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What is a Family?
This lesson provides a framework that will help students talk about their own and others’ families in safe, caring ways.
July 10, 2017
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Sacred Spaces and the Work of Social Justice Educators
The Civil Rights Memorial sits near TT's office. As we celebrate the birthday of its designer, Maya Lin, a TT staffer reflects on this space and its connection to the work educators do every day.
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What We’re Reading This Week: November 8, 2019
A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.
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In Plain Sight: Special Education Outcomes and Challenges in Mississippi
[2024] This report provides an in-depth assessment of the challenges and inequities in the special education system and how they adversely affect the educational rights of disabled children in Mississippi.
October 18, 2024
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Informational
Dedication to “The Barbarism of Slavery” Speech
The introduction to Senator Charles Sumner’s famous anti-slavery speech, summarizing the speech’s arguments and making the case against slavery.
December 13, 2017
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A Student’s Take on Sugar-coated History
This Black Alabama teen and her family had to fill the gaps in her education at home. Here’s her advice to teachers.
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How Fair Use Works
This lesson focuses on copyright and fair use. Students will discuss these concepts and then complete a project demonstrating what they learned.
October 3, 2017
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Preparing to Teach 'The New Jim Crow'
Teaching 'The New Jim Crow' Preparing to Teach 'The New Jim Crow' In The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander introduces readers to the phenomenon of mass incarceration in the
July 6, 2017
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Curriculum and Instruction
The topics and strategies in this section provide tools to help educators build students’ understanding of justice and develop skills to take action and participate in a diverse democracy.
May 23, 2023
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Injustice on Our Plates
Our food supply depends on immigrant labor. Seven new Teaching Tolerance lessons bring this important message into the classroom.