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Teaching About Activism: The Era of Antebellum Reform
Read why this teacher thinks more social studies education should focus on activism in the past.
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How Stereotype Threat Affects Us and What We Can Do
In this transcript, Claude M. Steele, a prominent social scientist, discusses how individuals may react when they know they could be subject to stereotypes and how their reactions change if the threat of that stereotype is removed.
November 3, 2015
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Crossing Borders/Border Crossings
The depth and clarity of a teacher's multicultural lens can make — or break — immigrant students' ability to learn.
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Social Justice in Science Class
In science classes, we teach students to think carefully about the relationship between observation and hypothesis. Let’s encourage them to use that thinking to create a more just world.
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How Culturally Responsive Lessons Teach Critical Thinking
Rigor and cultural responsiveness are not mutually exclusive.
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Race and Ethnicity
Racial bias—of all sorts—is the most common driver of incidents, making up 33 percent of the number reported by educators and 63 percent of those reported in the news media. Black students are the ones targeted in an
May 1, 2019
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Lies My Bookshelf Told Me: Slavery in Children’s Literature
Children’s books are a common way to introduce the topic of slavery to our youngest students. But what do we do when the stories get it wrong?
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An Intersectional Lesson From Reconstruction
The lessons of Reconstruction extend beyond the history classroom.
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Text-Dependent Questions for “Mass Incarceration as a Form of Racialized Social Control”
These Text-Dependent Questions accompany “Mass Incarceration as a Form of Racialized Social Control.”
July 18, 2017
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Stereotypes and Tonto
This lesson revolves around Sherman Alexie’s poignant yet humorous and accessible essay, “I Hated Tonto (Still Do).” It explores the negative impact that stereotypes have on the self-worth of individuals and the damage that these stereotypes inflict on pride in one’s heritage. The reading is supported by a short video montage of clips from Western films. The clips offer students the opportunity to evaluate primary sources for bias and bigotry, as well as providing context for the protagonists’ experiences in the essay.
March 17, 2010