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TT Awardee Spotlight: Darnell Fine
The application window for the 2016 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching is open! Read how this award has impacted Darnell Fine, a 2012 awardee.
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Brain Game Time!
Game time is being cut in exchange for increased direct instruction time in reading and mathematics. But research shows that games actually nourish the brain—and one teacher uses them daily in her classroom.
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Invisible Man, Prologue
Is it possible to be seen but not noticed? To be noticed but not understood? Ralph Ellison shows that invisibility is no accident.
July 5, 2014
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Just Peace: A Message of Hope
In this book excerpt Mattie Stepanek describes what it is like living with a rare neuromuscular disease. Defying many developmental odds, Mattie recounts highs and lows as he travels toward his tenth birthday, living on what he terms “the edge.”
July 5, 2014
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Out of Auschwitz
Samuel Pisar, a survivor of Auschwitz, recounts his liberation at age 16 from the most notorious Nazi death camp.
July 5, 2014
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Controlling the Student Body
Are your school’s dress and behavior policies doing more harm than good?
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Your Students Love Social Media ... and So Can You
Want to engage students? Meet them on society’s newest public square.
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You CAN Teach About Religion in Public School!
The First Amendment defines the parameters of including religious content in U.S. public school classrooms, but teachers still wonder: What does religion as content look like?
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Sen. James Henry Hammond On the Admission of Kansas, Under the Lecompton Constitution Speech Before the United States Senate / Cotton is King
The "Cotton is King" speech given by Senator James Henry Hammond before the U. S. Senate on March 4, 1858.
February 20, 2018
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Teaching Hard History
Four innovative educators discuss how they teach about our country's painful past. Plus, get a sneak preview of our new resources for teaching about American slavery.