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Trivia and Civil Rights History
An after-school teacher uses trivia to get her elementary students thinking about the world around them—including civil rights history.
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Bullying is a Civil Rights Issue
Kudos to the U.S. Department of Education for making such a strong case in this week's Dear Colleague Letter that bullying is a matter of civil rights. The DOE rightly reframed the issue of bullying in schools as one of institutional responsibility—one that can get schools into serious legal trouble if ignored. Among other things, the letter says “some student misconduct that falls under a school’s anti-bullying policy also may trigger responsibilities under one or more of the federal antidiscrimination laws.”
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Teaching the Civil Rights Movement
[2023] Teaching the Civil Rights Movement begins in 1877 with Reconstruction and continues the narrative of the movement for equality and civil rights to the present.
September 29, 2023
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James Baldwin: Art, Sexuality and Civil Rights
In this lesson, students will revisit the life of James Baldwin, an African-American literary writer and critic, as well as an icon for civil and gay rights.
January 7, 2013
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Experience the Civil Rights Road Trip
Many schools are offering civil rights trips over spring break. Find out how you can engage students in your communities and across the country.
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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.
February 25, 2019
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Teaching the Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act (CRA) of 1964, the conditions that led to it and its legacy are the subjects of a powerful four-part webinar series co-facilitated by Teaching Tolerance and the Library of Congress.
February 6, 2015
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Civil Rights Is All About Fairness
Use first-graders’ commitment to fairness to help them connect with the modern civil rights movement.
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Hostile Opposition to the Civil Rights Movement
Understand how hostile opposition efforts tried to slow or prevent the movement for equality and justice, and apply lessons to today’s justice issues.
February 24, 2025
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Strategies of the Civil Rights Movement
This learning module examines the questions: How did people organize, and what strategies did they use in the Civil Rights Movement?
August 11, 2024