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Home-to-School Connections

Educators who connect their teaching to students’ cultures, languages and heritage create classroom environments that value critical home-school relationships, affirm student identities and challenge stereotypes.

May 26, 2023

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In the Classroom

Educators have an opportunity to be powerful advocates for inclusive education by teaching honest history in their classrooms.

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November 21, 2023

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Issue 3, Fall 2022

Prevention and Resilience: Supporting Young People Through Polarizing Times

Illustration of a person sitting in front of a computer monitor.

During this time of political and social turmoil, build networks of trusted adults to help young people understand, contextualize and counter manipulative and harmful information.

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Rights & Activism

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April 3, 2023

Center Survivors: A Resource for Families and Educators in Responding to Sexual Violence

Two people hold hands in support of each other.

When a young person experiences sexual assault, a survivor-centered approach—from parents, caregivers, educators and everyone involved in the survivor’s life—is essential.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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January 29, 2020

Black History Month: Teaching the Complete History

Illustration featuring the likenesses of Bayard Rustin, Angela Davis, Sojourner Truth, Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, Frederick Douglass and silhouettes of protesters and activists.

Go beyond trauma and struggle to examine the liberation, civic engagement, creativity and intersecting identities of Black people during Black History Month.

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Rights & Activism

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Extreme Prejudice

Join us and our friends from the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding for this one-hour webinar, and learn try-tomorrow strategies that can help you teach about extremism accurately, responsibly and safely.

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Religion

April 19, 2016

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March 20, 2020

How to Respond to Coronavirus Racism

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As COVID-19 infections increase, so too does racism and xenophobia. Use our “Speak Up” strategies to let people know you’re not OK with racist or xenophobic comments about coronavirus or anything else.

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‘Bibi’ Lesson 2: Intersectionality in ‘Bibi’

In this second of three lessons on the film ‘Bibi,’ students will apply the concepts of intersectionality, privilege and oppression to characters from the film ‘Bibi.’

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9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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Reading & Language Arts

June 2, 2020

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Advocating to Local and State Boards of Education

Classroom teachers and administrators report that their ability to teach honest history is greatly influenced by local and state boards of education.

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Civil Rights Movement Slavery Rights & Activism

November 21, 2023

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Racist Violence Is Why We Need to Know Hard History

It’s imperative to clarify the context within which the massacre in Buffalo, New York, took place. Understanding the long history of anti-Black violence in the United States can help us connect the past to the present and find a different way forward. These LFJ resources can help.

To Counter Racist Violence, Teach Honest History
Premeditation and Resilience: Tulsa, Red Summer and the Great Migration
When Bad Things Happen

May 20, 2022

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