professional development
Reflection Activity: Identity
Individual reflection activity exploring identity.
May 5, 2011
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Talking About Race and Racism
What do educators need to participate in an open and honest conversation about the content of The New Jim Crow? Effective instruction about The New Jim Crow requires advanced preparation for how to talk about race and racism.
October 13, 2014
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Stereotypes and Tonto
This lesson revolves around Sherman Alexie’s poignant yet humorous and accessible essay, “I Hated Tonto (Still Do).” It explores the negative impact that stereotypes have on the self-worth of individuals and the damage that these stereotypes inflict on pride in one’s heritage. The reading is supported by a short video montage of clips from Western films. The clips offer students the opportunity to evaluate primary sources for bias and bigotry, as well as providing context for the protagonists’ experiences in the essay.
March 17, 2010
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Toolkit for "With and About"
This toolkit for “With and About” provides resources to assist educators in designing and delivering more culturally relevant and responsive instruction to and about American Indian peoples.
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Popcorn From the Sky
The story of people whose lives are forever changed by a test bomb gets lost in seas of misunderstanding, political posturing and classified paperwork.
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We Can’t Dismantle What We Can’t See: Teaching Concepts of Masculinity
“So, there aren’t any girls in the book?” Find out how an English teacher answered this student question—and fit the male-centered Lord of the Flies into a classroom focused on voices traditionally left in the margins.
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Informational
James Henry Gooding's Letter to Abraham Lincoln
A letter written by a free African-American Union soldier argues for equal pay for African-American soldiers.
August 17, 2018
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Informational
Prison Writings
When Leonard Peltier thinks of the massacre at Wounded Knee, he hears the screams of women and children. Although the vehicle for killing has changed, Peltier explains how American Indians are still being killed off in the modern day.
July 2, 2014
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I can’t even get to the back of the bus
The photograph depicts disability rights activists protesting for accessible public transit.
July 7, 2022
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