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Helping After Harvey
Bad things happen, but when they do, we can empower students to make a difference.
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A Remote Control for Learning
Artist, author and educator Gene Luen Yang speaks with LFJ (formerly Teaching Tolerance) about teaching, comics and the importance of diverse characters.
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Toolkit for “Be Your Own Historian”
Teach and learn about the Reconstruction era with resources—including videos, texts, lessons and a unit plan—from Facing History and Ourselves.
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The Subscribed Classroom: Using Podcasts to Teach About Social Justice
More and more educators are turning to podcasts to bring new ideas, arguments and voices into their classrooms.
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Judgement of the Supreme Court of the United States in Plessy v. Ferguson
In the matter of Plessy v. Ferguson, the United States Supreme Court upheld practices that perpetuated Jim Crow segregation, declaring that “separate but equal” accommodations were legal. Nearly 60 years later, the Court overturned the ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
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Kids to the Rescue
Conflict managers can help dissolve playground problems.
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Portfolio Activity for “Game Changers”
Grades: 5-8 Subjects: Science and Health Categories: Diversity and inclusion; Disability The “new PE” emphasizes personalized fitness programs and cooperative rather than competitive games. How could this work in your
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Toolkit for "Polarized Classrooms"
This toolkit for “Polarized Classrooms” directs teachers to online resources on political ideology and partisanship.
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What We’re Reading This Week: November 10
A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.