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You Spoke, We Listened
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New Resources for Teaching Hard History
Our students deserve an honest account of our nation’s history. That’s why we’re proud to share our new and expanded Teaching Hard History resources. They will help you tell a more complete story of American slavery that starts with Indigenous enslavement and includes students of all ages. To teach our students the truth about our shared hard history, we’ll need to start where the stories—and the learning—begin.
- Teaching Hard History: American Slavery |Key Concepts Videos
- Teaching Hard History: Grades K-5
- Teaching Hard History: Grades 6–12
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My Identity
After growing up in foster care, Ashley, a young Native-American Caucasian woman, converts to Islam in hopes of finding structure in a life where it never existed. However, with that decision comes the risk of losing one of the few biological connections she still has.
January 12, 2018
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Learn From and Honor Black History
Black history is central to our nation’s story. These resources can help celebrate, teach and learn from Black history and experience all year.
February 1, 2024
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Keep It Academic
The study of religion must serve academic purposes. Many schools approach the subject in self-contained religion courses, while others integrate the study of religion throughout coursework. Below are models and resources.
July 16, 2009
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Teach the Truth About American Slavery
August 23 is International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. With blatant, nationwide attempts to keep truth-telling out of schools, it’s especially critical to teach the whole truth about American slavery. Use our Teaching Hard History framework, its accompanying online archives and databases, and this film to help you and your students dig deeper into lessons about the slave trade and its lasting effects, as well as an often-forgotten part of our nation’s history: Indigenous enslavement.
- Teaching Hard History: American Slavery |Key Concepts Videos
- Teaching Hard History: American Slavery
- Teaching Hard History Online Archives and Databases
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A Quick Reference Guide to Teaching Hard History
[2022] LFJ's framework for teaching about American slavery can be used to supplement current curriculum or to guide the creation of new curriculum that more honestly and courageously tells the story of American slavery.
July 6, 2022
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The American Slave Code in Theory and Practice (1853)
This argument from William Goodell underscores the moral and legal precedents used to break up families for commodification.
December 14, 2017
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Use the Tools of Science to Recognize Inequity in Science
We know anti-racist STEM curriculum is critical, but it can be hard to find. These LFJ grantees have created a resource to help.
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Supplementary Resources
Teaching 'The New Jim Crow' Supplementary Resources Preparing to Teach The New Jim Crow A Conversation with Michelle Alexander | June Cara Christian In this interview, Michelle Alexander discusses The New Jim Crow and
July 6, 2017