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The Teaching Tolerance team had a confab earlier this week to plan ahead. Looking at a 2011 calendar, Sean Price, Teaching Tolerance’s managing editor, reminded me that the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War was fast approaching. Did we want to do something? My first response? Frankly, no. As a former U.S. history teacher, I suspected that the next four years will present an unending opportunity mainly for military history buffs to strut their stuff. We would, I suggested to Sean, better serve teachers by focusing on the themes that spoke to racial justice.

Use these questions to help students develop critical literacy and historical thinking skills.

The Women’s March on Washington Youth Ambassadors are sending a message: Young people’s voices must be heard.

This toolkit accompanies the story corner “Michael's Diary” and provides classroom resources for making student journals, as well as prompts that encourage students at all grade levels to express who they are through writing.

This teacher was worried about explaining her crutches to her class, but the third-graders taught her a lesson in acceptance.

Looking for a new way to engage your students? Try one they probably already know and love.