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July 7, 2009

Steps To Take When A Book Is Challenged

Learn how to combat censorship and book banning in your school or community with these actions from the American Library Association, National Council of Teachers of English and People for the American Way.

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September 26, 2016

Ban? No, Teach the Topics.

Gender, sexuality and religion are common themes in challenged books of 2015. Rather than effectively ban these topics from the classroom, TT recommends teaching about them and offers student texts to do so.

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"Savages"

In this essay, the author unpacks the original definition for "savage" from the 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language, explaining the ironic vantage point through which settlers viewed Native Americans.

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Grade Level

9-12

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History

Geography

April 28, 2016

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May 18, 2017

Teachers, Check Your Texts

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LGBTQ Asian identities need to be amplified in the school curriculum—and not just during a heritage month.

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Issue 36, Fall 2009

Colorblindness: the New Racism?

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Kawania Wooten’s voice tightens when she describes the struggle she’s having at the school her son attends. When his class created a timeline of civilization, Wooten saw the Greeks, the Romans and the Incas. But nothing was said about Africa, even though the class has several African American students.

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February 8, 2016

Let’s Talk About Lula

Class discussions about To Kill a Mockingbird typically focus on the book’s white protagonists. This brand-new TT lesson turns the lens by focusing on the perspective of one of the book’s African American characters.

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February 24, 2017

The Disturbing “Monkey Business” of U.S. Black-White Race Relations

Representations of black people as animals is both a past and present manifestation of the United States’ complicated history with race.

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April 21, 2014

The N-Word: Connected Through Historical Disconnect?

Dr. Neal Lester talks about meeting folks across the country who want thoughtful, informed and critical conversation about the troublesome n-word.

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August 19, 2015

Seven Texts to Teach Instead of 'Ceremony'

What’s your go-to text by an indigenous author? This educator calls attention to the limitations of using only Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko, and offers a detailed list of suggested additional readings.

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Blankets for the Dead

In 1830, the government began systematically removing all Native Americans from the Eastern United States. The removal of Cherokees from Georgia in 1838 has become known as the Trail of Tears. But there were, in fact, many such trails, as the Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Seminoles and other tribes were forced to abandon their homelands.

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Grade Level

9-12

Subject

Civics

History

Geography

August 22, 2016

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