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What Districts Can Do To Support Educators in Teaching Honest History
District office personnel play important leadership roles in protecting educators who teach honest history.
November 21, 2023
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What Administrators Can Do To Support Educators in Teaching Honest History
Administrators can support educators in advocating for teaching more comprehensive and accurate histories using the following tools.
November 21, 2023
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What Is Our Collective Responsibility When We Uncover Honest History?
Local history advocates say preservation, education and healing should include community redevelopment and respecting the agency of descendants of enslaved people.
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A. Philip Randolph Oral History Interview 1
This text is a transcription of a meeting between A. Philip Randolph and Harry Truman in which Randolph encourages Truman to pass an executive order barring Jim Crow laws in the armed forces.
July 18, 2022
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Teaching Hard History With Primary Sources
We can’t teach the truth about American history without including the voices of enslaved people.
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Teaching Hard History: American Slavery
Teaching Hard History: American Slavery is a comprehensive guide for teaching and learning the critical topic of slavery at all grade levels.
May 28, 2019
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Toolkit for "Bearing Witness to the Hard History of Guilford"
In this activity, students will read about local history projects designed to foster connections between the town they live in and the enslaved people whose labor built it. Then, they will use primary sources to research the hidden history of their community.
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Black History Month: Teaching Beyond Slavery
Avoid minimizing Black history; include the full human experience beyond enslavement.
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Learn From, Honor and Celebrate Black History
Celebrate Black History Month and resist attempts to erase the democratic values of justice, equity, inclusivity and diversity — our nation’s strengths. Black history in the United States includes understanding Black people’s resilience and contributions to our nation, along with strategies for coalition-building and justice movements that are essential today. Learning for Justice offers the following resources to help discuss, teach and learn from Black history all year long.
- Learn From and Honor Black History
- Learning from the Civil Rights Movement
- Teaching Hard History Podcast Series