Search

text

Literature

Old Joe and the Carpenter: An Appalachian Tale of Building Bridges

Are material possessions more important than friendship? Should you act on the impulse to get back when someone hurts you? Will you let pride get in the way of your friendship? This tale about bridges brings these questions to the fore..

Pleasant L. DeSpain

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Bullying & Bias

Subject

Civics

Geography

July 9, 2014

article

Issue 46, Spring 2014

Hit the Road

A STATE TROOPER GUARDS A ROAD BLOCK AT THE 16TH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH THE DAY AFTER THE BOMBING.

Whether close to home or far away, hands-on experience brings history to life.

Topic

Rights & Activism

article

Issue 50, Summer 2015

What We're Watching

Dim the lights and get ready to learn with these TT-approved films!

text

Visual

Broadside for a New Orleans Auction

Beneath a heading and series of details about the coming auction, the poster describes the 18 enslaved persons to be sold in varying degrees of detail. It identifies the age of each of these persons and offers other details.

Unidentified

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

December 14, 2017

the moment

Teaching Hard History Podcast

Learning for Justice is relaunching the Teaching Hard History podcast series with host Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Ph.D., to resist current efforts to erase and alter our nation’s history.

Teaching Hard History Podcast Series
Slavery and the Civil War, Part 1
Teaching Hard History: American Slavery |Key Concepts Videos

June 23, 2025

publication

Preparing to Teach 'The New Jim Crow'

Teaching 'The New Jim Crow' Preparing to Teach 'The New Jim Crow' In The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander introduces readers to the phenomenon of mass incarceration in the

July 6, 2017

article

Issue 2, Spring 2022

Tomorrow Night

Illustration of escaping enslaved peoples.

After planning for a long time, an enslaved family risks everything to live together and be free.

text

Informational

A Rumbling in the Mines

This chapter details the Chinese involvement in building the transcontinental railroad and the friction it caused between them and white workers, whom Chinese workers displaced from their jobs due to their willingness to work for less and not join labor unions.

Learning for Justice Staff

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Immigration Rights & Activism

Subject

History

Economics

Geography

August 22, 2016

page

Connecting With Literature

Important points, learning activities and questions for reflecting on and discussing stories through the lens of literature as “mirrors, windows and sliding glass doors.”

August 17, 2024

page

Advocating for Public Education

We all have a crucial role in advocating for children’s right to quality public education and equal access to learning.

March 20, 2025

Search

2,177 Results

Get the Learning for Justice Newsletter