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Latinos and the Fourteenth Amendment: A Primary Document Activity

In this lesson, students will work in pairs and use expert reading strategies to analyze the Court’s ruling in Hernandez v. Texas. After participating in a carousel discussion, students will write a three-minute paper describing how the United States would be different if the Court had reached an alternate conclusion.
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
Subject
Reading & Language Arts
Social Studies
Civics
ELL / ESL
Social Justice Domain
Justice
September 14, 2009
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STEM by the Numbers

In this lesson, students use data to analyze the participation of white, black, Asian and Hispanic men and women in STEM careers as compared with their participation in the general workforce. They then discuss the possible reasons identity groups are unequally represented in STEM careers.
Grade Level
3-5
Topic
Gender & Sexual Identity
Subject
Reading & Language Arts
Social Studies
Math & Technology
Science & Health
Social Justice Domain
Justice
April 19, 2016
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Sean McCollum

Sean McCollum covers education- and justice-related topics for Teaching Tolerance, the Kennedy Center's ArtsEdge program, and other organizations. He is also an award-winning children's writer and has published more than 30 books and many articles for children, tweens and teens. He lives all over the world as a "digital nomad."
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Joe Hansen

Joe Hansen is a freelance writer based in Portland, OR, where he lives with his partner and their spoiled yellow Lab, Charlie. He holds an M.S. in journalism from the University of Oregon and has been a writer, editor and newsroom jack-of-all-trades for newspapers, magazines and web publications since 2005.
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The Mystery of the Adolescent Brain

March 10-14 is Brain Awareness Week. Take a moment to learn more about how brain awareness can actually change your students’ attitudes about their own brains—and even help them be more successful in school.