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Do You See What I See?
Children need help learning to see perspectives that differ from their own, and teachers can guide them—even in preschool and the early grades.
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Teaching Students About Historical Significance
How can educators push their students to think past a static understanding of history in developmentally appropriate ways? This teacher offers some insights from his classroom.
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Missteps in Civic Engagement
This educator reflects on the importance of identifying missteps in civic engagement projects.
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Toolkit for "The Young and the Registered"
Organizing and participating in a voter registration drive can be a powerful civics lesson for students. This toolkit lists suggestions on how you can help organize a student-led drive at your school.
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Community Inquiry
Artifact Add-ons
Artifact Add-on asks students to select and share real-life objects that illustrate concepts and ideas from the central text.
July 13, 2014
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Do Something
Film Festival
Students review films related to a theme in the central text, then plan, prepare for and host a community film festival.
July 13, 2014
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Ivory Tower: Lessons for a Teacher
Veteran teacher Dottie Blais writes openly about a question that too often is left unspoken and unanswered: How does a teacher's whiteness get in the way of successful multicultural education?
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8 Tips for Educators
Britta Ostermeyer says meeting the emotional and social needs of displaced students will be a long-term effort for schools and communities.
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A Kind and Just Parent
This piece is to accompany An Unconditional EmbraceRead an excerpt from Ayers's book, A Kind and Just Parent.
July 6, 2009