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May 22, 2014

Community, Home and Schools—Relationships We Can’t Ignore

Going into children’s communities is the best way for teachers to learn about the cultural wealth existing in homes and to understand the importance of including families in the education of their children.

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Informational

Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union

South Carolina’s Declaration provides its justification for seceding from the union, revolving around maintaining the institution of slavery, which it believes is threatened by free states.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

January 6, 2018

author

Marilyn Elias

Marilyn Elias, a Los Angeles journalist, is a frequent contributor to publications of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Her work has been honored with awards from the American Psychological Assn., the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Council on Contemporary Families and Mental Health America.

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Informational

Fighting Rebels With Only One Hand

Frederick Douglass argues for African-American participation in the Union army.

Frederick Douglass

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

August 17, 2018

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March 15, 2021

Queer People Have Always Existed—Teach Like It

Two people hold hands with a rainbow flag in the background.

Educators must commit to undoing the systemic silencing of queer figures throughout history. Here are some ways to more inclusively explore the past.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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The Color of Law: Developing the White Middle Class

This lesson is the third and final lesson of the series The Color of Law: The Role of Government in Shaping Racial Inequity. In this lesson, students examine policies that supported and cultivated the creation of the white middle class and the practices that excluded black and nonwhite people from economic development.

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

History

Economics

October 10, 2019

teaching strategy

Word Work

Four-Fold Vocabulary

Interactive “foldables” help students learn new vocabulary through defining, illustrating and using words in sentences.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

L.3-5.4, L.3-5.6

July 19, 2014

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Dina Weinstein

Dina Weinstein is a Miami-based journalist. She mentors young journalists as an adviser at the Miami Dade College student newspaper The Reporter. Weinstein has taught journalism and mass communications at a number of colleges including Miami Dade College. She is a Boston native and a graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Boston University School for the Arts.

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March 19, 2020