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On Emancipation Day in D.C., Two Memorials Tell Very Different Stories

Two memorials have been built in commemoration of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation-one in 1896 and 1998. And while they both pay tribute to the same event, they depict the African Americans within them in very different lights.

Joe Heim

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Class

Subject

Civics

History

July 16, 2018

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Teaching Hard History Podcast

Learning for Justice is relaunching the Teaching Hard History podcast series with host Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Ph.D., to resist current efforts to erase and alter our nation’s history.

Teaching Hard History Podcast Series
Slavery and the Civil War, Part 1
Teaching Hard History: American Slavery |Key Concepts Videos

June 23, 2025

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Issue 13, Spring 1998

Homegrown Solutions

A resourceful Kansas town adapts to changing demographics.

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Issue 23, Spring 2003

Open House

Memphis families remodel the concept of home schooling.

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Bullying & Bias

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Issue 39, Spring 2011

Planting Seeds, Growing Diversity

Illustration of a young girl or woman reaching for the moon

STEM classes have long been dominated by white males. Here are ways to make these fields more attractive to girls and students of color.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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Issue 40, Fall 2011

Two Decades of Teaching Tolerance

Explore our turning points from the last 20 years.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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January 23, 2012

Portfolio Activity for “Weighing In”

As the number of obese and overweight children grows, so does size bias.

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Choices

This essay places side by side the historical oppression of African Americans in the South and the recent surge of African Americans moving back to the South of their own free will. In her discussion, Maya Angelou questions why such choices are considered remarkable.

Maya Angelou

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

Subject

History

Geography

July 2, 2014

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Issue 42, Fall 2012

You’re Not from Around Here

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Challenging regional bias in the classroom is important.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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Issue 21, Spring 2002

Domestic Tranquility

The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on the lessons of Sept. 11.

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