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Anything We Love Can Be Saved (Introduction)

In this introduction, Alice Walker touches on ideas of activism, the strength of the individual, enlightenment, fear of being inferior and the conviction needed to embrace one's life.

Alice Walker

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Gender & Sexual Identity

Subject

Civics

History

July 7, 2014

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Section I: Policy Checkup

Policies reflect a school’s priorities and, like budgets, reveal as much in what they omit as in what’s written on the page. It’s time more LGBTQ kids see themselves on the page. School leaders who make inclusive

October 25, 2018

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Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union

South Carolina’s Declaration provides its justification for seceding from the union, revolving around maintaining the institution of slavery, which it believes is threatened by free states.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

January 6, 2018

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Walking with the Wind

In this excerpt from his book, Walking with the Wind, John Lewis describes his involvement in the sit-ins in Nashville, Tenn., in the spring of 1960.

John Lewis

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Class

Subject

Civics

History

August 9, 2017

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Issue 14, Fall 1998

Lessons From Home

Education reformer Lisa Delpit encourages teachers to discover who their students are outside the classroom.

Topic

Race & Ethnicity

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The Dynamic

“I discovered that the more I speak up, the more I hear [my students] speaking up, too.”

Topic

Bullying & Bias

July 30, 2012

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Street Justice

The distrust between the Jewish community and African-American community in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in the 1990s reached an all-time high when a runaway car struck two children.

Jim Carnes

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Religion Immigration

Subject

History

May 22, 2017

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February 6, 2023

Talking to Children About the History of Slavery in the United States: A Resource for Parents and Caregivers

Father and daughter have a conversation while sitting on the front steps of their home.

These recommendations for discussing the history and legacy of slavery and race with children also provide age-appropriate information to emphasize in conversations.

Topic

Slavery Race & Ethnicity

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The Code Noir (1685)

The Code Noir shows the ways in which the French regulated their colonies using a race and religion based legal framework.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

January 4, 2018

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Miami by Fujian

Mariel visits her birthplace in China with her adopted parents. Although she struggles to fit in at times in her school in Miami, visiting her old orphanage helps her learn about where she comes from and opens her eyes to how lucky she is.

David Kwee

Grade Level

3-5

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Immigration

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

November 30, 2017

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