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Helping Students Develop Empathy Instead of Sympathy
When this literature teacher completes a book with her class and hears a student say, “Reading this makes me happy I am an American,” she flips the script.
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Names Do Matter
The start of the school year is an important time to remember that names have meaning—whether they belong to monuments, mountains or to your own students.
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You Spoke, We Listened
Our recent film, PD guide and magazine issues inspired an unprecedented amount of dialogue with readers.
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That Magic Moment
When her third-grade students hit a research obstacle, Syrita Jackson made the call—literally—to teach a point about perseverance.
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A Message From Our Director
TT director Maureen Costello encourages educators to raise students ready to address injustice.
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The Color of Law: Creating Racially Segregated Communities
This lesson is the first lesson of the series The Color of Law: The Role of Government in Shaping Racial Inequity. In this lesson, students examine the local, state and federal policies that supported racially discriminatory practices and cultivated racially segregated housing.
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Toolkit for "Segregation by Design"
This toolkit suggests ways to use primary sources to help students uncover the realities of segregation and how it was deliberately perpetuated in the United States.
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Toolkit for "Teaching at the Intersections"
This toolkit for “Teaching at the Intersections” provides anti-bias essential questions and readings from Perspectives for a Diverse America that can be used to build student understanding of intersectionality in grades K-12.
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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.