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An Act to Confiscate Property Used for Insurrectionary Purposes
In this document, the U.S. government outlined its new policy towards escaped formerly enslaved persons during the Civil War.
January 9, 2018
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Elegy for Peter Norman
In this poem, the speaker recounts his or her shifting view of the white man stoically standing between Tommie Smith and John Carlos during their medal ceremony in Mexico City for the 1968 Olympics.
July 16, 2018
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Building a Community of Upstanders
A Mix Model School coordinator explains why her school participates in Mix It Up at Lunch Day and how she extended it beyond one day with an in-depth social experiment.
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iPad Project Seeks to Level Educational Field
This year our school district launched an iPad initiative for the kindergarten teachers and students at our Title I elementary school.
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Cause and Effect
Cause and Effect asks students to demonstrate their explanatory and informative writing skills.
July 19, 2014
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Mendez v. Westminster
Preceding the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, Mendez v. Westminster challenged the segregation of Mexican Americans in schools in Orange County, California.
July 29, 2016
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What Do We Share
What do We Share? asks students to demonstrate their argumentative and comparative writing skills.
July 19, 2014
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“Cornerstone” Speech
In this speech, Alexander H. Stephens justifies the Confederacy’s secession, arguing that the “cornerstone” of the Confederacy is the maintenance of the institution of slavery and the belief in the inferiority of African Americans.
January 6, 2018