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Partnering With Families to Support Black Girls
Educators can take specific actions to make schools more supportive spaces for Black girls, whose trauma is often overlooked.
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The History of Jamaica
The image is an 18th-century hand-drawn map of Caribbean islands and Central America with Jamaica at the center.
December 14, 2017
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The Case of the Black Barbie Doll
Leslie, a 38-year-old social worker who counsels children with stressful life situations, found her 4-year-old daughter, Sophia, engaged in animated play with her dolls. She watched incredulously as Sophia invited the four white dolls with blonde hair to a tea party while the dark-skinned doll with black hair lay alone across the room.
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May Is Mental Health Awareness Month
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, we're sharing resources for destigmatizing conversations about this critical topic. We hope you'll read, share and use them to make your classroom, school and district safe and inclusive for all students.
- Demystifying the Mind
- Washed Away
- Broken and Healing: Normalizing Mental Health Issues in Our Classrooms
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Revisiting National Poetry Month 2018
April is National Poetry Month! In this edition of The Moment, we offer three poems to delight, inspire and encourage you and your students. To browse more student-friendly poetry, visit Perspectives Texts (under the Classroom Resources menu) and search for the word "poem."
- Celebrate Maya Angelou
- Online Exclusive! "Becoming Joey"
- Why I Teach: A Poem
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September Is National Suicide Prevention Month
As National Suicide Prevention Month draws to a close, we want to offer one more reminder: This year, especially, it’s critical to encourage students and colleagues to talk about mental health and reach out for support when it’s needed. We hope these resources help.
- SMS SOS
- Black Minds Matter
- Supporting LGBTQ Students During Social Distancing
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Toolkit for Doing History in Buncombe County
Students can learn about local struggles for justice through primary sources. This toolkit will help you collaborate with staff at a local library or archive to locate primary sources that teach your students about their community’s history.
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Are You Ready to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month?
September 15 through October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month! To help you celebrate and honor Hispanic Heritage Month with your students, we’ve compiled some of our favorite resources for bringing Latinx voices to the classroom. We hope these help you uplift a diverse range of intersectional Hispanic and Latinx identities, experiences, cultures and histories.
- Unmaking “Hispanic”: Teaching the Creation of Hispanic Identity
- Latinx History Is Black History
- Bibi
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Recovering and Teaching Local History
Local history has a profound effect on our communities. It’s up to educators to learn and teach students about the hard history in their own backyards.
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Rural Schools and Hard History
The rich history and diversity of rural communities have largely been erased. Appreciating both charts a promising path forward.