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Countering Islamophobia

This lesson helps students explore, confront and deconstruct stereotypes targeted at Muslims. Students will learn about the impact of Islamophobia and create an anti-Islamophobia campaign to display in school.

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Religion

February 14, 2017

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Issue 4, Spring 2023

Healing Through Restoration and Transformation

Stylized and colorful illustration of faces.

A community Freedom School model in Mississippi embraces transformative practices to strengthen relationships and disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline, illustrating the power of communities to effect change.

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StoryCorps: She Kissed Me on the Cheek

“The next day, the police car pulled up and they said, 'We're taking y'all to jail.'”

James Thompson, Dwight Thompson and Brenda Lee Graham

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Topic

Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

July 8, 2014

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Informational

Who Claims Me?

In Boston, widely regarded as the center of the abolitionist movement, black leaders called on citizens to resist the newly passed Fugitive Slave Law in 1850 in order “to make Massachusetts a battlefield in defense of liberty.”

Learning for Justice Staff

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

December 6, 2017

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Issue 51, Fall 2015

Moving the Needle on Racial Equity

When Brian Siverson-Hall talks about racial equity, he’s not just looking for conversation—he’s looking for results.

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Informational

Redstockings Manifesto

The feminist organization Redstockings was founded in New York in 1969 on the premise that women were oppressed by male supremacy. Their manifesto calls for female class consciousness and a fight for liberation.

Redstockings

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

July 2, 2014

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Issue 61, Spring 2019

Building Bridges With Body Movement

See la bomba Puertorriqueña in action!

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November 12, 2015

Historical Fiction as a Teaching Tool

This afterschool educator discusses how historical fiction is an effective tool to teach youth about underrepresented people and identities in classrooms and in U.S. history textbooks.

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October 30, 2020

Teach This: Voter Fraud and Voter Suppression

Voter handing photo identification to polling official.

Use these excerpts from ‘One Person, No Vote: How Not All Voters Are Treated Equally’ to help students identify claims, recognize evidence and evaluate the argument that charges of voter fraud can be a form of voter suppression.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Informational

Eleanor Roosevelt Resigns from the DAR

The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is a non-profit organization known for its lineage-based membership. Members of the DAR must be able to trace their genealogy back to an individual connected to American Independence. In this letter, Eleanor Roosevelt responds to the DAR’s refusal in February 1939 to allow the black performer Marian Anderson to sing at their auditorium, Constitution Hall.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

July 4, 2014

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