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President Obama's Address on the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday

Obama's 2015 speech on the Edmund Pettus Bridge honors the anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," when hundreds of voting-rights activists were brutally attacked by state troopers as they began a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. President Obama reminds us of the spirit and struggle associated with the marchers in Selma, or any group of people meeting injustice.

Barack Obama

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

March 11, 2015

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Issue 33, Spring 2008

Does My Town Have a Racist Past?

Teaching Tolerance illustration with a black family leaves town while neighbors turn the back at them, and the sign says "Whites Only in this town After Dark"

How students can convert the shameful history of sundown towns in the United States into a rich opportunity for setting the record straight.

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Issue 52, Spring 2016

“Own Your Voice”

Journalist and educator Maria Hinojosa has a lot to say about how to elevate student voices.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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August 24, 2011

Bringing 9/11 in the Classroom—Useful Lessons

As a matter of practice, we encourage teachers to integrate learning opportunities about religious tolerance and cultural understanding throughout the school year. But this is especially important as the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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May 3, 2012

Discovering Ordinary Bravery in the Movement

Most students have heard Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. They also know of Rosa Parks’ refusal to move to the back of the bus. Unfortunately for many students, knowledge of the civil rights movement stops there.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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June 10, 2015

Activism Isn’t a Four-Letter Word

Encouraging students to take an interest in the well-being of others is not indoctrination: It’s the right thing to do.

Topic

Rights & Activism

lesson

Mary McLeod Bethune

In this lesson, students will read an excerpt of an interview given by Mary McLeod Bethune and will learn that she founded the Daytona National and Industrial School for Negro Girls (now Bethune-Cookman College) in 1904. Through close reading, they will explore and discuss connections between events from Bethune’s life experiences and their own lives, and connections between past and current events.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

History

May 17, 2012

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Issue 13, Spring 1998

A Garden of Honor

Latino students in East L.A. plant a tribute to Japanese Americans.

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February 2, 2017

Thinking With Hannah Arendt About Responsibility

What makes 20th-century political theorist Hannah Arendt’s analysis so relevant to our times, and what might educators gain from studying her works?

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September 1, 2015

Don’t Threaten My Religion

Including religious diversity in academic content lessens the threat to individual belief systems and helps students be college and career ready.

Topic

Religion

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