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August 6, 2019

Equity Work Should Start From the Top

Group of people gathered around in a circle looking at various materials in front of them.

Two former leaders of one of the nation’s largest school districts encourage their fellow school and district leaders to work for equity in their schools and share their expertise and recommendations.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 57, Fall 2017

Little Rock 60 Years Later

TT57 Little Rock Military Police Guarding School

Looking back and looking ahead at the struggle to end segregated education.

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Class Rights & Activism

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November 13, 2017

Q&A: Native Knowledge 360°

Native Knowledge 360° 2017 Summer Educator Institute | NMAI

The same limited stories about American Indians persist in textbooks. The National Museum of the American Indian’s new program is looking to change that.

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A Very Special Delivery

'Henry Brown left Richmond, Va. a slave and arrived in Philadelphia—in a freight box—a free man. Abolitionists who cheered Brown's 27-hour journey to freedom chose not to publicize it, fearing that others following in his path would be in danger.

Alison Leigh Cowan

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9-12

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History

July 5, 2014

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Literature

Eat, My Fine Coat!

Which are you more likely to notice: a person’s character or his or her clothing? Hoca has a witty response when the latter is true at a dinner he attends after a day of hard work.

Barbara Walker

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K-2 3-5

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Class

July 3, 2014

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Informational

Brothers In Hope: The Story of The Lost Boys of Sudan

In this excerpt, Garang tells his story of how he became a lost boy when war destroyed his village. Walking with thousands of other orphaned boys, Garang travels thousands of dangerous miles from southern Sudan to a refugee camp in Ethiopia.

Mary Williams and R. Gregory Christie (illustrator)

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K-2 3-5

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History

September 30, 2016

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Literature

Eight Hours

I.G. Blanchard's lyrics makes the case for the 8-hours day -- one of the main goals of labor unions in the late 1800s. Laborers desired a balance to their day—one that includes "eight hours" just for themselves. And they will band together to get it.

I.G. Blanchard

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6-8 9-12

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Class Rights & Activism

July 3, 2014

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Informational

The White House: A Slave's View

The discovery of a memoir by one of President Madison's slaves sheds light on the role slavery played in the White House.

Rachel L. Swarns

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9-12

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Civics

History

Economics

July 7, 2014

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Literature

The Fighting Mynahs: A story from Hawaii about how it's better to share and cooperate than to squabble and fight

Four birds in a tree with a piece of fruit between them.

A story from Hawaii about how it's better to share and cooperate than squabble and fight.

Leslie Ann Hayashi

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K-2 3-5

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Class

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Civics

July 3, 2014

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Literature

Caged Bird

Through an extended metaphor, Maya Angelou—who has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States—uses a caged bird and a free bird to juxtapose the oppressed and the free.

Maya Angelou

Grade Level

9-12

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Rights & Activism

July 5, 2014

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