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The First Americans

The Grand Council Fire of American Indians wrote this letter in response to the Chicago mayor's 1927 campaign against the use of British textbooks in public schools. The letter condemns the misrepresentation of Native American history in schools.

The Grand Council Fire of American Indians

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

July 3, 2014

publication

Appendix A: The Social Justice Standards

The Social Justice Standards are a road map for anti-bias education at every stage of K-12 instruction.

May 26, 2023

article

January 10, 2014

“Playing Black” for Laughs

Costumes and makeup aren’t the only markers for cultural appropriation. Dr. Neal Lester explains the prevalence of—and problems with—“figurative blackface.”

article

Issue 52, Spring 2016

Segregation Forever?

Ruby Bridges walks down the stairs of the schoolhouse

School enrollment patterns in the Deep South are no coincidence.

Topic

Rights & Activism

article

Issue 31, Spring 2007

The Question of Class

Paul Gorski calls on fellow educators examine the classist assumptions infiltrating classrooms and schools.

Topic

Class

article

May 26, 2016

Forging Partnerships With Our School Communities

Tapping into community resources conveys to students that their families, their neighbors and they themselves matter.

Topic

Rights & Activism

article

September 12, 2016

Teaching the Election Doesn’t Require Neutrality

This history teacher offers a strategy for teaching about the presidential election. It starts with organizing ideas into three categories: consensus, legitimately controversial and out of bounds.

article

December 16, 2013

The Classroom Closet

One writer describes his experience being both a gay man and an elementary school teacher.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

article

Issue 48, Fall 2014

The Classroom Closet

What if you couldn't be you at work?

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

article

June 10, 2014

Building School Culture Where All Kids Feel Special

In a world where competition awards few people on the backs of many, school awards can be redesigned to prioritize equity.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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