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Toolkit for National Treasures
This toolkit will equip you with strategies to engage students in primary source analysis. By learning the right questions to ask, students will come to a more nuanced understanding of history.
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Understanding the Prison Label
What is the long-term harm and wider impact of mass incarceration on people and communities of color? The racial caste system established and perpetuated by mass incarceration continues beyond a prison sentence and extends into families, communities and society at large. The criminalization and demonization of black men creates a “prison label” of stigma and shame that damages the black community as a whole.
October 13, 2014
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A Letter to Young People on Your Power to Effect Change
Recognize the possibilities of the power of the vote, encourage your friends and family to engage in civic action, and become a change agent in your community.
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Supporting LGBTQ+ Rights and Inclusion
As we celebrate and uplift all identities of the LGBTQ+ community, we honor those who have been part of the long struggle for civil rights and inclusion, recognizing the progress that has been made toward equality. And
March 25, 2024
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Critical Thinking Skills and Academic Achievement
Willis Hawley's review of research on the effects of racial and ethnic school diversity on critical thinking skills and academic achievement.
May 4, 2011
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Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls Conference, 1848
Abolitionists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott convened the first women’s rights convention in 1848 in Seneca Falls, N.Y. Their Declaration of Sentiments, modeled after the preamble to the Declaration of Independence, demanded the full rights of citizenship for women.
July 2, 2014
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Maya Angelou
This lesson focuses on questions of identity as students read and analyze Angelou’s inspirational poem “Still I Rise” and apply its message to their own lives. Students learn how Maya Angelou overcame hardship and discrimination to find her own voice and to influence others to believe in themselves and use their voices for positive change.
May 3, 2012
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American Gothic
A new curriculum explores a disturbing side of the Progressive Era.
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A Museum. A Memorial. A Message.
Montgomery, Alabama, is home to two new attractions focused on the history of racial terror. Share the lessons of the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice with your students.