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February 25, 2013

Women’s History Month Opens Path to STEM

The theme of Women’s History Month 2013 is “Women Inspiring Innovation Through Imagination: Celebrating Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.” Make March a jumping-off point for a year-long effort to invite female students into the world of STEM.

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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June 20, 2017

Beyond the Privilege Walk

What good is a privilege walk activity if participants aren’t engaging in perspective shifting?

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Appendix B

LGBTQ Historical Figures The erasure of LGBTQ figures from our history books and classrooms does a disservice to students on three fronts: 1) It introduces bias into our studies, providing an incomplete and unfair

November 7, 2018

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Issue 12, Fall 1997

Musical Chairs

Booming Las Vegas schools struggle to make a place for everyone.

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Informational

Thomas H.

Thomas was born into slavery and lived a harsh life, but he was finally able to escape and reunite with his family.

Lauryn Mascareñaz

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3-5 6-8

Topic

Slavery

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History

January 8, 2019

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January 16, 2019

Hate at School: December 2018

Young person of color in visible distress sitting with their back against a wall, hand on their head.

Holiday cheer and a winter break didn’t prevent hate incidents from happening at school.

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Bullying & Bias

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Issue 13, Spring 1998

Rising to the Challenge

A Louisiana Children's Museum exhibit takes the "dis" out of disability.

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Ability

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Teaching Hard History Podcast

Learning for Justice is relaunching the Teaching Hard History podcast series with host Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Ph.D., to resist current efforts to erase and alter our nation’s history.

Teaching Hard History Podcast Series
Slavery and the Civil War, Part 1
Teaching Hard History: American Slavery |Key Concepts Videos

June 23, 2025

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Defusing School Violence

This lesson explores the complexities of a situation in which immigrant students attend a school that is plagued with racially motivated violence. Working in small groups and as a class, students will discuss possible solutions and outcomes and apply their problem-solving skills to issues affecting their own school and community.

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6-8 9-12

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Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

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ELL / ESL

April 1, 2010

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Informational

The Claims of the Negro, Ethnologically Considered

This is an excerpt from a speech by Frederick Douglass.

Frederick Douglass

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

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History

December 15, 2017

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