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Tips for Advocating for Inclusive Education
Recommendations for parents, caregivers and community members to help you advocate for inclusive education that supports all our children.
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Native American Heritage Month
As Native American Heritage Month comes to a close, be sure to continue incorporating this history in your curriculum and support Native American students year-round. Use these resources to help students contextualize the true history and contemporary issues of Native peoples.
- With and About: Inviting Contemporary American Indian Peoples Into the Classroom
- Rewriting History—for the Better
- Q&A: Native Knowledge 360°
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Engaging School and District Administrators
When school and district leaders explicitly express support for their teachers and for honest histories, educators feel more encouraged to keep doing this important work.
November 21, 2023
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Little Rock, Arkansas Anniversary
Get ready to observe the anniversary of the integration of Central High School and to teach about the Little Rock Nine. These resources can help you contextualize these historic events, connect past to present and celebrate the power of young people to change history.
- Little Rock 60 Years Later
- Little Rock Helps Students Connect With History
- Burning 'Brown' to the Ground
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Closing the Gossip Pipeline
Today somebody vomited in fourth-period study hall. Before the period had ended, kids in my study hall already knew about it. On my way to fifth-period class, every kid I passed in the crowded hallway was talking about it. Webster’s dictionary defines gossip as “a report about the behavior of other people.” In my school, gossip is the pipeline through which all sorts of misinformation, lies, and occasional truths get exchanged.
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Reminding Students of America’s Diverse Beauty
This week as the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, I plan to gather my third-, fourth- and fifth-graders around me. I will tell them, "Our country is a beautiful place." I’ll keep this in mind as I think of the moments when we were clearly afraid.
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Lord, Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black?
This poem features two speakers, a person and God. The person questions why God made him/her black and lists the negative associations with the color. God answers by showing all the beautiful ways humans are created.
July 7, 2014
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November Is Native American Heritage Month
Teach students an accurate and more complete history of Native and Indigenous peoples in celebration of Native American Heritage Month—and all year long! Including information from experts at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, these LFJ resources can help.
- Indigenous Peoples' History
- Q&A: Native Knowledge 360°
- With and About: Inviting Contemporary American Indian Peoples Into the Classroom
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Check Out Our Digital Literacy Resources!
We know young people need both the digital and civic skills to navigate the internet today. That’s why we’re happy to share our Digital Literacy Framework and its accompanying resources, including K–12 lessons and professional development tools.
- Presenting Teaching Tolerance's Digital Literacy Framework
- How Does Fake News Become News?
- Social Media for Social Action