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Jennifer L. Lieberman

Jennifer L. Lieberman is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Florida, and has taught classes to conventional and incarcerated students in subjects ranging from American literature and African-American literature to gender and women studies and the history of science, medicine, and technology. She was the Presidential Diversity and Inclusion Award winner and the Florida Blue Center for Ethics Fellow at her university in 2017, both for her work in ethics and social justice. Her book, Power Lines: Electricity in American Life and Letters, 1882-1952, is available from The MIT

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Issue 59, Summer 2018

Toolkit for “We Are Our Ancestors' Wildest Dreams”

Want to take these teachers’ advice? Educate yourself on the deep and complex history of American slavery and how it shaped the American institutions and beliefs about race.

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Issue 13, Spring 1998

Around the Freedom Table

Black and Jewish youths share a heritage of liberation.

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Religion

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Issue 56, Summer 2017

A Matter of Life and Death

Two scholars make the case for teaching religious literacy.

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Religion

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Issue 53, Summer 2016

Why Talk About Whiteness?

We can't talk about racism without it.

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Issue 54, Fall 2016

What We're Reading

Our book reviews can help you keep your practice fresh and informed.

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Before Rosa Parks: Frances Watkins Harper

The title “Before Rosa Parks” loosely links a number of lessons that discuss African-American women who were active in the fight for civil rights before the 1950s. This lesson highlights Frances Watkins Harper, who challenged power structures in the South by talking to free former slaves about voting, land ownership and education—and fought segregated public transportation.

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6-8 9-12

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

History

July 6, 2009

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November 29, 2010

Lasting Lessons from the Montgomery Bus Boycott

The time had come. It was Dec. 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on the Montgomery public bus. This act led to Parks’ arrest, ignited the Montgomery Bus Boycott and ushered in the new civil rights movement.

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Rights & Activism

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August 31, 2011

Portfolio Activities for “Healing Touch: Susie King Taylor—Civil War Teacher and Nurse”

Grades: 4-8 Subjects: Social Studies, Reading and Language Arts, ELL/ESL Categories: Race and ethnicity; History Story Corner is a student-directed feature in Teaching Tolerance magazine. In the current issue, we tell

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March 1, 2017

Teach This: HBCUs Are Not Pioneers of School Choice

This week’s statement from Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on historically black colleges and universities is a prime example of whitewashing U.S. history. Classroom teachers for grades 6-12, however, can use this moment as a teaching opportunity.

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Rights & Activism

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