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The Power of Language

In this essay, the author identifies vague terminology used by the United States government during World War II to describe their actions toward Japanese Americans and outlines terms that would more appropriately describe the government's actions.

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Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Subject

Civics

History

April 28, 2016

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Witch Hunting

In this essay, the author draws parallels between the "witch hunts" experienced in 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts and in 1950 in the U.S. government at U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy's urgings.

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Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Religion Gender & Sexual Identity

Subject

Civics

History

June 20, 2016

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In the City of Brotherly Love

“The Irish and the English share a long legacy of conflict.” And this conflict extended across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World as a wave of Catholic immigrants arrived in the United States in the 1820s.

Jim Carnes

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Religion Class Immigration Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

May 22, 2017

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No Promised Land

“When Mormons settled in Missouri in the 1830s, local residents found Mormon beliefs and practices not simply strange, but wrong. … The Mormons, the Missouri governor declared, must be removed—if not by expulsion, then by extermination.”

Jim Carnes

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Religion Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

May 22, 2017

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Effects in Africa

These images show the negative effects that slavery had on Africa and African people.

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Grade Level

3-5 6-8 9-12

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Slavery

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History

January 28, 2020

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Susan B. Anthony

Alexandra Wallner follows Susan B. Anthony from her birth to her death by detailing her life, goals, hardships and accomplishments.

Alexandra Wallner

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

July 7, 2014

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Issue 47, Summer 2014

The Opportunity All Students Deserve

Supporting students’ learning means seeing past their mistakes.

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Successful ESL Strategies

This piece accompanies the ELL Best Practices CollectionHigh school teacher Kristan Taylor uses oral history projects and journaling to help ESL and non-ESL students "realize that they often share the same problems, frustrations and hopes for the future."

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Instruction

July 6, 2009

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Race Riots

In this essay, the author gives a short history of race riots, showing how they were originally organized by whites in an effort to show dominance over African Americans, particularly in the South.

Learning for Justice Staff

Grade Level

9-12

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Civics

History

Geography

June 20, 2016

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A Rumbling in the Mines

This chapter details the Chinese involvement in building the transcontinental railroad and the friction it caused between them and white workers, whom Chinese workers displaced from their jobs due to their willingness to work for less and not join labor unions.

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Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Immigration Rights & Activism

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History

Economics

Geography

August 22, 2016

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