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The New Deal, Jim Crow and the Black Cabinet

Episode 10, Season 4 Opportunities created by the New Deal were often denied to African Americans. And that legacy of exclusion from jobs, loans and services can be seen today in federal programs and policies as well as

January 11, 2022

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“Mainstream, USA”

In this lesson, students will see how statistical data can tell a larger story, understand numbers in various contexts and explore different points of view in relation to data. They will also consider how—as future voters—they will help determine how the political process can serve everybody.

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6-8 9-12

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Immigration

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Social Studies

Math & Technology

September 29, 2014

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Connecting Slavery With the Civil Rights Movement

Episode 8, Season 3 To fully understand the United States today, we have to comprehend the central role that slavery played in our nation’s past. That legacy is also the foundation for understanding the civil rights

November 24, 2020

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Jim Crow: Yesterday and Today

Episode 1, Season 4 This season, we’re examining the century between the Civil War and the modern Civil Rights Movement to understand how systemic racism and slavery persisted and evolved after emancipation—and how Black

August 25, 2021

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The Harlem Renaissance: Restructuring, Rebirth and Reckoning

Episode 12, Season 4 During the Harlem Renaissance, more Black artists than ever before were asking key questions about the role of art in society. Oftentimes the Harlem Renaissance is misconstrued as a discrete moment

February 16, 2022

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Experiment in Fairness

Bayard Rustin was an African American leader who worked for the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) in the 1940s and 1950s for equal rights for all Americans using nonviolence. In this story, he writes about the struggle for an African American man to order a simple hamburger at a restaurant in the Midwest.

Bayard Rustin

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Class

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

July 16, 2018

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War with Mexico

In his editorial, Douglass argues that the Mexican War was a mechanism to expand slavery.

Frederick Douglass

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

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History

January 5, 2018

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Issue 65, Fall 2020

The Weaponization of Whiteness in Schools

Illustration of young child surrounded by angry eyes.

It’s time to recognize and stop the pattern.

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Issue 2, Spring 2022

Going Beyond the Textbook

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Teachers are using the textbook—and going beyond it—to change history education from the ground up.

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Teaching Hard History: Grades K-5

Our youngest students deserve a truthful, age-appropriate account of our past. These resources for elementary educators include a first-of-its-kind framework.

May 28, 2019

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