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School Days for Transgender Youth
It can be difficult for gender-non-conforming students to navigate school—but there are things you can do to help.
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Beautiful Differences
Think your students are too young to discuss differing abilities? Think again.
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The Criminalization of Elementary Students
One after-school programmer reflects on the criminalization of youth.
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Cheerios Ad Touches Racial Nerve
A recent Cheerios commercial reminds us of the historical roots of race in the United States. Those roots still cause social and political upset.
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Reflecting on the "American Dream"
What do we mean by the “American Dream”? This educator has some ideas for meaningfully engaging students with this topic.
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The Persistence of Myth: The Causes of the Civil War
Recent comments about the “controversy” over the causes of the Civil War highlight the challenges of teaching American history in 2017.
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Classroom Mindfulness in Real Life: A Portrait
TT Grants coordinator Jey Ehrenhalt talked with elementary educator Kristie Burnett, who models mindfulness and brings meditative practices to the students in her third-grade classroom in upstate New York.
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Stake of the South
This is a Democratic campaign document discussing the South’s monetary stakes.
December 15, 2017
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Responding to Charlottesville
In response to the terrifying and deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, use the highlighted resources to contextualize the event for students and to learn about the alt-right movement and white supremacy at large.
- What Is the “Alt-Right”?
- SPLC Releases Campus Guide to Countering ‘Alt-Right’
- Hate in the Hallways
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John Quincy Adams to the Inhabitants of the 12th Congressional District
A letter written by John Quincy Adams to the 12th Congressional District regarding the use of the "Gag Rule" to prevent him from reading petitions by enslaved people on the floor of the House of Representatives. Adams argues that the Gag Rule is a violation of petitioners' rights, and to ignore this violation would endanger the rights of all Americans.
February 20, 2018