Most of us hold stereotypes about our country’s different regions—and even individual states. These biases, writer Carrie Kilman points out, originate in, or are shaped in part by, the media. And we are being exposed to
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.
This essay highlights Viola Liuzzo’s involvement in the civil rights movement and her tragic murder while shuttling marchers between Montgomery and Selma, Alabama.
The German Reichstag passed the following version of Paragraph 175, which imposed harsher legal restrictions and penalties on sexual activity between men, in 1935. With this law came a dramatic increase in the number of individuals facing prosecution for homosexual activity.
SQP2RS stands for survey, question, predict, read, respond and summarize. SQP2RS (or “Squeepers”) ensures students recognize the steps to reading and understanding informational texts.
In his essay, Bacon provides some high-level insights into the past of America’s deaf, as well as the current culture and some potential challenges that lie ahead.