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The Dis-United States. Or the Southern Confederacy.

This is a political cartoon satirizing the secession of South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Louisiana in an attempt to show the disunity of the new Confederacy.

Currier and Ives, New York

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

December 15, 2017

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Atlanta Compromise 1895

Regarded as one of the most important speeches in American history, it was delivered by Booker T. Washington as a plea for racial cooperation in the South during a time of deep racial prejudice.

Booker T. Washington

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Class

Subject

Civics

History

Geography

July 16, 2018

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Issue 52, Spring 2016

Toolkit for "Segregation Forever?"

This toolkit for “Segregation Forever?” provides an activity for students to use statistics and written analysis to express complex ideas about history.

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Issue 2, Spring 2022

Rural Schools and Hard History

Paper cutout art of a school building and trees.

The rich history and diversity of rural communities have largely been erased. Appreciating both charts a promising path forward.

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October 1, 2013

Teaching Septima Clark

Freedom’s Teacher offers opportunities to share a lesser-known story about a pioneering educator.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Informational

Nashville Convention Speech (1850)

In this excerpt, Robert Rhett addresses the consequences of southern states not seceding. In the speech he touches on the topics of emancipation, northern rule and westward expansion.

Robert Rhett

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

December 15, 2017

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Lisa Glenn graduated from Birmingham-Southern College with a degree in Psychology. While at college, she participated heavily in BSC's service-learning initiatives through service-learning coursework, local service activities, and month-long service trips. Lisa was awarded a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship to study in South Africa, where she taught 7th–9th grade technology and also earned a B.Ed. Honours degree in Human Rights Education at University of the Witwatersrand. After returning from South Africa, Lisa left her home in the South and moved West, where she taught 6th grade in Phoenix

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Issue 47, Summer 2014

Raising Inequity

Teaching Tolerance illustration of supporters carrying a school bus

Fundraising has become standard for most schools—but an education system that relies on private donations will never be equitable.

Topic

Class

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Issue 25, Spring 2004

True Blue

Teaching Tolerance illustration with a young girl sitting under a tree holding her knees

An American educator brings her anti-bullying program to South African schools.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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An Abolition Traitor

A Democratic laborer comments on the problem of abolitionism in the North as well as the South, claiming that the emancipation of enslaved people will result in the damaging of white labor rights and opportunities.

Democratic Workingman (Anonymous)

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

December 15, 2017

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