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Bound for Sainthood
This excerpt accompanies the Teaching Tolerance lesson "Pauli Murray: Fighting Jane and Jim Crow."
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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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Tracking and Teaching the National Student Walkout
Thousands of students participated in the #Enough National School Walkout, sponsored by Women's March Youth EMPOWER. This edition of The Moment chronicles the walkout and other actions taken by student leaders, highlights a walkout-themed Learning Plan, and offers encouragement for bringing activism into the elementary classroom.
- Walkouts, Marches and the Desire to 'Do Something': What You Need to Know About Stoneman Douglas Activism
- Walkout Day
- Teaching to End Tragedy: A Call to Elementary School Teachers
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Not Only Can Big Boys Cry, They Do
I decided to show a short You Tube video clip in class the other day. It’s a montage of scenes of men crying from various movies complete with cheesy background music, a song Don’t Cry Out Loud. I used it to open a discussion about how stereotypes put unnecessary limitations on people.
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The 65th Anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
December 5 marks the 65th anniversary of the start of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. It’s critical not to oversimplify or whitewash this watershed moment. These resources help students contextualize the boycott—and the civil rights movement at large—beyond Rosa Parks’ role, with a focus on women who were also instrumental in sparking change.
- ‘Browder v. Gayle’
- Five Ways to Avoid Whitewashing the Civil Rights Movement
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‘Roe v. Wade’—What Can Educators Do?
While we may feel overwhelmed in the aftermath of the overturned landmark decision, we are neither hopeless nor helpless. A social justice education expert offers suggestions.
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Classroom Activists: How Service-Learning Challenges Prejudice
This interview with teacher Lisa Weinbaum accompanies her Teaching Tolerance article "'At Risk' of Greatness."
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What We're Reading
Teaching Tolerance loves to read! Check out a few of our favorite books for diverse readers and educators.
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Portfolio Activity for “Speak Truth To Power”
Grades: 9-12 Subjects: Reading and Language Arts, Social Studies, ELL/ESL Categories: Wealth and poverty; Gender, Race and ethnicity Speak Truth To Power is a project of the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights. For
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Celebrating Stonewall
June 28 marks the anniversary of the start of the Stonewall uprisings. Largely led by Black and Brown trans women and gender nonconforming people of color, protesters demonstrated against routine police violence, discrimination and dehumanization. This year, we’re celebrating Pride by celebrating the intersectional history of the LGBTQ movement—and the intersectionality of current movements in support of Black lives and LGBTQ rights.
- Teaching Stonewall
- Nothing About Us Without Us Is for Us
- Re-examining the 1960s, Part Two