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September 14, 2018

Teach and Model Community Involvement When Disaster Strikes

A resident sits on a cot at an evacuation shelter ahead of Hurricane Florence at the Southeast Raleigh High School in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018.

When natural disasters happen, educators can use their leadership roles outside the classroom to foster collective action and teach students about the value of helping in times of need.

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August 15, 2017

For These New York City Fourth Graders, a Project on Immigration Hits Home

To study immigration with her fourth-grade students, half of whom are from immigrant families, this teacher decided on a class project that went far beyond Ellis Island.

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Immigration

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Issue 37, Spring 2010

Gender Segregation: Separate But Effective?

Illustration of a girl and boy separated by stereotypical interests

Gender-segregated classrooms are on the rise in the U.S. — especially the Southeast — but research regarding their effectiveness remains inconclusive.

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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The Alcatraz Proclamation: Background Sheet

This piece is to accompany The Alcatraz Proclamation: A Primary Document Activity

February 23, 2012

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Issue 47, Summer 2014

Toolkit for Radical!

Learn more about the relevance and diversity of history’s radical teachers.

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January 25, 2016

Recognizing and Addressing Colorism in Schools

This educator and researcher illustrates what colorism looks like in schools—and how to counter it.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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October 8, 2015

Day of the Girl 2015

Here’s how one teacher is engaging her students on Day of the Girl, observed annually on October 11. Try these ideas in your classroom, too.

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Bullying & Bias Gender & Sexual Identity

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Issue 51, Fall 2015

Rewriting History—for the Better

Illustration of a river running through untouched American landscape

More states are including American Indians in their mainstream curricula.

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September 9, 2015

Names Do Matter

The start of the school year is an important time to remember that names have meaning—whether they belong to monuments, mountains or to your own students.

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Rights & Activism

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Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, & Cynthia Wesley

This essay explores the deadly Ku Klux Klan attack on the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. It details where and why the four victims—Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley—were in the basement of the church on that morning, and summarizes the sentiments expressed across the country following their deaths.

Learning for Justice Staff

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9-12

Subject

History

March 2, 2016

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