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Issue 62, Summer 2019

Toolkit for “Lies My Bookshelf Told Me: Slavery in Children’s Literature”

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Our online Teaching Hard History Text Library includes a wealth of primary and secondary source documents about slavery to share with students of all ages.

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Janice Cohn

Janice Cohn is a psychotherapist and writer. She is the author of The Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate (Whitman, 1995), which recounts the true story of events that took place in Billings, Montana, during the 1993 holiday season. For information about her professional background, visit www.drjanicecohn.com.

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Issue 62, Summer 2019

A Different Kind of Pedagogy

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Process drama, which encourages students to play with inquiry, brings content to life for students. Here’s how it looked in one high school classroom in Ohio.

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Issue 62, Summer 2019

Teaching Stonewall

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Stonewall’s history remains largely forgotten—and unknown among young people. In the cultural imagination, it remains shrouded in myth. But the true Stonewall story can be taught. Here’s how—and why.

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Issue 62, Summer 2019

The Subscribed Classroom: Using Podcasts to Teach About Social Justice

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More and more educators are turning to podcasts to bring new ideas, arguments and voices into their classrooms.

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Issue 62, Summer 2019

Toolkit for “The Subscribed Classroom: Using Podcasts to Teach About Social Justice”

Before you introduce a podcast to your students, consider these steps and recommendations.

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Issue 62, Summer 2019

Designing Their Own Black Future

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How Black students in a predominately white town are using their voices to lift their community.

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Issue 62, Summer 2019

A Message From Our Director

TT Director Maureen Costello is thinking a lot about the power of social media; a significant number of educators are too.

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Issue 62, Summer 2019

Lies My Bookshelf Told Me: Slavery in Children’s Literature

Children’s books are a common way to introduce the topic of slavery to our youngest students. But what do we do when the stories get it wrong?

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Issue 62, Summer 2019

When Schools Cause Trauma

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Trauma-sensitive and trauma-informed schools are spreading around the country. But if they don’t start with how schools themselves can induce trauma, they won’t work.

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