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March 21, 2013

Rosa Parks: Abused and Misused

When Idaho Rep. Brent Crane characterized Rosa Parks as a champion of states’ rights in a recent debate, it was a troubling sign of what happens when a nation doesn’t work hard to remember its history.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 44, Summer 2013

When Bad Things Happen

Taller figure with their hand on the shoulder of a smaller person standing next to them. The background is split between a brighter sky and a stormy dark sky.

Help kids navigate our sometimes-violent world.

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July 22, 2013

Breaking Through the Challenge

When students thought success was impossible, wooden model rockets served as tools to boost self-esteem.

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February 27, 2014

Quiet in the Classroom

Introverts are often pushed to be talkative and outgoing. Doing so devalues their identities.

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Issue 50, Summer 2015

Toolkit for The Day I Swam Into a New World

Engage fourth- through eighth-graders in close readings and read-alouds of Margaret Auguste’s story “The Day I Swam into a New World” with the activities and audio recording in this toolkit.

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June 17, 2016

Happy Juneteenth!

Statues depicting emancipated enslaved people celebrating and looking towards the sky.

The emancipation story remains largely incomplete, over 150 years later.

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Rights & Activism

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August 5, 2015

Building a Community of Upstanders

A Mix Model School coordinator explains why her school participates in Mix It Up at Lunch Day and how she extended it beyond one day with an in-depth social experiment.

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August 20, 2015

Building a Community of Upstanders: Planning

In the final installment of the three-part blog series, this Mix It Up coordinator shares how her school plans for the big event

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Community Inquiry

Text Talk Time (3-5)

Text Talk Time is a whole class discussion that facilitates rich dialogue, active listening and use of textual evidence.

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3-5

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RL.3-5.1, RI.3-5.1, RL.3-5.2, RI.3-5.2, RL.3-5.3, RI.3-5.3, RL.3-5.4, RI.3-5.4, RL.3-5.5, RI.3-5.5, SL.3-5.1

July 13, 2014

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Issue 25, Spring 2004

One Nation, Indivisible

Teaching Tolerance director Kelvin Datcher ponders the legacy of Brown v. Board.

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