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September 3, 2010

Focus on the Family Goes After LGBT Students

For the last few days, an “educational analyst” for Focus on the Family has been getting a lot of press. She’s been suggesting that anti-bullying efforts that draw attention to the harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students are part of a “gay agenda” to “sneak homosexuality lessons into classrooms.”

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Bullying & Bias Gender & Sexual Identity

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Ijeoma Nicole Njaka

Ijeoma Njaka is a writer and education professional committed to social justice. As an undergraduate student, she spent summers teaching art, mathematics, and Swedish classes to bright, urban middle schoolers at LearningWorks at Blake: A Breakthrough Program in Minneapolis, Minn. She graduated from Brown University with a bachelor’s degree in Public Policy and American Institutions. She created U.S. history curriculum with a people’s history approach at Teaching for Change in Washington, D.C. Most recently, she worked at a Boston nonprofit to mentor first-generation college-bound, low-income

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Issue 6, Fall 2024

Only Young Once: The Case for Dismantling the South’s School-to-Prison Pipeline

We must end the long-standing maltreatment and criminalization of Black children in the education system throughout the South.

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Informational

Who is Responsible for the War?

In this speech, Alexander H. Stephens appeals to his fellow Southerners to vote against secession by highlighting what the consequences of secession might be.

Alexander H. Stephens

Grade Level

9-12

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Slavery

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History

December 15, 2017

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Making the Decision to Resist the Draft: Frank Yamasaki

“While in the Mindoka concentration camp, Idaho, during World War II, Frank Yamasaki refused his draft order. As a result, he was imprisoned at the McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington.”

Densho

Grade Level

3-5

Topic

Class Immigration Rights & Activism

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History

February 5, 2019

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May 20, 2010

Texas vs. Textbooks: The Final Chapter?

The Texas State Board of Education has been ridiculed in recent weeks for its efforts to rewrite the curriculum standards of the state’s K-12 textbooks. Starting today, the conservative majority on the 15-member board is expected to approve a rightward lurch in those standards.

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Rights & Activism

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January 10, 2017

Teaching MLK With the Social Justice Standards

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | Bettmann/Getty Images

Too often, lesson plans surrounding Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy fail to move beyond “I Have a Dream.” These classroom suggestions acknowledge the depth and complexity of the movement he helped to lead.

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Rights & Activism

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July 7, 2014

The End of Freedom School

The calculated murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner show just how real the risks of Freedom Summer were.

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Rights & Activism

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Freedom Petition Submitted by Enslaved People to the New Hampshire State Legislature in Portsmouth on Nov. 12, 1779

This petition illustrates how enslaved people used the rhetoric of the American Revolution to point out the colonies’ hypocrisy of demanding freedom and liberty, while themselves having slavery.

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6-8 9-12

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Slavery

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History

January 5, 2018

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Diversifying Classroom Texts

Join antiracist education experts Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul and Tricia Ebarvia together with Learning for Justice for this thought-provoking webinar highlighting the importance of diversifying classroom texts.

March 29, 2023

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