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Section III: Instruction

Integrating Queer Voices into the Curriculum It may seem like a minor adjustment for a teacher to mention a queer figure in history or analyze a queer character in a work of literature. But affirming an LGBTQ student’s

October 29, 2018

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Issue 53, Summer 2016

‘Browder v. Gayle’

The most important civil rights case you’ve never heard of.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Literature

The Real Origins of Memorial Day

Juni teaches her friend Michael all she knows about the first Memorial Day—the day when thousands of black people marched to remember their loved ones who had died in the Civil War.

Jarah Botello

Grade Level

3-5

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

February 19, 2020

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Informational

Orval Faubus Speech, September 1958

Gov. Orval E. Faubus of Arkansas delivered this speech on Sept. 18, 1958. In this speech, Faubus justifies his decision to shut down Little Rock’s public high schools for the year rather than complying with the Supreme Court’s order to continue with integration.

Orval Faubus

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

July 2, 2014

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Visual

The Freedman's Bureau!

This political cartoon from 1866 attacks Black suffrage and the Freedman’s Bureau.

Unknown

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Slavery

Subject

Social Studies

Civics

History

July 18, 2022

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March 1, 2018

We Rest Our Case: American Slavery Is Widely Mistaught

Abolitionists William Still, Sojourner Truth, William Loyd Garrison, unidentified male and female slaves, and Black Union soldiers in front of American flag

After hearing from skeptics about our Teaching Hard History report findings, TT Director Maureen Costello came across striking new evidence that the project is necessary.

Topic

Slavery

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April 24, 2014

Resist Telling a Simple Story

Telling only one story of civil rights marginalizes the voices we ignore. It also prevent us from doing exactly what the story of civil rights is supposed to teach us to do―fight for justice in our own communities as those before us did.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Young, Gifted and Black: Teaching Freedom Summer to K-5 Students

Episode 11, Season 3 Teaching civil rights history to young learners creates both opportunities and challenges. The 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project and the subsequent Freedom Schools offer important lessons for

January 26, 2021

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Issue 14, Fall 1998

By Virtue of Being Human

December 10, 1998, marked the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Classrooms around the country participated in a yearlong commemoration by exploring human rights issues across the curriculum.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Listen, Look and Learn: Using Primary Sources to Teach the Freedom Struggle

Episode 12, Season 3 Oral histories, historic sites, archives and museums expand students’ understanding of the past. They fill in gaps in our textbooks—complementing what’s included and capturing what’s not. This

February 4, 2021

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