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March 11, 2024

Applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Supports Inclusive Education

Ensuring education is inclusive of young people with diverse needs and abilities takes intentional practice; UDL can help educators design experiences that benefit all students.

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Ability

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What Administrators Can Do To Support Educators in Teaching Honest History

Administrators can support educators in advocating for teaching more comprehensive and accurate histories using the following tools.

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Civil Rights Movement Slavery Rights & Activism

November 21, 2023

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March 26, 2018

Five Things for Educators to Keep in Mind After March for Our Lives

This weekend's #MarchforOurLives demonstrations in Washington, D.C., and around the world show the power of student activism. This TT staffer and former elementary teacher has some recommendations for talking with students about the march.

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Rights & Activism

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Echoes

You can see, hear, feel, and taste the injustice, frustration, and naiveté experienced at this ladies' get together.

Pat Mora

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6-8

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Class Immigration

July 3, 2014

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A Tale of Two Schools

On April 14, 1947, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld the lower court decision in Mendez v. Westminster, which required the school to integrate and set the stage for Brown v. Board of Education.

Learning for Justice Staff

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6-8 9-12

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Class Immigration

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Civics

History

Geography

August 7, 2017

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Septima Clark Interview, July 1976

Septima Clark was an African-American educator and civil rights activist. The following excerpt is from a 1976 interview with Clark for the Southern Oral History Program Collection.

Jacquelyn Hall

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Rights & Activism

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Civics

History

Geography

July 7, 2014

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Negro Sues City on School Zoning: Harlem Institutions Inferior, Mother of Girl Holds

Mae Mallory sues the New York Board of Education for desegregation in public schools.

Benjamin Fine

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

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Civil Rights Movement

June 15, 2022

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I Am the Blood of the Conqueror; I Am the Blood of the Conquered

In this blog post, the author details the internal struggle she feels when coming to terms with the bloody heritage she shares with conquistadors like Christopher Columbus and the pride she takes in remembering, embracing and living out her cultural history.

Christina Torres

Grade Level

6-8

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History

Geography

August 22, 2016

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Opinion of the Supreme Court in United States v. The Amistad (1841)

This is the majority opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Amistad case. It illustrates an important moment in American history when enslaved Africans won legal freedom.

Joseph Story

Grade Level

9-12

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Slavery

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History

December 14, 2017

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Informational

An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America

Henry Highland Garnet was an African-American abolitionist, minister, educator and newspaper editor. Garnet delivered “An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America” at the National Negro Convention in Buffalo, N.Y., on Aug. 16, 1843.

Henry Highland Garnet

Grade Level

9-12

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Religion Rights & Activism

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History

July 2, 2014

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