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Jerrie Mock
“Jerrie Mock” is a story written by Tamera Bryant for publication as a Perspectives for a Diverse America text in 2013.
May 9, 2014
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Connecting With Students Through Dialogue
After learning an important lesson about student engagement as a classroom teacher, this teacher educator passed it on to her pre-service teachers: Focus on connecting with students versus trying to control them.
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Building Empathy With ‘Miss Peregrine’s’
This after-school educator developed a creative set of discussion questions and prompts to help students talk about empathy. Her tools? A young adult novel, the Teaching Tolerance Anti-bias Framework and Perspectives for a Diverse America.
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Literature
The First 100 Days
When two sides fail to come together after a classroom election, the teacher institutes the 100 Days plan to try to keep the newly elected accountable and the remaining students apprised of what they can expect from their new president.
January 3, 2017
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Danger on my Doorstep
Linda Schubert recounts the fear that consumed her Jewish family living in Nazi-Germany in the late 1930s. Each family member endured individual stress and anxiety, but each also contributed to the family's greater good of the family.
July 7, 2014
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Jerrie Mock
Tamera Bryant relays the story of Jerrie Mock and her dream to fly an airplane around the world. In spite of naysayers, including her family, who tried to remind her that girls grow up to be wives and mothers, Jerrie followed her dream and became the first woman to fly an airplane around the world.
July 9, 2014
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Culture and Climate
“To feel safe and to feel seen. To feel valued and capable of growth. These are simple concepts—basic pillars of student achievement and the results of good pedagogy.”
May 26, 2023
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FREEDOM TO LEARN NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION—MAY 3, 2023
“Because we know that attacks on knowledge are fueling threats to freedom, and that repression in one place fuels its spread elsewhere, we call for global resistance to all efforts to destroy the vital tools that help us to imagine and create more equitable and inclusive futures for us all.” —African American Policy Forum
- Debbie Reese on Book Bans and Native Representation
- ‘Never Again’ Starts With Education
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Learning From the Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement is a story of people who believed they could bring about change to ensure civil and human rights for themselves and future generations. That change did not come easily, nor did it come without disappointments and sacrifices. As we stand on the shoulders of generations who fought for the reality of our nation’s democratic ideals, we cannot afford to lose hope. We must build resiliency in ourselves and our communities, resist hate, and recommit to our values: justice, human rights for all and democratic governance.
- Learning from the Civil Rights Movement
- Teaching About the Montgomery Bus Boycott
- Listening and Learning: A Conversation With Valda Harris Montgomery
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Commit to Building a Just Future
Children should have the right to safe, affirming and inclusive schools. To uplift Banned Books Week and to honor LGBTQ+ History Month, support young people’s freedom to read, learn and build a just future.
- Exclusion Is Unconstitutional
- Building a Just Future
- ChangeMakers for an Inclusive and Just Future