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Beyond 'Things Fall Apart': Texts for Young Adults
What comes to your students’ minds when they hear the word Africa? If it’s mostly civil war and famine, you’ll like the diversity of these recommended texts.
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Why Teaching About Social Justice Matters
This teacher is often asked, “Why can’t you let ‘social justice’ go?” Here’s her answer.
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Believe It or Not
Four ways to include religiously unaffiliated students in classroom content about religion.
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Five Steps for Starting a Human Rights Club
A leading scholar on human rights education shares some try-tomorrow strategies for starting a human rights club at your high school. Pocket these ideas for Human Rights Day on December 10—and beyond.
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When Teachers Read the World
A teacher book group dedicated to reading diverse literature for young people and adults can foster cultural competence and support anti-bias teaching.
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Bringing Black Lives Matter Into the Classroom | Part II
Educator Jamilah Pitts introduces ways to discuss Black Lives Matter across all grade levels.
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Doing History in Buncombe County
A community gets to know its own stories—past and present—through the study of slave deeds.
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Reframing Gender Helps Kids See Beyond Other Binaries
Teaching gender as a spectrum has far-reaching consequences: Beyond helping students form a more complex understanding of gender identity, it helps them—and educators—see more nuance across a wide range of subjects.
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Self-Awareness and Cultural Competency
Cultural competency—the ability to work effectively and sensitively across cultural contexts—involves learning, communicating and connecting respectfully with others regardless of differences.
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A Message From Our Director
Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello implores educators to pass on these lessons of love in the face of hate.