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Teaching About Stereotypes 2.0
This history teacher elevates his lessons on stereotyping to the next level. How? By engaging his students in reflective investigations of power, history and intention.
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Teaching the Hard History of Indigenous Slavery
TT’s newest film, ‘The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors,’ offers a classroom-ready introduction to the history of Indigenous enslavement in what is now the United States.
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Early Deliberations
A developmental psychologist investigates how children think about fairness and exclusion.
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'And Maybe I Can Change That Too'
A high school teacher helps his students challenge their own racist beliefs.
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Four Freedoms
In his 1941 State of the Union Address, President Franklin D. Roosevelt outlined four fundamental human freedoms—the freedom of speech, of worship, from want, and from fear—for the United States and the rest of the world.
June 10, 2015
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Our Gender is Soldier
While the question of allowing women to serve in combat was still under discussion at the Pentagon, Rod Norland explored whether the question had already been answered on the front lines of Iraq and Afghanistan.
July 2, 2014
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Songs of Zion
Mary loves Sunday mornings and the spirituals that give her and Mama hope.
January 8, 2019
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Songs of Zion
Mary loves Sunday mornings and the spirituals that give her, Mama and other enslaved people hope.
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Indigenous Peoples' History
Co-hosted by experts from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, this webinar will delve into the ways American history instruction often fails to acknowledge—and contributes to—the erasure of Indigenous stories and perspectives.
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Something Yule Want To Do At The Holidays
I once had an elementary school teacher who tried a multicultural approach to the holiday season. She told my class about Hanukkah, which she described as being a kind of “Jewish Christmas.” This fascinated us until we discovered that the gift-giving aspect of Hanukkah was spread out over several days. As fans of Santa Claus, we couldn’t help thinking that Jewish kids must have it tough.