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Handle With Care: Supporting Young People During Crisis Events
How to support children and youth during crisis events in our communities, nation and world.
November 7, 2024
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Anti-Muslim
Anti-Muslim incidents numbered the fewest among the five categories reported by educators (6 percent) and those reported in the news. Altogether, we identified more than 200 anti-Muslim hate and bias incidents. The vast
May 1, 2019
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South Carolina Topsey in a Fix
In his cartoon, Thomas W. Strong turns southern arguments in favor of slavery against the South. He creates an anti-secessionist message by depicting South Carolina as an enslaved woman (likely a reference to Topsey from Uncle Tom’s Cabin) incapable of making her own decisions.
December 15, 2017
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‘Selma Online’: Young People Impact the Vote
Use ‘Selma Online’ to help students build decision-making, leadership, activism and civic engagement skills at their own pace.
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The Fight for Ethnic Studies
Across the country, advocates are working to ensure K-12 students have the opportunity to take ethnic studies courses.
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Escuela de la frontera (Border School)
A small Catholic school and its students grapple with life and learning in the shadow of two nations.
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The Silencing of Mary Dyer
In this chapter, Carnes details oppression experienced by the early New England colonists. In particular, he chronicles Mary Dyer’s path from a once uncomfortably conforming Puritan to an outspoken Quaker unshaken by threats, banishment and even death.
January 23, 2017
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Music Reconstructed: Adia Victoria and the Landscape of the Blues
Installment 3 When we consider the trauma of white supremacy during the Jim Crow era—what writer Ralph Ellison describes as “the brutal experience”—it’s important to understand the resilience and joy that sustained Black
April 12, 2022
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Educating for Democracy
Effective civics literacy develops critical thinkers who can connect history and current events to engage in democratic action in building an equitable and just society.
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History Class Practices Speaking Up
A history class offered an opportunity to model speaking up against bias.