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Let Día de los Muertos Stand on Its Own

This holiday, which is distinctly different from Halloween, presents a wonderful opportunity to foster empathy among students.
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Teaching the Historical Context of January 6

As the political fallout from the January 6 U.S. Capitol riot unfolds, it’s critical that educators help students contextualize white supremacist movements of the past and present.
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Why Does the Buddha Have Long Ears?
A North Carolina museum educator invites students to explore religious diversity through art.
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Carol Anderson on Voter Suppression: A Q&A with the Author of ‘One Person, No Vote’

Professor and author Carol Anderson explains how voter suppression remains alive and well—and how it’s hurting us all.
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What's in a Mascot?
A 9th-grade English unit helps students analyze legacy behind Native American mascots.
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Critical Equations
This piece is a resource for the Teaching Tolerance article Making Numbers Count.A Rhode Island math teacher offers a new model for analyzing social issues.
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What To Do About the Civil War?
The Teaching Tolerance team had a confab earlier this week to plan ahead. Looking at a 2011 calendar, Sean Price, Teaching Tolerance’s managing editor, reminded me that the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War was fast approaching. Did we want to do something? My first response? Frankly, no. As a former U.S. history teacher, I suspected that the next four years will present an unending opportunity mainly for military history buffs to strut their stuff. We would, I suggested to Sean, better serve teachers by focusing on the themes that spoke to racial justice.