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Centering Student Experiences

When asking students to explore issues of personal and social identity, teachers must help establish braver spaces where students are seen, valued, cared for, respected, and have opportunities to learn from one another’s experiences and perspectives.

May 26, 2023

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Issue 39, Spring 2011

What We're Reading

The Teaching Tolerance staff reviews the latest in culturally aware literature and resources, offering the best picks for professional development and teachers of all grade levels.

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Informational

A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw

In this text, we learn about James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, who obtained his freedom only for a creditor to threaten him with enslavement. The text describes his experience working off his debt by privateering in the Caribbean while he expressed his dream to relocate to London, England.

James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

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History

December 15, 2017

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Issue 50, Summer 2015

Toolkit for Making Space

This toolkit describes how affinity groups help marginalized students to be seen and heard, and provides step-by-step recommendations on how to launch an affinity group—or revamp one that already exists—at your school.

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Issue 58, Spring 2018

From Grove City to Woodbrook: Lisa Molinaro’s Epiphany

Principal Lisa Molinaro | They Were Ready | TT58 | Teaching Tolerance

Lisa Molinaro began her career in education as a 20-year-old at the all-boys George Junior Republic juvenile delinquent center in Grove City, Pennsylvania. Her students were primarily young black males between the ages

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'Why Did That Girl Say That to Me?'

Personal Story: Ages 6-12

July 29, 2009

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Supreme Court Re-Examines 1965 Voting Rights Act Transcript

This piece is to accompany African Americans Face and Fight Obstacles to Voting. Watch the video here.

November 4, 2011

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Issue 43, Spring 2013

Move to the Music

Teaching Tolerance illustration of multicultural children faces inside colorful drops surrounded by instruments and music

Protest Songs in the Classroom

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Freedom Riders

The freedom riders, black and white, joined together to effect change. Traveling across the South while enduring ridicule and pain, they helped ensure that doors were open to all people, regardless of skin color.

Rhonda Brownstein

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

July 5, 2014

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Issue 5, Fall 2023

Paving the Way to a Vibrant Multiracial Democracy

Civics education that tells an honest story about race in our nation is essential for a strong, inclusive democracy.

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