to think critically about what we read, even if the reading is labeled “historical.”
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Yaki's Mural
In this Story Corner from Teaching Tolerance Magazine, Yaki is nervous about making friends at her new school but finds a way to share her culture and art with her new class by creating a class mural.
October 8, 2018
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Yaki’s Mural
Yaki struggles to feel at home in her new country and her new school, but her creativity and Mayan culture help to ease the transition.
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Years After Brown, the Battle for Integration Continues
The Brown decision represents a symbol of the country we still seek to become.
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The Yellow Wallpaper
This short story—an important piece in early American feminist literature—sheds light on 19th century attitudes toward women with physical and mental illness. In this excerpt, the speaker details her bedroom, a place where her husband and doctors come to encourage her to health. Her ailment is vague; the emphasis is on what others—all men—think and say.
July 7, 2014
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Yet Do I Marvel
The poem deals with the awesome and awful power of God in relation to the challenging lives of humans and animals.
February 21, 2019
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Y-Factor Leads to a Positive Turnaround
Mr. Franklin changed my son’s life. Alex used to hate school. He angrily questioned and resented every assignment, no matter how easy or fun it seemed. I dreaded the monumental struggle it took just getting him to do his work. Many parents fight this daily battle. Even those of us who are professional educators are not exempt from it. Then came Mr. Franklin.
