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Toolkit for A Hand to Hold
As educators, we can never be sure of what we will face in our classrooms. This toolkit will help you and your colleagues think about how to be best prepared for your students’ needs.
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Exploring Texts Through Read Alouds
Anchor Charts
An anchor chart is an artifact of classroom learning. Like an anchor, it holds students' and teachers' thoughts, ideas and processes in place. Anchor charts can be displayed as reminders of prior learning and built upon over multiple lessons.
July 13, 2014
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Exploring Texts Through Read Alouds
Liberation Literature and Counter-narratives
This strategy exposes students to literature that places out-group identities at the center of the curriculum.
July 13, 2014
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Imagining the Lives of Others
Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello talks empathy as a means to move forward.
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Informational
U.S. Constitution: Articles I, II, IV, V
These sections illustrate the ways in which the U.S. Constitution provided indirect protection of slavery.
January 5, 2018
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Good Morning, Carrie/ Williams and Walker (1901)
The text is about blackface and music by black artists in the early 20th century.
December 14, 2017
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Letter to Reverend Samson Occum (1774)
Wheatley’s letter explains her reasoning for emancipation using the rhetoric of the American Revolution and Biblical references.
January 5, 2018
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Addressing the Department of Justice's "Religious Liberty" Task Force
A 2018 Department of Justice initiative threatens to strip LGBTQ students of agency, physical safety and emotional development. These resources provide educators with tools—and courage—to stand up for LGBTQ students through their policies, their actions and the lessons they teach.
- The Religious Liberty Task Force Is More Sword Than Shield
- TT’s NEW LGBTQ Best Practices Guide
- Toolkit for "Religion versus Equality?"
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2020
Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a holiday still observed as Columbus Day in many states. On this day—and year-round—we hope you’ll commit to teaching the truth about Indigenous history and the experiences of Indigenous peoples. These resources can help.
- With and About: Inviting Contemporary American Indian Peoples Into the Classroom
- Teaching the Hard History of Indigenous Slavery
- Q&A: Native Knowledge 360°
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