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Acknowledgments

Teaching 'The New Jim Crow' Acknowledgments Teaching Tolerance Director Maureen Costello Design Director Russell Estes Senior Designer Valerie Downes Projects Leads Emily Chiariello June Cara Christian Maya Lindberg

July 6, 2017

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July 7, 2009

From Incarceration to School

How to help young offenders make the transition.

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Sara Schmidt

Sara Schmidt is a writer, homeschooling mom, artist, wife and activist from the St. Louis area. Sara has taught in various capacities, from a European at-risk program and college support services to American Red Cross service corps. She writes for the Institute for Democratic Education in America and is inspired by nonconformist teachers, guerrilla learning, free schools, peaceful revolution, living outside the box and above all, kids.

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May 4, 2016

A Need to Speak: Teaching About the 2016 Election

This teacher argues that educators can’t shy away from discussing the current political climate. Students need to learn how to navigate explosive, emotional conversations in ways that nudge the discourse back toward civility.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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What Does 'Post Racial' Mean, Anyway?

In this activity, students in the middle and upper grades will explore whether Obama's selection as the president of the United States marks a new era in America, one where race doesn't matter.

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6-8 9-12

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Social Studies

July 6, 2009

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June 25, 2012

Writing the Powerless Out of History

In a recent discussion about a history reading, I asked students if they understood the need to think critically about what we read, even if the reading is labeled “historical.”

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Bullying & Bias

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Appendix B: Supplemental Materials

Supplemental materials to help you advocate for teaching hard history.

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Civil Rights Movement Slavery Rights & Activism

November 21, 2023

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March 9, 2020

Meet the 2020 TT Award Finalists!

Learn more about the 10 finalists for the 2020 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching.

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October 14, 2011

Challenging Stereotypes in 'Peter Pan'

I was putting my 6-year-old son to bed recently when he excitedly announced that he was going to be in the school play. “Peter Pan,” he said.

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Bullying & Bias

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Issue 14, Fall 1998

By Virtue of Being Human

December 10, 1998, marked the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Classrooms around the country participated in a yearlong commemoration by exploring human rights issues across the curriculum.

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Rights & Activism

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