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No Promised Land

“When Mormons settled in Missouri in the 1830s, local residents found Mormon beliefs and practices not simply strange, but wrong. … The Mormons, the Missouri governor declared, must be removed—if not by expulsion, then by extermination.”

Jim Carnes

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Religion Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

May 22, 2017

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Street Justice

The distrust between the Jewish community and African-American community in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in the 1990s reached an all-time high when a runaway car struck two children.

Jim Carnes

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Religion Immigration

Subject

History

May 22, 2017

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What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

“What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” was a speech given by abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass on July 5, 1852, in Rochester, N.Y., at an event commemorating American independence.

Frederick Douglass

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

July 3, 2014

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Slavery a Positive Good

A speech given by Senator John C. Calhoun in which he argues in favor of slavery, saying that it benefits enslaved people, enslavers and the United States as a whole.

John C. Calhoun

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

February 20, 2018

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Issue 64, Spring 2020

Digging Deep Into the Social Justice Standards: Justice

Help students recognize both justice and injustice so they can celebrate justice and also call out injustice when they see it.

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Issue 29, Spring 2006

Totally James

James Howe, author of The Misfits and Totally Joe, discusses tolerance, diversity and the parallels between his own life and his literature.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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The Selling of Joseph: A Memorial

In this text, Judge Samuel Sewall of Massachusetts Bay refuted four arguments supporting slavery, utilizing the Bible in his religious argument against enslavement of Africans.

Samuel Sewall

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

December 15, 2017

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April 12, 2018

Youth—United! #Enough in Marshall County, Kentucky

#MarshallStrong Protest | Marshall County, Kentucky | Ryan Hermens/Associated Press

We reached out to students around the country working to keep their schools safe from gun violence. Mary Cox is a senior at Marshall County High School, where two students were killed in a school shooting in January 2018.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 3, Fall 2022

Decarceration Begins With School Discipline Reform

Photo illustration of child and adult holding hands.

Educators have a role in ending discipline that criminalizes youth. Reforms, including trauma-informed and restorative practices, can disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 6, Fall 2024

The Heart of Facilitation in Restorative Justice

Illustration of a group of children putting together a pieces to form an image.

Inclusivity, understanding of power dynamics and cultural sensitivity are the heart of facilitation for effective restorative justice practices.

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