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Community Bulletin Board

Students showcase artwork and nonfiction writing that addresses issues they found in the text. The result is a visual, collaborative and creative representation of student learning and ideas. An alternative to the bulletin board is a community newsletter.

Grade Level

K-2

July 13, 2014

article

Issue 60, Fall 2018

Toolkit for "Segregation by Design"

This toolkit suggests ways to use primary sources to help students uncover the realities of segregation and how it was deliberately perpetuated in the United States.

article

June 20, 2023

Connect Voting Rights History to Current Policies and Discourse

A diverse group of people are moving toward the right and the person in front is holding a banner that reads "Protect voting rights for all."

Uncovering the honest history of voting rights in the U.S. is crucial to create an inclusive society and realize the democratic ideals expressed in the Constitution.

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Rights & Activism

article

May 10, 2018

Classroom Mindfulness in Real Life: A Portrait

TT Grants coordinator Jey Ehrenhalt talked with elementary educator Kristie Burnett, who models mindfulness and brings meditative practices to the students in her third-grade classroom in upstate New York.

article

June 20, 2018

The Words “We” Use for “The Other”

Child looking out onto the countryside, silhouetted in window

Too often, teachers present geographically distant regions—and the people who live in them—as “other.” Here’s how you can avoid doing so.

Topic

Religion Immigration

text

Literature

Is Reading Bad?

Two small boys on a plantation strike up a dangerous friendship.

Patty Johnson

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

January 7, 2019

text

Literature

The Real Origins of Memorial Day

Juni teaches her friend Michael all she knows about the first Memorial Day—the day when thousands of black people marched to remember their loved ones who had died in the Civil War.

Jarah Botello

Grade Level

3-5

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

February 19, 2020

text

Literature

Lost Friends

A young boy travels with his grandmother to place a “Lost Friends” ad searching for his uncle who was sold by his enslaver and separated from his family before the Civil War.

Jarah Botello

Grade Level

3-5

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

February 19, 2020

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‘Bibi’ Lesson 2: Intersectionality in ‘Bibi’

In this second of three lessons on the film ‘Bibi,’ students will apply the concepts of intersectionality, privilege and oppression to characters from the film ‘Bibi.’

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

June 2, 2020

article

March 24, 2022

Help Ensure Immigrant Families Have What They Need

Recent rule changes prompted fearful immigrant parents and caregivers to disenroll eligible children from support services. Educators can help clear up the confusion.

Topic

Immigration Rights & Activism

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