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Thanksgiving 2018

For far too many students, Thanksgiving stories and celebrations serve as their first introduction to the histories and cultures of American Indians. The resources in this edition of The Moment offer the opportunity to teach a more accurate story about the origins of Thanksgiving.

Teaching Thanksgiving in a Socially Responsible Way
When Trivia Isn’t Trivial

November 13, 2018

article

Issue 16, Fall 1999

Searching for Patterns

A conversation with Carlos Cortés.

text

Informational

U.S. Constitution: Articles I, II, IV, V

These sections illustrate the ways in which the U.S. Constitution provided indirect protection of slavery.

James Madison

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

January 5, 2018

publication

About This Report

When we reported on the impact of the Trump election on school climate in the fall of 2016, we hoped that its effect would fade with the start of a new school year. But the 2017–18 school year began in the shadow of

April 23, 2019

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Multimedia

Good Morning, Carrie/ Williams and Walker (1901)

The text is about blackface and music by black artists in the early 20th century.

Bert Williams and George Walker

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

Economics

December 14, 2017

text

Informational

Letter to Reverend Samson Occum (1774)

Wheatley’s letter explains her reasoning for emancipation using the rhetoric of the American Revolution and Biblical references.

Phillis Wheatley

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

January 5, 2018

article

May 1, 2017

Let the Freedom Rides Roll Through Your Class

When many students think of buses and desegregation, their minds instantly go to Rosa Parks and the 1954 Montgomery Bus Boycott. But the larger civil rights fight over transportation took place seven years later with the Freedom Rides.

Topic

Rights & Activism

article

July 8, 2014

Season of Terror

Before Freedom Summer began, Charles Moore and Henry Dee were the first victims of the project's white-supremacist backlash.

Topic

Rights & Activism

article

December 2, 2015

Five Steps for Starting a Human Rights Club

A leading scholar on human rights education shares some try-tomorrow strategies for starting a human rights club at your high school. Pocket these ideas for Human Rights Day on December 10—and beyond.

Topic

Rights & Activism

article

May 11, 2017

When Teachers Read the World

A teacher book group dedicated to reading diverse literature for young people and adults can foster cultural competence and support anti-bias teaching.

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