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What We’re Reading This Week: August 17, 2018
A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.
2,974 Results
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Introducing the TT Educator Grants Program
We are offering grants, ranging from $500 to $10,000, to support projects that promote affirming school climates and that educate youth to thrive in a diverse democracy.
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Literature
The Fire Horse Girl
In this excerpt, the narrator, a young Chinese girl, poses as a boy with forged papers, trying to gain entry into the United States. When she realizes the American immigration agents are checking identity papers at the dock, she fights past them and runs for her life.
July 7, 2014
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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.
December 15, 2017
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Supporting Students From Immigrant Families
After recent news and photographs from El Paso—of asylum-seeking families held in chain-link, barbed-wire pens—your immigrant students may be feeling afraid, and you may feel unsure how to support them. These resources recommend steps you can take inside and outside your classroom to address injustice and insist on the human dignity of all people, no matter where they're born.
- Call to Action: All Children Deserve to Be Free
- This Is Not a Drill
- Toolkit for "Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff"
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Teaching About Voter Suppression and the 2020 Election
Voter suppression is not a thing of the past. It’s essential that students learn to identify it in history—and in this current election cycle. Including insight from Carol Anderson, John Lewis and others, these resources can help you teach about the Voting Rights Act, the historic back-and-forth fight for voting rights, the ways voter suppression manifests today and the ways young people are demanding better of the democratic process.
- Teach This: The Voting Rights Act
- The True History of Voting Rights
- Teach This: Texas Students Fight for Their Right to Vote
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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.
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Graça Machel
Graça Machel dedicated her life to fighting for the rights of children—especially those who have fallen victim to war—all over the world.
August 8, 2017
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By Virtue of Being Human: A Human Rights Questionnaire
"Test the waters" of human rights awareness with your class before introducing them to the framework by using the following questionnaire.
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What If?
The editor of Teaching Tolerance explores the ins and outs of social boundaries at school.