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Informational
Against the Current
Native American activists use civil disobedience and consensus-building to resolve an old dispute over natural resources.
August 7, 2017
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Examining Identity and Assimilation
Examine identity and assimilation with an activity that asks the essential question: Was there ever a part of your identity you had to hide?
July 6, 2009
article
American Gothic
A new curriculum explores a disturbing side of the Progressive Era.
professional development
Common Beliefs Survey: Teaching Racially and Ethnically Diverse Students
This professional development activity examines common beliefs that help and hinder work with racially and ethnically diverse students.
July 12, 2009
article
Happy Birthday, 19th Amendment!
“I have been watching to see how you stood, but have not noticed anything yet. Don't forget to be a good boy… .”Tennessee state lawmaker Harry Burn received that note from his mom in August 1920. And like a good son, he subsequently changed his vote from “nay” to “yea,” breaking a 48-48 deadlock in the state’s general assembly. “I knew that a mother’s advice is always safest for her boy to follow,” Burn commented afterward, while noting it wasn’t often that a man had a chance “to free 17 million women from political slavery.”
article
On This Day
As an organization committed to justice and equity, the similarities between the Watts Riots and the riots in Ferguson, Missouri following Michael Brown’s death compel us to point out that we do not live in a post-racial world.
article
Planting Truthful Seeds About Native Americans
By not including contemporary Native peoples into any discussion of Native experiences, we are doing these populations and our students a huge disservice.
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Informational
Be A Good Boy
In 1920, Tennessee lawmaker Harry Burn followed his mother’s advice on a controversial vote—and changed voting rights history.
January 23, 2017
teaching strategy
Community Inquiry
Lifting the Text
Students choose an important sentence or phrase from the central text and participate in a structured class discussion about the “lifted” text.
July 13, 2014
teaching strategy
Community Inquiry
Say Something
A comprehension strategy during which student take turns reading aloud to each other, stopping occasionally to comment on the text.
July 13, 2014