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Believe and Let Believe
The editor of Teaching Tolerance writes on critics' objections to the magazine's treatment of gay and lesbian issues
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Challenging Stereotypes in 'Peter Pan'
I was putting my 6-year-old son to bed recently when he excitedly announced that he was going to be in the school play. “Peter Pan,” he said.
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What We’re Reading This Week: October 7
A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.
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Prison Writings
When Leonard Peltier thinks of the massacre at Wounded Knee, he hears the screams of women and children. Although the vehicle for killing has changed, Peltier explains how American Indians are still being killed off in the modern day.
July 2, 2014
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Text-Dependent Questions for “Slavery as a Form of Racialized Social Control”
These questions accompany Teaching 'The New Jim Crow' Lesson 3: Slavery As A Form Of Racialized Social Control.
July 17, 2017
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Walking with the Wind
In this excerpt from his book, Walking with the Wind, John Lewis describes his involvement in the sit-ins in Nashville, Tenn., in the spring of 1960.
August 9, 2017
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How School Taught Me I Was Poor
Third grade was a bad year. Third grade was the year I learned in school that I was poor.
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“This Is Bigger than History”: A Conversation With Ibram Kendi
Dr. Kendi’s book argues: You can’t effectively teach or learn about racism without understanding its origins.
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The Fog Machine
This excerpt focuses on the lives of African American students during Freedom Summer. After reading Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech in class in 1963, students in main character C.J.'s school are asked to share their dreams at an assembly.
June 9, 2015