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Summer Moments of 2018
If you didn't have a chance to stay current on The Moment this summer, don't worry—we've gathered every edition together in one place!
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Suspension Reform Keeps Students in School
Schools across the country can reduce the number of suspensions and learn from a recent legal settlement in Mobile, Ala.
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Celebrate Juneteenth With a Commitment to Disrupt the Continuum of Hard History
Learning for Justice is relaunching the Teaching Hard History podcast series with host Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Ph.D., to resist current efforts to erase and alter our nation’s history. As we celebrate Juneteenth, we uplift liberation and Black joy and culture. And we commit to learning and teaching the hard history that is foundational to the United States and the ongoing movement for freedom and equality.
- Teaching Hard History Podcast Series
- Slavery and the Civil War, Part 1
- Teaching Hard History: American Slavery |Key Concepts Videos
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Tech Links Build Better Global Citizens
Thanks to technology, the world is virtually at our fingertips. Global awareness has new meaning for the teachers. According to the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, our students need to go beyond understanding global issues and be able to learn from and work with “individuals representing diverse cultures, religions and lifestyles in a spirit of mutual respect and open dialogue in personal, work and community contexts.” Using the “new and improved” nonfiction books on the market today is one way to get our students to this understanding.
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Culture: A View of the Self
My ninth-grade Spanish students resisted my assignment to write about their cultures. “My family doesn’t have any cultural traditions,” one said. “My culture is that I’m just normal,” added another. “I don’t have a culture,” said another.
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The Dynamic
“I discovered that the more I speak up, the more I hear [my students] speaking up, too.”
July 30, 2012
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Recognizing Greatness in A First-Grader
There is a wonderful scene in Harper Lee's novel To Kill A Mockingbird where the all-white jury has returned an unjust verdict against Tom Robinson. Atticus begins to wearily walk out of the courthouse. Jem and Scout are in the balcony with the black folks of the county. They all rise as Atticus walks out—except the children—so the Rev. Sykes says to Scout, “Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father’s passin’.”
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Learning from the Civil Rights Movement: The 1963 March on Washington
This critical election year, remember that the right to vote was achieved through the struggles, risks and sacrifices of ordinary people. Learn from our history, vote and help to mobilize others in your community.
- The 1963 March on Washington
- Learning from the Civil Rights Movement
- The Civil Rights Movement: 10 Key Concepts
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Early Deliberations
A developmental psychologist investigates how children think about fairness and exclusion.
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Preparing to Teach 'The New Jim Crow'
Teaching 'The New Jim Crow' Preparing to Teach 'The New Jim Crow' In The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander introduces readers to the phenomenon of mass incarceration in the
July 6, 2017