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What We’re Reading This Week: May 10, 2019
A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.
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Portfolio Activities for “Healing Touch: Susie King Taylor—Civil War Teacher and Nurse”
Grades: 4-8 Subjects: Social Studies, Reading and Language Arts, ELL/ESL Categories: Race and ethnicity; History Story Corner is a student-directed feature in Teaching Tolerance magazine. In the current issue, we tell
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“We Lived in a Bubble”
Elizabeth MacQueen is the sculptor of Four Spirits, a monument built to memorialize the four girls killed in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. In her memoir, she discusses how the project revealed to her how sheltered she had been as a child growing up in Birmingham.
November 18, 2014
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Alabama Literacy Test (c. 1965)
A literacy test from Alabama (c. 1965) asks complex questions about civics to suppress voter registration and demonstrates the range of questions available to officials.
July 7, 2022
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Teaching Social Justice in Elementary Music Class
With 40 minutes—or fewer—to spend with students each week, this elementary music teacher struggled to teach meaningful content. Then she began asking herself, "Who do I want my students to be when they leave my classroom?"
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Keep It Academic
The study of religion must serve academic purposes. Many schools approach the subject in self-contained religion courses, while others integrate the study of religion throughout coursework. Below are models and resources.
July 16, 2009
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Domestic Tranquility
The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on the lessons of Sept. 11.
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Then and Now
Will the Supreme Court outlaw purposeful integration of our schools?
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The Ground on Which I Stand
Playwright August Wilson delivered this speech on June 26, 1996, at the 11th biennial Theatre Communications Group national conference at Princeton University.
June 22, 2022