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(In)Visible Identity
Sikhs have been in the United States for more than 125 years, but our collective lack of knowledge about this religious group is leaving Sikh students vulnerable.
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Mary Church Terrell
In this lesson of the series, “Beyond Rosa Parks: Powerful Voices for Civil Rights and Social Justice,” students will read and analyze text from “The Progress of Colored Women,” a speech made by Mary Church Terrell in 1898. Terrell was the first president of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW), an organization that was formed in 1896 from the merger of several smaller women’s clubs, and was active during the period of Jim Crow segregation in the South.
May 11, 2012
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Finding Resolve After the New Zealand Mosque Shootings
The mosque shootings in New Zealand may be far away, but this is an opportunity to help students understand and actively participate in a better tomorrow.
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What We’re Watching
Dim the lights and get ready to learn with these TT-approved films!
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Teaching the Past to Improve the Future
Despite a range of opposition, educators are committed to teaching honest history in their classrooms—and students are eager to learn.
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At School
Like the workplace, school becomes the first or only place where some students, teachers, counselors, principals and others encounter a diverse and varied society. That presents opportunities for enlightenment — and potential for misunderstanding.
July 21, 2009
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Reconstruction
These images show how different people reacted to the end of the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
January 28, 2020
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Si Se Puede
“In response to legislation that would have criminalized immigrants, thousands of high school students from across the country walked out of their classrooms and into history.”
August 9, 2017
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What We’re Reading This Week: March 8, 2019
A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.