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Learning for Justice: The Road to 60 Freedom Summer Session
These learning modules center learning to inform our action for liberation and justice in our communities.
August 11, 2024
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The Civil Rights Movement: 10 Key Concepts
These 10 key concepts and main points encourage us to think critically about the complexities of history as we learn about and from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ’60s.
August 24, 2024
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Gender and Sexual Identity
Teach the facts about sex assigned at birth, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, and learn how to advocate for LGBTQ youth. Whether you're just becoming familiar with gender diversity or ready to
June 28, 2017
professional development
'The Capacity for Connection'
In this special Q & A, educators Louise Derman-Sparks and Patricia G. Ramsey, authors of the book, What If All the Kids are White?, provide early grades educators with practical ideas on preparing white students for a multicultural world.
June 30, 2017
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How Does Inclusive Education Benefit Society?
The tools for inquiry and dialogue are crucial if we are to build a just and thriving society. As professor of education Gregory M. Anderson points out: “Democracy cannot be sustained, let alone flourish, in the 21st century without open and robust spaces for rational discussion and analysis about our different experiences and viewpoints. This is an essential reason why inclusive education is crucial to our basic self-interests and our collective success.
- The Promise of Inclusive Education
- Educating for Democracy
- Let's Talk!
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Summary Objective 5
Students will describe the roles that slavery, Native nations and African Americans played in the Revolutionary War. Maps to Key Concepts 2, 3, 5, 9 & 10 What else should my students know? 5.A The Declaration of
December 18, 2017
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Self-Awareness and Cultural Competency
Cultural competency—the ability to work effectively and sensitively across cultural contexts—involves learning, communicating and connecting respectfully with others regardless of differences.
May 26, 2023
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How My Third-Graders and I Address Consent
A TT Award winner shares how she teaches her elementary students about consent throughout the year. It’s not too early—or too late—to start.
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Discussing War and Conflict: Resources for Educators, Parents and Caregivers
As images of war and conflict fill television screens and flood the internet right now, young people need the support of parents, caregivers and educators to grapple with their emotions and to understand the events.
October 10, 2023
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Who, Me? A Scientist?
In this lesson, students get in touch with their “inner scientists,” first by viewing a video of a 4-year-old solving a complex problem and then by working together to explain a discrepant event. Students also consider attributes shared by many scientists: curiosity, perseverance and the ability to problem-solve.
April 18, 2016