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Five Myths About Voting
Prepare your students to bust five common voting myths with this free classroom poster!
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How My Third-Graders and I Address Consent
A TT Award winner shares how she teaches her elementary students about consent throughout the year. It’s not too early—or too late—to start.
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Where Do We Go From Here?
LFJ Director Jalaya Liles Dunn explains that "Education is not merely a way of upward mobility for the individual, it is a way of collective movement."
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Voting and Voices: Engaging Students and Families in Democracy
Join Rock the Vote and Learning for Justice for a webinar on how you can engage your students and school community in our diverse democracy.
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Our Votes Matter in All Elections
We should never take for granted our rights and our responsibilities to engage in civic action and vote in every election — local and national.
The 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) is a landmark federal law and a significant victory of the Civil Rights Movement. Enacted to remove the barriers of racist Jim Crow era policies, the VRA affirmed the right to vote for millions of African Americans. Enforcement of this law has expanded political opportunities for Black Americans and other people of color.
- Our Votes Matter: Action Steps in Planning to Vote
- Media Literacy Is Vital for Informed Decision-Making
- Understanding Voter Suppression in Today’s Election Process
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Reflecting on Personal Stories
Students learn about the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans from people who lived through it. This video depicts how students use metaphorical thinking to deepen their understanding using the thinking routine, Color-Symbol-Image.
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Mariposas
This Latina civic empowerment program seeks to “take stories of adversity and flip them into stories of glory.”
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BROWN V. BOARD: The United States, Circa 1954
The state of the union when the Brown decision came down.
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'Diversity Education'
This important and essential work begins in the classrooms of teachers like you.