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March 17, 2020

A Healthy Reminder to Educators During School Closures

Young student in head wrap reading materials in their lap seated on a bed.

An instructional coach experiencing long-term school closures in Washington state shares some encouraging words for fellow educators who are grappling with the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and their own emotions.

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Class Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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The True History of Voting Rights

Illustration of a teacher figure pointing to a slide featured on a pulled down screen that is titled "Voting History." Several shadowed figures sit in the foreground, looking at the displayed information.

In this lesson, students learn about the expansion and restriction of voting rights in the United States, examine court rulings, discuss voter disengagement, and explore a voting rights timeline. Students will also learn how to register to vote.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

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Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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Social Studies

Civics

History

October 8, 2020

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March 15, 2021

Queer People Have Always Existed—Teach Like It

Two people hold hands with a rainbow flag in the background.

Educators must commit to undoing the systemic silencing of queer figures throughout history. Here are some ways to more inclusively explore the past.

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Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006

The text is the 2006 reauthorization and amendment act of the Voting Rights Act.

109th United States Congress

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9-12

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Civil Rights Movement Rights & Activism

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Civics

History

July 18, 2022

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The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in Jackson, Mississippi

This video shows the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights holding a hearing in Jackson, Mississippi, over civil rights violations in voting.

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

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Civil Rights Movement Rights & Activism

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Social Studies

Civics

History

July 18, 2022

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August 9, 2022

‘Roe v. Wade’—What Can Educators Do?

Two women sit at a table and one of the women is talking to someone across from her who is not in view. They are in a workshop setting.

While we may feel overwhelmed in the aftermath of the overturned landmark decision, we are neither hopeless nor helpless. A social justice education expert offers suggestions.

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Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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April 8, 2019

Introducing the Educator Grants Action Model Directory

Grants Illustration by Jonathan Reinfurt

TT Educator Grants fund projects that encourage educators to implement anti-bias education in their schools and classrooms. Learn how you can browse the new and expanding Grants Action Model directory to replicate these projects in your own school community.

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Class Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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Beyond the “Master Narrative”

Episode 2, Season 3 Students don’t enter our classrooms as blank slates. When it comes to the civil rights movement, we often have to help our students unlearn what they think they know while we’re teaching them what

August 21, 2020

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Nonviolence and Self-Defense

Episode 5, Season 3 Armed resistance and nonviolent direct action co-existed throughout the civil rights era. In this episode, three historians confront some comfortable assumptions about nonviolence and self-defense

October 13, 2020

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Before Rosa Parks: Susie King Taylor

The title “Before Rosa Parks” loosely links a number of lessons that address African-American women who were active in the fight for civil and human rights before the 1950s. This lesson highlights Susie King Taylor, the only black woman who wrote a narrative about her experiences working with soldiers during the Civil War.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

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Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

History

July 6, 2009

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