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Literacy as Resistance

This image group features portraits of Frederick Douglass, Phillis Wheatley and Olaudah Equiano, who all learned to read and write while they were enslaved. Each used their gifts to help end slavery.

Various

Grade Level

3-5 6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

January 28, 2020

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Informational

"Hope, Despair and Memory" is an address given by Elie Wiesel on December 11, 1986, the date Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Wiesel is an author and humanitarian and is known for writing about his experience as a survivor of the Holocaust.

Elie Wiesel

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Religion

Subject

History

July 5, 2014

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Informational

An Ex-Slaveholder's View of the Negro Question in the South

Written in 1900, this text presents the views of a former enslaver about the value of slavery for those enslaved.

Colonel Robert Bingham

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

December 14, 2017

article

November 1, 2019

Call for Lesson Writers

Seeking authors for Learning for Justice lessons.

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Informational

The Ground on Which I Stand

Playwright August Wilson delivered this speech on June 26, 1996, at the 11th biennial Theatre Communications Group national conference at Princeton University.

August Wilson

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

June 22, 2022

article

Issue 44, Summer 2013

Toolkit for “Michael's Diary”

This toolkit accompanies the story corner “Michael's Diary” and provides classroom resources for making student journals, as well as prompts that encourage students at all grade levels to express who they are through writing.

article

October 1, 2013

Teaching Septima Clark

Freedom’s Teacher offers opportunities to share a lesser-known story about a pioneering educator.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Examining Identity and Assimilation

Examine identity and assimilation with an activity that asks the essential question: Was there ever a part of your identity you had to hide?

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Topic

Immigration

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

July 6, 2009

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Literature

A Letter to My Nephew

In this letter, James Baldwin expresses his love for his nephew and describes the hardships of life as a Black man in the United States.

James Baldwin

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

June 22, 2022

student task

Write to the Source

Lift a Line

Lift A Line asks students to demonstrate their explanatory and descriptive writing skills.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

W.3-5.2, W.3-5.4, W.4-5.9

July 19, 2014

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