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Telling the Story of Privilege
The new issue of Teaching Tolerance is packed with advice for teaching this tough subject.
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An Open Letter to Publishers
Our history is sometimes painful; focusing on the “best version” of that history to make it more palatable to young readers denies them the education they deserve.
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Teach This: When Is a Repeal Really a Repeal?
Today, the North Carolina legislature debates what’s being called a repeal of the controversial “bathroom bill.” But is it really a repeal? Explore this question with your students.
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Bomb Threats: “Why Is This Happening to Us?”
Teaching Tolerance’s director reflects on what to tell children about the most recent wave of bomb threats against Jewish spaces.
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Readers' Theater
During a readers’ theater, two or more students dramatize a text by reading expressively.
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Educators and Their #Community: Finding Solidarity on Social Media
How social justice educators are using social media to find support, a platform and PD.
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Reflections of a ‘Teacher of the Year’
The greatest achievement for this Teacher of the Year is the daily practice of empathy.
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What We're Reading
For rural schools, the growing use of technology can create new problems as it solves old ones.
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Against the Grain
This piece is to accompany James Loewen's feature story " Getting the Civil War Right." Recently I spent two years at the Smithsonian Institution surveying 12 popular American history textbooks, learning how teachers use
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Holding on to the Past is Holding on to Hope
Stories from the past, like those of Freedom Summer, serve to remind us that change happens when everyday people create it.