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Teaching 'The New Jim Crow' Supplementary Resources Preparing to Teach The New Jim Crow A Conversation with Michelle Alexander | June Cara Christian In this interview, Michelle Alexander discusses The New Jim Crow and

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Class Rights & Activism

July 6, 2017

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Informational

Incident in Hattiesburg

Howard Zinn calls for an end to the police brutality Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) volunteers experience in Mississippi.

Howard Zinn

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

Subject

Social Studies

Civics

History

July 18, 2022

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Introducing the Fall 2018 Issue of Teaching Tolerance Magazine

Our Fall issue has something for everyone. Whether you want to take action in support of undocumented students and families, update your understanding of white privilege, learn about a new lynching memorial’s haunting history lesson, or help your students identify as voters from a young age, these stories offer the background you need to get informed and involved in the issues that affect your students’ lives.

What Is White Privilege, Really?
A Museum. A Memorial. A Message.
Closing the Diversity Gap

September 11, 2018

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March 1, 2017

Teach This: HBCUs Are Not Pioneers of School Choice

This week’s statement from Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on historically black colleges and universities is a prime example of whitewashing U.S. history. Classroom teachers for grades 6-12, however, can use this moment as a teaching opportunity.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Issue 54, Fall 2016

What We're Watching

Dim the lights and get ready to learn with these TT-approved films!

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Whitey on the Moon (1970)

This spoken word poem points out the irony of the government’s insistence on lavishing money on the space race while failing to fund struggling Black communities.

Gil Scott-Heron

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

June 22, 2022

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Issue 46, Spring 2014

Toolkit for Tongue-Tied

This toolkit shows how Teaching Tolerance’s Critical Practices for Anti-bias Education can help foster safe and effective instruction about the sensitive and serious topic of slavery.

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December 4, 2012

We Don’t See Racism?

Two afternoons a week, I tutor a high school junior in English and history and enjoy gleaning insights into a different school community than the one in which I work. My client Mary attends a school with a predominantly white and wealthy student population. I work mainly with students of color from families who live in poverty.

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Issue 36, Fall 2009