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March 22, 2019

Land of Freedom: Civil Rights Movement in East Alabama

Several older students in discussion with each other, gathered around two tables with open books on them.

In this high-school, classroom-level grant, students researched the history of the fight for civil rights in their region and shared their findings with their community.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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October 31, 2018

“I See New York City as a Classroom”

Grantee spotlight with Abby MacPhail in New York City.

TT Educator Grants support social justice work at the classroom, school and district levels. School Programs Coordinator Jey Ehrenhalt spoke with Abby MacPhail about her project training students to become photojournalists of housing injustice in New York City.

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Class Rights & Activism

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Literature

Autographs for Freedom

An anti-slavery poem by Harriet Beecher Stowe from 1852.

“Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Thirty-five other Eminent Writers.”

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

December 13, 2017

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Informational

The American Slave Code in Theory and Practice (1853)

This argument from William Goodell underscores the moral and legal precedents used to break up families for commodification.

William Goodell

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

Civics

History

December 14, 2017

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Multimedia

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

This performance of Swing Low Sweet Chariot is part of Nashville Public Television (NPT) and the Renaissance Center's presentation "Tennessee Civil War 150" a series of documentaries delving into life in Tennessee during the Civil War.

The Fisk Jubilee Singers

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

December 14, 2017

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Informational

A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa

In this text, Venture Smith recounted his experiences as an enslaved person in New England, including his work to pay his enslaver for his freedom in the mid-18th century.

Venture Smith

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

December 15, 2017

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Informational

Thanksgiving Sermon

This is a sermon by Benjamin Morgan Palmer that argues for the preservation of slavery. It gives students a close look at the religious arguments made for the institution of slavery.

Benjamin Morgan Palmer

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

December 15, 2017

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The Color of Law: Creating Racially Segregated Communities

This lesson is the first lesson of the series The Color of Law: The Role of Government in Shaping Racial Inequity. In this lesson, students examine the local, state and federal policies that supported racially discriminatory practices and cultivated racially segregated housing.

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

History

Economics

October 9, 2019

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The Color of Law: Winners and Losers in the Job Market

This lesson is the second lesson of the series The Color of Law: The Role of Government in Shaping Racial Inequity. In this lesson, students examine how government policies helped white people access economic benefits while preventing African Americans from accessing these same benefits.

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

History

Economics

October 10, 2019

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The Color of Law: Developing the White Middle Class

This lesson is the third and final lesson of the series The Color of Law: The Role of Government in Shaping Racial Inequity. In this lesson, students examine policies that supported and cultivated the creation of the white middle class and the practices that excluded black and nonwhite people from economic development.

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

History

Economics

October 10, 2019

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