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Freedom Wasn’t Free in ’64—and It Isn’t Free Now
‘Freedom Summer,’ an American Experience film, highlights an overlooked but essential period in the civil rights movement.
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Papalotzin and the Monarchs: A Bilingual Tale of Breaking Down Walls
The day finally arrived when the Great North built a Great Wall to separate itself from the Great South. But would they live to regret it?
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Teach This: HBCUs Are Not Pioneers of School Choice
This week’s statement from Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on historically black colleges and universities is a prime example of whitewashing U.S. history. Classroom teachers for grades 6-12, however, can use this moment as a teaching opportunity.
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TT Awardee Spotlight: Darnell Fine
The application window for the 2016 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching is open! Read how this award has impacted Darnell Fine, a 2012 awardee.
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Teaching Students to Be Advocates for Social Justice
A ZIP code shouldn’t determine the quality of a student’s education.
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Toolkit for "One Hundred Years in the Making"
This toolkit for “One Hundred Years in the Making” provides instructional ideas to experience the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) without traveling to Washington, D.C.
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Toolkit for Julia Moves to the United States
Help students understand Julia’s experience from different perspectives with this interview activity.
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Hackberry Hill Pumped Up for Mix It Up
Hackberry Hill Elementary takes its Mix It Up At Lunch day seriously–and so do its kids. They arrived in waves during lunch and recess on Tuesday, eager and ready for fun activities.
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Toolkit for "It’s Report Card Time—and I Despise It"
This teacher dreads reducing her students to a few words on a progress report. So what would she rather tell them instead?
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Toolkit for The Day I Swam Into a New World
Engage fourth- through eighth-graders in close readings and read-alouds of Margaret Auguste’s story “The Day I Swam into a New World” with the activities and audio recording in this toolkit.