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The year 1963 marks the 50 th anniversary of many milestones in the civil rights movement. In the current issue of Teaching Tolerance, “ Once Upon a Time in America” traces some of the movements’ toughest trials. The

Thirty years ago, I heard the news that John Lennon had been shot. Every year since, the morning news on NPR reminds me again of that day. I was a young, second-year teacher then, with four sections of grade nine “World Cultures” and one section of A.P. United States history. Mine was a Catholic school, and we’d had Monday, December 8 off because it was a holy day, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

Nadine Gordimer’s activism helped make the world better for all of us and leaves important lessons for teachers and students.

What tools and strategies do you use to address wealth and poverty?

A secondary teacher uses multiple perspectives to examine the past.

How one group of parents created space for their children to learn, think and teach about social justice.