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Making King Real for Students Today
On the anniversary of Dr. King's assassination, we encourage teachers to break through the simplistic King narrative and share his righteous anger at poverty and militarism.
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Student Voices: Freddy Ochoa and Corina Torres
Freddy Ochoa interviews his aunt about her experience as a first-generation immigrant to America from a Mexican family.
September 28, 2018
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The Real Origins of Memorial Day
Juni teaches her friend Michael all she knows about the first Memorial Day—the day when thousands of black people marched to remember their loved ones who had died in the Civil War.
February 19, 2020
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Why Mendez Still Matters
Meet the school desegregation case that still affects ELL instruction today.
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The Fugitive Slave Bill
The Fugitive Slave Clause was a stipulation in the U.S. Constitution (Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3) that enslaved persons who escaped to another state had to be returned to their previous enslaver if discovered. An essential component of the Compromise of 1850 included a strengthening of that clause, through what was known as the Fugitive Slave Bill of 1850. The bill served as a concession to southern congressmen who wanted increased power to capture formerly enslaved persons. Congress passed the bill on September 18, 1850, and President Millard Fillmore signed it into law on the same day.
December 14, 2017
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Discussing #TakeAKnee in Class
With the spotlight once again on the act of kneeling during the national anthem, students will bring this conversation to the classroom. Here’s how to guide that discussion.
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How Fair Use Works
This lesson focuses on copyright and fair use. Students will discuss these concepts and then complete a project demonstrating what they learned.
October 3, 2017
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Let's Talk!
This resource is for educators working to build their own competency facilitating classroom conversations about critical topics like identity, discrimination and inequality.
July 1, 2022
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Follow the Stream
Schools foster a sense of belonging and achievement in the nomadic lives of migrant students.
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The Fog Machine
This excerpt focuses on the lives of African American students during Freedom Summer. After reading Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech in class in 1963, students in main character C.J.'s school are asked to share their dreams at an assembly.
June 9, 2015