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Teach This: “The Hill We Climb” and the 2021 Inauguration
Use Amanda Gorman’s poem “The Hill We Climb” to talk with students about creative expression as a commentary on democracy.
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Let's Talk! Teaching Black Lives Matter
This sequel to Let's Talk! Discussing Black Lives Matter in the Classroom reviews the education related policy demands within the Movement for Black Lives' platform: Invest-Divest and Community Control.
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What Administrators Can Do To Support Educators in Teaching Honest History
Administrators can support educators in advocating for teaching more comprehensive and accurate histories using the following tools.
November 21, 2023
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Now Accepting Applications and Nominations for the Teaching Tolerance Award!
Are you an exemplary K–12 classroom teacher who prioritizes equity and social justice? Do you know someone who is? We want to hear from you!
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Teaching Hard History Podcast Season 1: American Slavery
Season 1: American Slavery Season 1 offers an in-depth look at aspects of the history of American slavery and how to teach this hard history. Each episode explores a different topic and historical concepts, raises
June 12, 2025
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Teaching Hard History: American Slavery | Classroom Videos
In these short videos, historians and scholars explore the undertaught history of African and Indigenous enslavement in what is now the United States. (Available for streaming only)
April 22, 2020
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Teach Truth: Resist Efforts to Censor and Whitewash History
The accurate history of American slavery should be taught to children in age-appropriate and honest ways that develop critical thinking, while recognizing that Black history is U.S. history and goes beyond slavery. These LFJ publications—including Teaching Hard History: American Slavery, a K-12 curriculum framework—reinforce the importance of teaching this history honestly and provide resources for educators and parents.
- Teaching Hard History: American Slavery
- Survival, Resistance and Resilience
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Nominate an Outstanding Educator: The Teaching Tolerance Awards Are Here
The application for the Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching is now open! Find out how to apply or how to nominate someone for the award—and read about what winning the award has meant to past recipients.
- Now Accepting Applications and Nominations for the Teaching Tolerance Award!
- And the Winners Are...
- How the Teaching Tolerance Award Expanded My Teaching Family
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Presenting the Spring 2018 issue of Teaching Tolerance Magazine
The Spring issue of Teaching Tolerance magazine is here! This edition of The Moment features our cover story, which offers a preview of our newest initiative, Teaching Hard History: American Slavery. It also features stories on culturally responsive school gardens and the results of a national survey on teacher bullying of students.
- Teaching Hard History
- Statistically Speaking
- Liberated Roots
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Teaching Hard History Podcast Season 2: American Slavery
Season 2: American Slavery Season 2 expands the in-depth look at the hard history and legacy of American slavery to focus on the enslavement of Indigenous peoples. Few, if any, textbooks talk about what historian Andrés
June 17, 2025