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What We're Watching
Dim the lights and get ready to learn with these TT-approved films!
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Survival, Resistance and Resilience
Honoring the lives of enslaved people, the Whitney Plantation’s learning tour deepens our understanding of slavery in the United States, the people who survived it and their legacies.
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Engaging Families and Caregivers
When educators actively engage the people who are central to children’s lives outside of school, they are building networks that support students’ experiences within school as well.
November 21, 2023
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Help Students Remember César Chávez
Today is the kickoff of Farmworker Awareness Week. It is a time to honor the backbreaking work that goes into harvesting our food.
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Write to the Source
What is the Argument?
What’s the Argument? asks students to demonstrate their argumentative and analytical writing skills.
July 19, 2014
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Race Against Time
Dozens of racially motivated murders took place in the South during the 1950s and 1960s. Time is running out to solve these cold cases.
July 5, 2014
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This Land is Ours
“The Ponca’s challenge of the U.S. government marked a turning point on the long path of Indian resistance. Increasingly, after Standing Bear v. Cook, the fight for Native rights would shift from the battlefields to the courtrooms of the growing nation.”
August 9, 2017
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Memories of Childhood’s Slavery Days (Chapter: Reminiscences), 1909
This text is a long reflection by a woman who was formerly enslaved. The author, Annie, grew up working in the home of her enslaver. The text gives her perspective on the experience of slavery and liberation.
December 14, 2017
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Teaching Juneteenth
The history of Juneteenth acknowledges hard history while also empowering students to be advocates for change.