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Read why this teacher thinks more social studies education should focus on activism in the past.

More states are including American Indians in their mainstream curricula.

Teaching Tolerance loves to read! Check out a few of our favorite books for diverse readers and educators.

I am a good driver. You’d never know it, given the theatrics of the backseat drivers in my vehicle, whose sudden gasps and quick grasps for the dashboard denote a lack of confidence in my skills. This drama is alternately amusing, annoying and unnecessary. I'm proud to say that, for the most part, my instinctive go-to practice of "when in doubt, step on the gas" has never let me down.

A history class provided an opportunity to expand students’ perspective.

When a book characterizes problematic “white savior” tropes, how can it be used to effectively question those concepts with students?

Students learn to spot bias in their culture —and confront their own homophobia in the process.

“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.” These few words, spoken casually by Sonia Sotomayor at the annual Mario G. Olmos Law and Cultural Diversity Lecture at UC-Berkeley in 2001, came back to haunt President Barack Obama’s nominee for the United States Supreme Court during the spring and summer of 2009. Hard to believe that this brief statement could cause such anguish, particularly among the conservative white senators who form part of the Senate Judiciary Committee, yet they led to days of arrogant grilling by the Senators and weeks of newspaper articles and commentary by television pundits speculating on what Sotomayor meant, whether it would hurt her confirmation, and what it would signal for the new court.

Hold onto this advice from the TT Advisory Board during this critical time of year.