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A Humanitarian Crisis: Unaccompanied Children
Tens of thousands of unaccompanied children have fled to the United States. What does this mean for communities, including schools, across the country?
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Five Things to Know About ‘Perspectives’
Perspectives for a Diverse America just turned one year old! Here are five things you need to know about this curriculum.
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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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The Color of Law: Creating Racially Segregated Communities
This lesson is the first lesson of the series The Color of Law: The Role of Government in Shaping Racial Inequity. In this lesson, students examine the local, state and federal policies that supported racially discriminatory practices and cultivated racially segregated housing.
October 9, 2019
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Before Rosa Parks: Frances Watkins Harper
The title “Before Rosa Parks” loosely links a number of lessons that discuss African-American women who were active in the fight for civil rights before the 1950s. This lesson highlights Frances Watkins Harper, who challenged power structures in the South by talking to free former slaves about voting, land ownership and education—and fought segregated public transportation.
July 6, 2009
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Walking with the Wind
In this excerpt from his book, Walking with the Wind, John Lewis describes his involvement in the sit-ins in Nashville, Tenn., in the spring of 1960.
August 9, 2017
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Educating Coworkers on Anti-bias Topics
How do you encourage colleagues to participate in sustained conversations about justice, equity and tolerance?
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Nobody Dared Her to Do It
Reverend Noel Koestline and Reverend Spencer Turnipseed remember Turnipseed's sister, Marti, the first white student to join Birmingham's sit-in movement.
November 18, 2014
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States' Rights and "Historical Malpractice"
After witnessing the rise of the “alt-right,” this social studies teacher doubled down on debunking Confederacy myths.
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Excerpt from Twelve Years a Slave
This section illustrates the ways in which enslaved people resisted enslavement in overt and more subtle ways.
January 5, 2018