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Toolkit for "Native Voices, Native Votes"
This toolkit for “Native Voices, Native Votes” charts a five-step plan for how educators can increase students’ knowledge about the history and current state of the Native vote.
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Summary Objective 5
Students will describe the roles that slavery, Native nations and African Americans played in the Revolutionary War. Maps to Key Concepts 2, 3, 5, 9 & 10 What else should my students know? 5.A The Declaration of
December 18, 2017
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Lynching: White Supremacy, Terrorism and Black Resilience
Episode 6, Season 4 Black American experiences during Jim Crow were deeply affected by the ever-present threat of lynching and other forms of racist violence. Historian Kidada Williams amplifies perspectives from Black
October 26, 2021
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Asian-American Heritage Day: A Reflection
During a day of lessons about Asian-American culture and history, students in this Philadelphia school experienced deep learning and reflection.
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Making the Decision to Resist the Draft: Frank Yamasaki
“While in the Mindoka concentration camp, Idaho, during World War II, Frank Yamasaki refused his draft order. As a result, he was imprisoned at the McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington.”
February 5, 2019
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Representative Lewis Discusses Reenacting Historic Bus Rides of 1961 Video Transcript
This piece is to accompany The Freedom RidersForty years ago, a dozen or so friends decided to test a new ruling that banned the forced separation of whites and blacks in interstate travel. They became known as Freedom Riders, and they paved the way for the civil rights struggle. John Lewis joined the original rides. He is now a Congressman from Georgia. Well, today they're retracing their steps from the spring of '61.
April 5, 2011
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What Sally Ride and Amelia Earhart Taught Us
This week reminded us of two pioneering women in aviation. The nation mourned the death of Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. At the same time, many of us celebrated the 115th birthday of Amelia Earhart.
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The Next Comics Revolution
A real-life superhero shares his thoughts on the need for diversity in comics.
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Teaching the Hard History of Indigenous Slavery
TT’s newest film, ‘The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors,’ offers a classroom-ready introduction to the history of Indigenous enslavement in what is now the United States.
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Native Culture Should Be Taught Year Round
Tribal curricula are changing educational outcomes—for both Native and non-Native students.