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April 8, 2019

Introducing the Educator Grants Action Model Directory

Grants Illustration by Jonathan Reinfurt

TT Educator Grants fund projects that encourage educators to implement anti-bias education in their schools and classrooms. Learn how you can browse the new and expanding Grants Action Model directory to replicate these projects in your own school community.

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Class Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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April 3, 2019

The Problem With the “Disney Version of History”

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. being detained and arrested by uniformed police officers.

We can celebrate Dr. King and interrupt the idea that our progress toward justice has been continuous and inevitable.

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Rights & Activism

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April 2, 2019

Understanding Implicit Bias Through Photography

Young student holding sign that says "People say I do not belong I say no."

In this middle- and high-school, school-level grant, students use photography to understand implicit bias and consider how they see themselves and others.

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Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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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.

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Rights & Activism

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March 20, 2019

Existence Is Resistance: Supporting Student-led Social Change

Students marching together holding a Black Lives Matter sign

As we encourage students to take action against injustice, what are we doing to support them in this work? An educator offers five practical lessons she’s learned in doing just that.

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Rights & Activism

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March 11, 2019

Another Slavery Simulation: We Can and Must Do Better

A simulation of an auction during a fifth-grade lesson about slavery last week is just the latest illustration of why we need better ways to teach hard history.

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Rights & Activism

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Civil Rights History Project: Mary Jenkins

Mary Jenkins describes growing up in the Jim Crow era and frequently being told, “You can’t”—both by a mother terrified of what might happen to her daughter if she stepped out of her expected place, and by a system that had institutionalized segregation as a way of life.

Mary Jenkins and Will Griffin

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3-5

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Class Rights & Activism

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History

February 25, 2019

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Reflecting on Personal Stories

Students learn about the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans from people who lived through it. This video depicts how students use metaphorical thinking to deepen their understanding using the thinking routine, Color-Symbol-Image.

Densho.org

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3-5

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Class Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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History

February 22, 2019

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February 21, 2019

Empowering Teachers to Become Activists

After noticing tension within their school community, teachers, students and staff planned a one-day workshop for local educators called “Understanding the Muslim American Experience: Leadership Training.”

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Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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February 12, 2019

One Year After Parkland, A Reminder to Take Pride in Students’ Action

Student Activism | Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School | Image by Joe Raedle/Getty Images | Teaching Tolerance

On the anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, we remember the students and educators we've lost and recognize those who have mobilized their grief into action.

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Rights & Activism

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