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February 28, 2022

Teaching Reconstruction Is Absolutely Necessary

Banner text: Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle: How State Standards Fail to Teach the Truth about Reconstruction

Most state standards don’t accurately represent the Reconstruction era. The Zinn Education Project’s new Teach Reconstruction campaign and report highlight why truthful teaching about this period is a must.

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Slavery Rights & Activism

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Literature

Passages in the Life of a Slave Woman

In this short story, from the 1853 abolitionist collection Autographs for Freedom, Parker shares a heartbreaking tale that shows some of the damage enslavement inflicts on families.

Annie Parker

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6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

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History

Economics

December 15, 2017

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Issue 58, Spring 2018

Why Mendez Still Matters

Meet the school desegregation case that still affects ELL instruction today.

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March 22, 2018

What Love, Simon Can Teach Us About Classroom Conversations

For the first time, a rom-com from a major studio is helping gay and bi teens feel seen—and celebrated. Teachers have an opportunity to do the same.

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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April 2, 2018

Making King Real for Students Today

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | Flip Schulke/Corbis via Getty Images

On the anniversary of Dr. King's assassination, we encourage teachers to break through the simplistic King narrative and share his righteous anger at poverty and militarism.

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Rights & Activism

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March 20, 2020

How to Respond to Coronavirus Racism

Young student with back to the viewer wearing a backpack.

As COVID-19 infections increase, so too does racism and xenophobia. Use our “Speak Up” strategies to let people know you’re not OK with racist or xenophobic comments about coronavirus or anything else.

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Issue 6, Fall 2024

What It Means To Learn for Justice

Illustration of a group of diverse individuals protesting for justice

LFJ Director Jalaya Liles Dunn emphasizes that “We increase our power to foster change when we are in community with one another – deliberating, deciding and taking action.”

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Issue 60, Fall 2018

What Is White Privilege, Really?

Mountain climbers overshadowed by person in hot air balloon.

Recognizing white privilege begins with truly understanding the term itself.

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Issue 32, Fall 2007

Does This Child Have a Friend?

Teaching Tolerance illustration of a student spotlighted inside classroom

Innovative social inclusion programs are reducing the social isolation of students with disabilities, ending harassment and stereotyping, and improving life opportunities.

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Ability

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Issue 13, Spring 1998

Around the Freedom Table

Black and Jewish youths share a heritage of liberation.

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Religion

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