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March 17, 2021

After Atlanta: Teaching About Asian American Identity and History

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One educator shares the conversation she started with students the day after the 2021 shootings in Atlanta and recommends resources anyone can use to teach about Asian American history and identity.

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Amplify Asian American Identities Beyond a Heritage Month

This edition of The Moment ensures your classroom reflects the diversity of Asian-American students and to help them feel seen year-round.

I Am Asian American
Teachers, Check Your Texts
(In)Visible Identity

August 27, 2018

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Looking at Race and Racial Identity in Children’s Books

This lesson, the second in a series, encourages students to think and talk openly about the concept of beauty, particularly as it overlaps with issues of race and racial identity.

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

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Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

ELL / ESL

September 9, 2011

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October 22, 2018

Policymakers and Lawmakers Want To Erase Trans Identities; Don’t Erase Them in Your School

Small LGBTQ flag sitting in bin with writing utensils.

Efforts to narrowly define gender and deny Title IX rights to transgender and nonbinary students pose a serious threat to student well-being. Here’s how educators can counter them.

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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Issue 50, Summer 2015

Toolkit for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression

“Introducing Gender: Girls, Boys and More!” is a K-2 lesson from Gender Spectrum originally published in The Gender Inclusive School: concrete strategies for creating a safer and more accepting school climate for all students. The lesson offers a set of activities that prompt students to think about what they like (favorite colors, toys, activities) as individual preferences—not due to them being a boy or girl.

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‘Bibi’ Lesson 1: What Makes Us Who We Are?

In this first lesson in a series of three, students will explore how people are comprised of personal and social identities.

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

June 2, 2020

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‘Bibi’ Lesson 1: What Makes Us Who We Are?

In this first lesson in a series of three, students will explore how people are comprised of personal and social identities.

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

June 2, 2020

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Informational

Covering

To cover is to downplay aspects of our identity that make us different from mainstream society. Kenji Yoshino argues that, although we live in an age where the law prohibits many forms of discrimination, people still face pressure to hide who they are.

Kenji Yoshino

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6-8 9-12

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Religion Ability Immigration Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

July 2, 2014

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Issue 25, Spring 2004

Vietnamese Americans: Lessons in American History

A preview of a new online curriculum.

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‘Bibi’ Lesson 2: Intersectionality in ‘Bibi’

In this second of three lessons on the film ‘Bibi,’ students will apply the concepts of intersectionality, privilege and oppression to characters from the film.

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

June 2, 2020

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