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Visibility is Power
Elementary educator Skye Tooley emphasizes the power of LGBTQ+ visibility in fostering positive spaces of understanding and empathy where all students feel visible and accepted.
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The Clever Boy and the Terrible, Dangerous Animal
This clever boy teaches the villagers that they should not be afraid of something just because they have never seen it before.
July 3, 2014
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Storm
In this story, the parents of three children decide not to tell people the gender of the third child in an effort to avoid promoting stereotypes. Instead, they allow the child to be a person rather than a pretty girl who wears pink or a strong boy who wears blue.
July 9, 2014
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Foul Line—1987
In this poem, a black woman carefully analyzes her interaction with a white waitress, whose actions, although civil, are smoldering with superiority.
July 5, 2014
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When It Comes to Holocaust Awareness, We Need to Raise the Bar
The events of this week have made it clear: It’s time to bring genocide and Holocaust awareness lessons back into the spotlight.
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Portfolio Activity for “Defining Moments”
Children’s dictionaries have the power to shape how kids see the world. Be sure yours promotes tolerance.
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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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Summary Objective 5
Students will describe the roles that slavery, Native nations and African Americans played in the Revolutionary War. Maps to Key Concepts 2, 3, 5, 9 & 10 What else should my students know? 5.A The Declaration of
December 18, 2017
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John W. Jordan to John A. McDonnell (1868)
Letter written between representatives of the Freedmen’s Bureau in the years immediately following the Civil War. The letter talks about a demonstration of the Ku Klux Klan.
December 14, 2017
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Kevin Connolly Will See You Now
Journalist Christopher Solomon writes of his interview with Kevin Connolly, a writer, photographer and medal-winning skiier, who was born without legs.
December 31, 2015