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Issue 46, Spring 2014

Toolkit for Picture Imperfect

Racial inequity, gender stereotypes and heternormity continue to dominate children’s books. This toolkit will help you assess your classroom library and make future selections that reflect a range of cultures, genders, immigration and socio-economic statuses, sexual orientations and family structures.

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December 10, 2014

What a Week for Transgender Students!

December started off right with expanded rights for transgender students attending public schools.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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Majority Rule

In this essay, the author considers what it means to live in a democracy of "majority rule" and where minorities find their place and voice (or lack thereof in such a system).

Learning for Justice Staff

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Religion Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

April 27, 2016

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The Zoot-Suit Riots

In this essay, the author details the violence imposed by GIs in the 1940s on the Mexican American population living in Los Angeles, California.

Learning for Justice Staff

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Rights & Activism

Subject

History

April 28, 2016

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May 22, 2017

What Good Is a Voice If You Don’t Use It?

After years of leaving his classroom walls empty, this high school teacher was prompted by the current political climate to do a little decorating. It sparked some fruitful classroom discussions.

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Word Work

Vocabulary Frames

Students use this tool to identify a word’s meaning, its parts and its opposite. After organizing the information on an illustrated flashcard, students practice using the word in a sentence.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

L.6-12.4, L.6-12.6

July 19, 2014

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Word Work

Word Web

Word webs are mind maps that promote active learning and help students develop higher-order thinking skills. Students map their thinking in a graphic organizer based on a Frayer model.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

RL.3-5.4, RI.3-5.4, L.3-5.4, L.3-5.5, L.3-5.6

July 19, 2014

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President Obama's Address on the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday

Obama's 2015 speech on the Edmund Pettus Bridge honors the anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," when hundreds of voting-rights activists were brutally attacked by state troopers as they began a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. President Obama reminds us of the spirit and struggle associated with the marchers in Selma, or any group of people meeting injustice.

Barack Obama

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

March 11, 2015

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Bus Boycott: Historical Documents Highlight Integration Milestone

This collection of primary resources and corresponding activities sheds light on the endurance of peaceful protesters in Montgomery, Ala., who overturned an unjust law.

Grade Level

3-5 6-8 9-12

Topic

Rights & Activism

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

History

July 6, 2009

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Remarks on Signing the Immigration Act of 1965

The Immigration Act of 1965 abolished the "country-of-origin" immigration quota system and established a system of entry based on skills and family relationships with U.S. residents. In addition to his remarks about these changes, President Johnson announced asylum for Cuban refugees.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Immigration Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

June 11, 2015

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