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Is “Queer” OK To Say? Here’s Why We Use It
Queer: pejorative or reappropriated term? Yes and yes. But after members of our community questioned our use of the word, we want to explain.
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What We’re Reading This Week: February 8, 2019
A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.
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Teach-In for Freedom Call to Action
On Sunday, February 17, educators and immigrant rights advocates, organized by Teachers Against Child Detention, are hosting a Teach-In for Freedom in El Paso, Texas. Use this edition of The Moment to learn about how you can support their work to end child immigrant detention—and how to include your students in these efforts from your own school or classroom.
- Call to Action: All Children Deserve to Be Free
- Teachers Against Child Detention: “We’re Not Gonna Stop”
- Teachers Against Child Detention Book and Letter Drive
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Call to Action: All Children Deserve to Be Free
Guided by the belief that all children deserve to be free and to be in school, the organizers of Teachers Against Child Detention are calling upon fellow educators to demand the end of child immigrant detention.
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Teachers Against Child Detention: “We’re Not Gonna Stop”
Teacher of the Year Mandy Manning talks with TT about the movement to end child detention, the upcoming Teach-In for Freedom and a Call to Action she hopes all educators will hear.
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Teachers Against Child Detention Book and Letter Drive
Estimated Time One week Why? Sharing a book they love helps students develop empathy. Articulating why the book is meaningful to them challenges students to communicate their thoughts and feelings in writing
February 6, 2019
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Beyond the Little Rock Nine
Help students connect history to the present by including lesser-known events and milestones when you teach the history of school integration.
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The Day of Mass Removal: Kara Kondo
Kara Kondo: I can always picture [the scene]. The sun was setting and the crowd was gathering where the people — some of your friends — and there were hundreds of people there. Some were there to say goodbye, others came
February 5, 2019
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Making the Decision to Resist the Draft: Frank Yamasaki
“While in the Mindoka concentration camp, Idaho, during World War II, Frank Yamasaki refused his draft order. As a result, he was imprisoned at the McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington.”
February 5, 2019
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Japanese American Responses to Incarceration
This video clip addresses reactions from Japanese Americans to the 8 p.m. curfew, forced imprisonment in internment camps, and creation of the 422nd Regimental Combat Team.
February 5, 2019