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Issue 56, Summer 2017

With and About: Inviting Contemporary American Indian Peoples Into the Classroom

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There’s a long history of U.S. schools failing Indigenous peoples, cultures and histories. In this story, Native parents and educators share examples of how educators and schools still get it wrong—and the steps they can take to fix their mistakes.

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Informational

An Act for Prohibiting the Importation of Negroes, June 1774

With this text, the colony of Rhode Island outlawed the importation of enslaved Africans and established the immediate emancipation of enslaved people in the colony in 1774. However, the law stipulated some important exceptions that made this change particularly ineffective.

Colony of Rhode Island

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9-12

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Slavery

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History

December 15, 2017

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August 11, 2014

'American Sabor': A Bilingual, Multicultural Literacy Unit

A middle school teacher shares her innovative approach to using a bilingual multicultural resource.

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Immigration

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October 27, 2011

Tour Brings American History To Life

Through a grant from Teaching American History, I was part of a group of teachers who spent months reading, listening and watching films and videos about the civil rights movement before we took a trip to the South. But still it was history—far away, untouchable and remote. That was until the first day in Sumner, Miss.

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Rights & Activism

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February 26, 2021

Presently Invisible: The Arab Plight in American Classrooms

To create more inclusive classrooms and counter negative narratives about Arab Americans, educators can include Arab American history and culture in their current curriculum. Here are some ways to do that.

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Religion

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Multimedia

Japanese American Responses to Incarceration

This video clip addresses reactions from Japanese Americans to the 8 p.m. curfew, forced imprisonment in internment camps, and creation of the 422nd Regimental Combat Team.

Densho

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3-5

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Class Immigration Rights & Activism

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History

February 5, 2019

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Literature

Raspberries! An American Tale of Cooperation

A yellow bird holds a raspberry in her long beak. The sun shines in the background.

With only one wing, the little bird cannot fly to the raspberry patch with her brothers. As luck would have it, she meets a little dog, a chipmunk, and a frog who work together to get them all across the street to the raspberry patch.

Mary Newell DePalma

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K-2

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Ability

July 2, 2014

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National American Indian Heritage Month 2018

November is National American Indian Heritage Month! In this edition of The Moment, you'll find resources and recommendations that can help ensure Native histories and experiences are respected and represented in your classroom.

Rewriting History—for the Better
Q&A: Native Knowledge 360°
With and About: Inviting Contemporary American Indian Peoples Into the Classroom

November 16, 2018

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Issue 6, Fall 2024

American Patriotic Songs: Context and Perspective

Illustration diverse group of people in patriotic image with stars and stripes

Exploring the historical complexity of this music lets us confront the various voices, functions and stories that a single patriotic song can embody.

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Proclamation: To the Great White Father (November, 1969)

The announcement on November 20, 1969 from 89 American Indians – mostly students from colleges and universities – that they were taking over Alcatraz Island, set in motion what would become the longest occupation of a federal facility by Native Americans to date. This report aired a year later on NBC News, in December 1970, six months before the occupation ended.

American Indian Movement (AIM)

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9-12

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Rights & Activism

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Civics

History

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Geography

July 2, 2014

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