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Race and Poverty Matter, Even on Earth Day
There’s an old joke among real estate agents that the three most important things to consider in any property are location, location, location.
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Teaching 'The New Jim Crow'
A teacher’s guide for The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, a groundbreaking book by Michelle Alexander.
June 23, 2022
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Why I'll Never Teach This Powerful Book Again
This teacher's classes were in the middle of reading a Sherman Alexie classic that spurred deep discussions and powerful writing. Then several women came forward to say #metoo about the author.
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Confronting White Privilege
Many affluent students are oblivious to issues of race and class. Here are two teaching strategies designed to open their eyes.
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Teaching About Voter Suppression and the 2020 Election
Voter suppression is not a thing of the past. It’s essential that students learn to identify it in history—and in this current election cycle. Including insight from Carol Anderson, John Lewis and others, these resources can help you teach about the Voting Rights Act, the historic back-and-forth fight for voting rights, the ways voter suppression manifests today and the ways young people are demanding better of the democratic process.
- Teach This: The Voting Rights Act
- The True History of Voting Rights
- Teach This: Texas Students Fight for Their Right to Vote
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Women’s Rights—Women’s History
The struggle for equality and justice for all women is not relegated to history; it is the lived experience of women today in the United States and around the world.
March 1, 2024
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Stereotypes and Tonto
This lesson revolves around Sherman Alexie’s poignant yet humorous and accessible essay, “I Hated Tonto (Still Do).” It explores the negative impact that stereotypes have on the self-worth of individuals and the damage that these stereotypes inflict on pride in one’s heritage. The reading is supported by a short video montage of clips from Western films. The clips offer students the opportunity to evaluate primary sources for bias and bigotry, as well as providing context for the protagonists’ experiences in the essay.
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Toolkit for "A Remote Control for Learning"
In "A Remote Control for Learning," Gene Luen Yang explains how students with different learning styles can benefit when instruction includes graphic novels and comics. Use this classroom activity to see how comics can