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Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day All Year Long

Indigenous Peoples’ Day is October 11, 2021. We encourage you to uplift contemporary Indigenous cultures and histories by incorporating resources written by and about Indigenous peoples into your curriculum. In these LFJ resources, learn various ways to do this in your classroom—all year long.

  • Indigenous Peoples' History
  • Decolonizing the Classroom: Teaching With Indigenous Comics
  • With and About: Inviting Contemporary American Indian Peoples Into the Classroom
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Indigenous Peoples' Day 2019

Indigenous Peoples’ Day—still observed as Columbus Day on the federal level—is October 14. These resources can help you celebrate the histories and cultures of Indigenous peoples and Native nations. We hope you’ll make space in your classroom for these important lessons this Monday and throughout the year.

  • With and About: Inviting Contemporary American Indian Peoples Into the Classroom
  • Why Do We (Still) Celebrate Columbus Day?
  • I Am the Blood of the Conqueror; I Am the Blood of the Conquered
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A Playlist for the Movement

Episode 3, Season 3 Music chronicles the history of the civil rights struggle: The events, tactics and emotions of the movement are documented in songs of the era. From The Freedom Singers to Sam Cooke, historian Charles
September 3, 2020
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Amanda Najib Ibrahim

Amanda Najib Ibrahim is an anti-racist, progressive educator and public speaker focused on advancing underserved communities. Amanda is a Palestinian American who grew up in Northern New Jersey and is currently based in the Midwest. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University and a master’s degree from Columbia University. Prior to attending Columbia University, Amanda spent years teaching abroad, where she served various refugee populations throughout the Middle East, including Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, Syrian refugees in Southern Turkey and displaced Palestinian refugees in
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Presenting the Spring 2018 issue of Teaching Tolerance Magazine

The Spring issue of Teaching Tolerance magazine is here! This edition of The Moment features our cover story, which offers a preview of our newest initiative, Teaching Hard History: American Slavery. It also features stories on culturally responsive school gardens and the results of a national survey on teacher bullying of students.

  • Teaching Hard History
  • Statistically Speaking
  • Liberated Roots
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Slavery and the Civil War, Part 1

What really caused the Civil War? This episode, with Bethany Jay, Ph.D., examines the complex role that slavery played in causing the Civil War and outlines ways to teach this history and clarify our understanding of the Confederacy.
July 8, 2019
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Stonewall at 50

June 28th marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, when a diverse group of LGBTQ people fought back against a police raid. These resources can help you understand where this event fits on the timeline of LGBTQ history, why it matters and how you can bring the story to your classroom any time of year.

  • Teaching Stonewall
  • Queer America Podcast
  • Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ Students