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Advice From the Experts
Q: What can we tell parents who object to California’s new law on gay history in textbooks?
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The War in Vietnam
After a classmate died in Vietnam, a group of Black community members wrote and distributed this leaflet encouraging “Negro boys” to avoid the draft.
July 18, 2022
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Mary McLeod Bethune
In this lesson, students will read an excerpt of an interview given by Mary McLeod Bethune and will learn that she founded the Daytona National and Industrial School for Negro Girls (now Bethune-Cookman College) in 1904. Through close reading, they will explore and discuss connections between events from Bethune’s life experiences and their own lives, and connections between past and current events.
May 17, 2012
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Connect Voting Rights History to Current Policies and Discourse
Uncovering the honest history of voting rights in the U.S. is crucial to create an inclusive society and realize the democratic ideals expressed in the Constitution.
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Segregation Is Still Part of Our Classroom
Through Big Brothers, Big Sisters, I’ve been working with a little girl from the neighborhood where I used to teach. I think very highly of this group and have only had good experiences with them. However, at a recent area-wide picnic, I noticed something disturbing. Most (not all, but the vast majority) of the children being mentored were African American or Latino. Most of the adult mentors were white or Asian. Again, this was not without exception, but was apparent.
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Latinos and the Fourteenth Amendment: A Primary Document Activity
In this lesson, students will work in pairs and use expert reading strategies to analyze the Court’s ruling in Hernandez v. Texas. After participating in a carousel discussion, students will write a three-minute paper describing how the United States would be different if the Court had reached an alternate conclusion.
September 14, 2009
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Reflection Activity: Identity
Individual reflection activity exploring identity.
May 5, 2011
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Using TDSi in Rural Schools
Rural educators face just as many challenges as urban colleagues when it comes to helping children of color. But there are tools to help them.
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Should I Sacrifice to Live Half-American?
In this letter to the editor, James G. Thompson, a 26-year-old African American, writes about his desire to defend his country and to continue the fight for civil rights as the United States enters World War II.
July 7, 2022