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Recognizing and Addressing Colorism in Schools
This educator and researcher illustrates what colorism looks like in schools—and how to counter it.
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The Black Lives Matter Movement Goes Beyond Black and White
Non-Black students of color may be learning anti-Black racism in the wake of protests following police violence. Here’s how you can counter those attitudes.
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Traditions
These images show two couples getting married using a custom called “jumping the broom.”
February 26, 2020
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Foundations Courses
The credential program at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) has developed a tradition of prioritizing social justice. While TT materials have long been a staple of the program’s teacher education courses, in
October 23, 2018
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Beyond the Barbed Wire
Helen Tsuchiya, born a U.S. citizen, tells what it was like to move from her home to an internment camp surrounded by barbed wire after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
July 2, 2014
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Papalotzin and the Monarchs: A Bilingual Tale of Breaking Down Walls
When a wall is built between the Great North and the Great South, nothing can pass by it, not the clouds or the wind or even the monarch butterflies. When both sides begin to suffer, Papalotzin, Royal Butterfly, breaks down the Great Wall.
July 2, 2014
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Critical Engagement With Materials
Critical engagement emphasizes the value of students’ learning, increasing the likelihood that they will use the knowledge and skills they build in the service of their academic, personal, social and political lives.
May 23, 2023
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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.
October 9, 2019
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