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Brain Game Time!

Game time is being cut in exchange for increased direct instruction time in reading and mathematics. But research shows that games actually nourish the brain—and one teacher uses them daily in her classroom.
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The 1963 March on Washington

Contextualizing the 1963 March on Washington and the complex history of the struggle associated with it is important as we make connections to the ongoing movement for equality and justice.
August 26, 2024
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Appropriate Ways to Teach Kids About Slavery

This week, a photograph of a math assignment asking fifth graders to set prices for enslaved people went viral. Assignments like this are clearly harmful. But students can learn about slavery in ways that recover the lives and histories of enslaved people or dehumanize them; celebrate their resistance or erase their agency; recognize how slavery shaped our nation or ignore it completely. Educators can teach this hard history—and teach it well—in any discipline, to students of almost any age. Here are a few examples of how.

  • How Did Sugar Feed Slavery?
  • Sample Lessons
  • Teaching Hard History: Grades K-5