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Building a Community of Upstanders: Planning
In the final installment of the three-part blog series, this Mix It Up coordinator shares how her school plans for the big event
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Homeless
In this vignette, eight-year-old Mikey spends two nights in a homeless shelter, where he and his family are too afraid to sleep for fear that someone would steal their things. The family then meets a caseworker who helps them into a temporary apartment while they work toward a more permanent home.
July 5, 2014
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Secret Audiotapes of JFK Decrying Civil Rights Violations in Birmingham
This 2005 news segment reports on a recently discovered recording from 1963, in which Kennedy responded to news of police violence against civil rights demonstrators in Birmingham, Alabama.
July 2, 2014
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Community Inquiry
What Would They Say
A discussion strategy that asks students to infer how a particular author or character from a text would respond to questions and scenarios. Students must defend their conclusions using evidence from the text.
July 13, 2014
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Crocodile and Ghost Bat Have a Hullabaloo: An Australian Tale of Name-Calling
Although carefully planned at twilight so all animals can attend, things go terribly wrong during this walkabout. The group creates such a terrible hullabaloo that Namarrkun, the lightning man, is forced to show his strength.
July 2, 2014
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Know Your Audience, Find Your Power
"There’s nothing wrong with the way your grandparents talk,” my elementary school teachers used to say. “Standard English is different. Not better or worse. It’s just a way of talking that you need to know.”
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Political Discussion Belongs in Our Classroom
I was excited by my lesson plan about the presidential elections. I planned to help students research issues and form opinions by guiding them through a variety of perspectives. Then my student teacher asked a question that surprised me. “Do you ever have parents complain about elections being discussed in school?” he wanted to know. “Why would they?” I asked.
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Teaching Students to Be Advocates for Social Justice
A ZIP code shouldn’t determine the quality of a student’s education.
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The World Was Silent
A study of the Armenian Genocide raises troubling questions of remembrance and responsibility.