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Honoring Stories Across Difference
This educator asks, “How can I as a white ally amplify the voices of those affected by racial violence? How can I honor their stories?”
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Missteps in Civic Engagement
This educator reflects on the importance of identifying missteps in civic engagement projects.
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Escalating U.S. Poverty Rate Sends Shockwaves
This 2010 news segment considers the cause and impact of the rising poverty level in the United States.
July 7, 2014
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Rescue Mission
American Indian tribes across the United States are working to revive their lost languages.
July 7, 2014
professional development
A Kind and Just Parent
This piece is to accompany An Unconditional EmbraceRead an excerpt from Ayers's book, A Kind and Just Parent.
July 6, 2009
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Literature
The Fire Horse Girl
In this excerpt, the narrator, a young Chinese girl, poses as a boy with forged papers, trying to gain entry into the United States. When she realizes the American immigration agents are checking identity papers at the dock, she fights past them and runs for her life.
July 7, 2014
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Are Your Students Targets of Racial Profiling?
It’s summertime, and students have replaced class time with free time. In the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting, parents and teachers are painfully aware of the widespread racial profiling targeting men of color—particularly younger men who are more apt to be out and about during these summer months.
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Inspections
Medical and legal inspections were the first of many tests immigrants would have to pass on their arduous journey to establish lives in the United States.
July 7, 2014
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Secret Audiotapes of JFK Decrying Civil Rights Violations in Birmingham
This 2005 news segment reports on a recently discovered recording from 1963, in which Kennedy responded to news of police violence against civil rights demonstrators in Birmingham, Alabama.
July 2, 2014
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Community Inquiry
What Would They Say
A discussion strategy that asks students to infer how a particular author or character from a text would respond to questions and scenarios. Students must defend their conclusions using evidence from the text.
July 13, 2014