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Prison Writings

When Leonard Peltier thinks of the massacre at Wounded Knee, he hears the screams of women and children. Although the vehicle for killing has changed, Peltier explains how American Indians are still being killed off in the modern day.

Leonard Peltier

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Religion Class Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

July 2, 2014

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Text-Dependent Questions for “Slavery as a Form of Racialized Social Control”

These questions accompany Teaching 'The New Jim Crow' Lesson 3: Slavery As A Form Of Racialized Social Control.

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Rights & Activism

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

July 17, 2017

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January 3, 2020

Looking Back and Pressing Forward

As Teaching Tolerance reflects on the last decade, we are reminded that the work continues.

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Learn From and Honor Black History

Black history is central to our nation’s story. These resources can help celebrate, teach and learn from Black history and experience all year.

February 1, 2024

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Walking with the Wind

In this excerpt from his book, Walking with the Wind, John Lewis describes his involvement in the sit-ins in Nashville, Tenn., in the spring of 1960.

John Lewis

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Class

Subject

Civics

History

August 9, 2017

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Issue 35, Spring 2009

How School Taught Me I Was Poor

Teaching Tolerance illustration of a student walking with head down while kids laught at him from the school bus window on its way to wealthy neighborhoods

Third grade was a bad year. Third grade was the year I learned in school that I was poor.

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Class

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Issue 37, Spring 2010

Uncovering the Movement

Let students ‘do’ history for themselves.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Issue 56, Summer 2017

“This Is Bigger than History”: A Conversation With Ibram Kendi

Dr. Ibram Kendi sitting in front of a book shelf

Dr. Kendi’s book argues: You can’t effectively teach or learn about racism without understanding its origins.

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Literature

The Fog Machine

This excerpt focuses on the lives of African American students during Freedom Summer. After reading Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech in class in 1963, students in main character C.J.'s school are asked to share their dreams at an assembly.

Susan Follett

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

Subject

Civics

History

June 9, 2015

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July 13, 2010

Bridging the Cultural Gaps in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. Harper Lee’s work is so powerful and popular that it has never been out of print, selling more than 30 million copies.

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