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Honest History Can Help Prepare Young People for Life’s Complexities

Learning the honest history of our nation helps us understand our diversity and strengthens us all as we work toward building on more solid national foundation of truth and justice. As we celebrate Native American Heritage Month, the Learning for Justice page offers resource to learn and teach about the diversity of Indigenous cultures and communities. To explore our historical complexity, the recent magazine article, “American Patriotic Songs: Context and Perspective,” helps us to confront the various perspectives that a single patriotic song can embody.

  • American Patriotic Songs: Context and Perspective
  • Celebrate Native American Heritage
  • Celebrating African and Indigenous Cultures
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Righting Old Wrongs

By the time the first few Mormon families moved back into Jackson County in 1867, old hostilities no longer threatened their freedom or safety. Nonetheless, Gov. Boggs' Extermination Order remained on the books more than a century, until a subsequent governor made this proclamation in 1976.
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Christopher S. Bond
Grade Level
6-8
Topic
Religion Rights & Activism
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Civics
History
Geography
Social Justice Domain
Justice Action
April 28, 2016
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Chandler P. Miranda

Chandler P. Miranda is a doctoral candidate at New York University and is currently conducting her dissertation research at a high school for recently arrived immigrant teenagers. Her research focuses on school culture and schooling practices for immigrant youth. She taught high school science for seven years in San Benito, Texas, and in Barranquilla and Bogota, Colombia, before pursuing a doctoral degree.