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What We’re Reading
The latest in culturally aware literature and resources for teachers of all grades.
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Introducing the Fall 2018 Issue of Teaching Tolerance Magazine
Our Fall issue has something for everyone. Whether you want to take action in support of undocumented students and families, update your understanding of white privilege, learn about a new lynching memorial’s haunting history lesson, or help your students identify as voters from a young age, these stories offer the background you need to get informed and involved in the issues that affect your students’ lives.
- What Is White Privilege, Really?
- A Museum. A Memorial. A Message.
- Closing the Diversity Gap
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Malcolm X Beyond the Mythology
Episode 14, Season 3 Historian Clarence Lang joins us for a conversation about Malcolm X. We discuss his commitment to Black pride and self-determination and his rejection of the white gaze and the myth of American
March 15, 2021
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Premeditation and Resilience: Tulsa, Red Summer and the Great Migration
Episode 7, Season 4 Naming the 1921 Tulsa massacre a “race riot” is inaccurate. Historian David Krugler urges listeners to call this and other violent attacks what they were: premeditated attempts at ethnic cleansing
November 8, 2021
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Democratic Classrooms
Educators possess different philosophies and styles for their teaching. Some work from an authoritarian perspective, leveraging their power as the teacher to control student behavior and dictate classroom participation. Others employ a more democratic approach, sharing power with students and supporting them in managing their own behaviors.
July 6, 2009
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Write to the Source
A Two-Sided Coin
A Two-Sided Coin asks students to demonstrate their explanatory and comparative writing skills.
July 19, 2014
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Teach the Truth of the Tulsa Race Massacre
On May 31, 1921, white supremacist terrorists attacked the Greenwood community in Oklahoma, killing up to 300 Black residents and burning over 1,000 homes. We don’t know the exact number: For too long, the history of this and other acts of racist terror across the United States were intentionally kept quiet. We urge you to teach the truth about Tulsa and other hard histories. These resources can help.
- Remember the Tulsa Race Massacre
- Recovering and Teaching Local History
- Toolkit for “A Museum. A Memorial. A Message.”
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Hate at School: This Viral Video Requires More Than a Conversation
A viral video of Hoover, Alabama, students making racist and anti-Semitic statements shows why educators must use anti-bias practices.
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A Lie Nailed
This Appeal editorial from 1893 refutes the description in the Chicago Herald of conditions experienced by African Americans while traveling on Southern railroads.
June 22, 2022
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“Runaways” and “$200 Reward”
These are two different advertisements describing people who had escaped from slavery. They demonstrate the different treatment and valuation of enslaved people.
December 15, 2017