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Tips For Adult Allies
Sometimes, even the best intentions can discourage youth activists. Here's a list of ways you can help, not hinder, young people.
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Seeing the Pain Beneath the Challenge
Carlisha certainly has her share of challenges. I work with her both in small groups and one-on-one. Sometimes she falls asleep, which she attributes to her diabetes medication. Some faculty members speculate that she is faking because she doesn’t want to do the work.
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Oral History Project
Students conduct interviews and record personal experiences focused on a specific theme from the central text. They then synthesize and present the information as a an article, pamphlet, poster or other medium of their choice.
July 13, 2014
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Prom Night in Mississippi
A new documentary film looks at a school that held its first racially integrated prom in 2008.
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Learning When to Listen
One teacher explains the value of knowing when to identify with your students when they tell you about their lives—and when to be quiet and listen.
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From Log Cabin to the Pulpit, or, Fifteen Years in Slavery
In this excerpt, Robinson describes "the four classes of men" who played pivotal roles in the system of chattel slavery.
December 15, 2017
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Lead Your Own Training: The Social Justice Standards
Do you find the Social Justice Standards valuable? Use our new Professional Development Facilitator Guide to train others!
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Spotlight on “Bridges Not Walls”
TT Educator Grants support social justice work at the classroom, school and district levels. Grants Manager Jey Ehrenhalt spoke with Emily Conner about her students’ pop-up exhibit of Latinx immigration history and policy in Portland, Oregon.
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Catch Up on LFJ Webinars
Did you miss out on our live webinars this year? Take some time this summer to watch them on demand!
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Advertising on the Internet
This lesson focuses on teaching students to understand the role of identity in the online marketplace and online advertising, and advertisers’ intent to manipulate consumers.
September 27, 2017