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What Do We Share
What do We Share? asks students to demonstrate their argumentative and comparative writing skills.
July 19, 2014
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Small Moment
Small Moment asks students to demonstrate their narrative skills when writing about personal experiences.
July 19, 2014
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Small Stories With Superpowers
Inspired by a Teaching Tolerance story, this educator asked her third-grade students to create original superheroes modeled after themselves.
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Being Different Is Like a Part-Time Job
Eighteen-year-old Sandra exemplifies a strong sense of self, as she talks to her peers about why she doesn’t conform to societal gender norms.
December 11, 2014
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Put the Story in History
Put the Story in History asks students to demonstrate their writing skills when constructing an historical narrative.
July 19, 2014
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Voices of Columbine
Five years after the tragedy that shook our nation, the people of Columbine High School reflect on growth and healing.
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After the Silence, We Need Strong Voices
Scattered across the cinderblocks of our middle school walls are some new faces, photographs of kids who have been silenced. Lee Simpson on Oct. 10, 2008. Scotty Weaver on July 22, 2004. Lawrence King on Feb. 12, 2008. Carl Walker-Hoover on April 9, 2009. All silent. They are dead.
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A Sheet Protector Taught Me to Hear
I hate sheet protectors. Those shiny, clear plastic sheaths have no place in my classroom. When my new ninth-graders hand in their summer reading logs each September, the first thing I do is remove and return all the sheet protectors. They make it impossible for me to maintain my neat stacks of student work. They don’t quite fit into the file folders I use to transport those stacks home to grade them. I have to remove them before I can write any feedback.
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Brown v. Board: Where are We Now?
American schools are resegregating. What's happening in your community?