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Sitting in the Shadows of Hope
This TT staffer reflects on the incessant violence in our country as an educator and a mother.
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To Know Our American History Is to Know Ourselves
What does the rise in hate groups and hate crimes say about our American history and American democracy when all lives should matter?
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Teaching Between Worlds
A couple of years ago a student approached me after history class. Avoiding eye contact, he trembled a bit before speaking. His voice was shaking. “I am sorry, teacher,” Armando began. “I could not finish my project. My parents were killed a couple days ago.”
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Violent Truth Is Much Scarier Than Simulation
An active shooter training video produced in southern California leaves one teacher feeling offended and traumatized.
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The Criminalization of Elementary Students
One after-school programmer reflects on the criminalization of youth.
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#dontshoot
The tragic loss of Michael Brown presents an opportunity to help students connect with our collective humanity.
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One America for today, tomorrow and forever, Clinton says
President Clinton delivered this speech at Little Rock's Central High School during a 40th-anniversary ceremony, in which he recognized the strength, conviction,and sacrifice shown by the Little Rock Nine and their parents.
July 7, 2014
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Homegrown Solutions
A resourceful Kansas town adapts to changing demographics.
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Birmingham 1963: Primary Documents
This lesson asks students to interrogate six historical documents that show differing opinions about the conflict in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963.
February 15, 2012