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Issue 3, Fall 2022

Prevention and Resilience: Supporting Young People Through Polarizing Times

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During this time of political and social turmoil, build networks of trusted adults to help young people understand, contextualize and counter manipulative and harmful information.

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Rights & Activism

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Margaret Batchelder, Immigrant Inspector (1903)

Margaret Batchelder writes to President Theodore Roosevelt to tell him how women inspectors welcome immigrants—with smiles and encouragement. Although not allowed to question the immigrants, the women make a difference in the immigrants' first experiences on shore.

Gwenyth Swain

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Topic

Immigration Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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History

July 7, 2014

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Najeeb Abreely, Immigrant Inspector (1890s)

Because Najeeb Abreely remembers what it was like to emigrate to America, he can soothe the fears of frightened immigrants he must now inspect and question.

Gwenyth Swain

Grade Level

3-5

Topic

Immigration

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Civics

History

July 7, 2014

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Issue 6, Fall 2024

Inspiring Hope: A Conversation With Maud Dahme

Maud Dahme, Holocaust survivor and educator, emphasizes the importance of survivor testimony in learning from the past and uplifts our shared humanity.

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Issue 4, Spring 2023

Freedom Schools for Today’s Justice Movement

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To confront current education censorship and voter suppression, modern social justice projects build on the foundations of the historic 1964 Freedom Schools.

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On Being Brought From Africa to America

In this poem, the speaker explores the relationship between her Christian beliefs and her enslavement. She reminds her readers of the Christian belief that anyone, regardless of their race, can follow Christianity and be saved.

Phillis Wheatley

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Religion Rights & Activism

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History

Geography

July 7, 2014

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Issue 2, Spring 2022

Partnering With Museums to Teach Honest History

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Looking for support and solidarity in teaching honest history? Partner with a museum.

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June 2, 2025

Why Public Schools Matter

Public schools are an ideal and vital mechanism for achieving a thriving democracy. This is the first of three articles on public schools as a common good, which explore the possibilities and threats to public education.

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We Can Do It!

The iconic poster was designed by J. Howard Miller during World War II for Westinghouse Electric. In recent decades, the image has gained wide popularity as an emblem for feminism and various other political and social movements.

J. Howard Miller

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Topic

Class Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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History

Economics

July 3, 2014

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Issue 5, Fall 2023

Building a Just Future

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Four transgender high school activists courageously share their stories and explain how educators and allies can help them amid the hostile attacks on their human rights.

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