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From Awareness to Action
Young people make great political activists. How can you get them involved in fighting for issues that matter?
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Cheerios Ad Touches Racial Nerve
A recent Cheerios commercial reminds us of the historical roots of race in the United States. Those roots still cause social and political upset.
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Talking With Students About Ferguson and Racism
This teacher believes it’s crucial for white teachers like her to seek out productive ways to talk about race and racism with students.
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A Call for Democratic Education
Since the polarized 2016 election, many people have suggested what schools can do to promote civility, critical thinking and civic engagement. This educator says democratic education might be the most important way to go.
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Community Inquiry
Affirmation Interview
During Affirmation Interview, students practice verbal and non-verbal communication in the roles of “interviewer” and “interviewee.”
July 13, 2014
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The History Behind Black History Month
Many educators silently wrestle with this question: Is Black History Month a window of opportunity or just a pigeonhole?
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Teaching 'The New Jim Crow'
Teaching Tolerance teamed up with Michelle Alexander—author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness—to offer educators two FREE webinars exploring mass incarceration in the United States and how to teach about it.
September 23, 2014
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Announcing Our Newest Curriculum: ‘Teaching the Civil Rights Movement’
If young people are to make the vision of a just and peaceful world a reality, we must give them the tools to build a strong multiracial democracy—and those tools include an accurate, comprehensive and inclusive history of the United States. We are thrilled to introduce Teaching the Civil Rights Movement, our newest curriculum, which begins in 1877 with Reconstruction and continues the narrative of the movement for equality and civil rights to the present. At this critical moment in which states and districts are attempting to censor discussions of race and racism in U.S.
- Teaching the Civil Rights Movement
- Teaching Hard History: American Slavery
- Teaching Hard History Podcast Series
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Witness
What happens when the role of guest and substitute teachers is complicated through witnessing racism, sexism, prejudice or other mistreatment?
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Understanding and Countering Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Schools
Amid a rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia, we all need to help ensure young people’s right to an education free from bigotry in an inclusive and supportive environment.