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Connecting Past and Present With Primary Sources
When two American Studies teachers combined their classes to discuss school integration, they fostered a depth of learning they never anticipated.
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Out of Auschwitz
Samuel Pisar, a survivor of Auschwitz, recounts his liberation at age 16 from the most notorious Nazi death camp.
July 5, 2014
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Mariposas
This Latina civic empowerment program seeks to “take stories of adversity and flip them into stories of glory.”
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An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America
Henry Highland Garnet was an African-American abolitionist, minister, educator and newspaper editor. Garnet delivered “An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America” at the National Negro Convention in Buffalo, N.Y., on Aug. 16, 1843.
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Miami by Fujian
Mariel visits her birthplace in China with her adopted parents. Although she struggles to fit in at times in her school in Miami, visiting her old orphanage helps her learn about where she comes from and opens her eyes to how lucky she is.
November 30, 2017
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2011 Teaching Tolerance Award Winners
Teaching Tolerance recognized five outstanding educators with the first-ever Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Culturally Responsive Teaching on Dec. 9th in Washington, D.C.
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A Fragile Peace
Two New Mexico classrooms learn the fine art of living with Tourette Syndrome.
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Let the Freedom Rides Roll Through Your Class
When many students think of buses and desegregation, their minds instantly go to Rosa Parks and the 1954 Montgomery Bus Boycott. But the larger civil rights fight over transportation took place seven years later with the Freedom Rides.