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Part III: Planning Workbook

Before You Begin: The Planning Committee Activity A: Review Best Practices 1. Take turns reading the standards aloud. As you read, discuss each standard and address any questions or concerns group members may have—about

October 16, 2019

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May 23, 2019

Hate at School: April 2019

High school-aged student with red-colored hair looking downcast and pensive.

As the end of the school year approaches, reports of hate and bias in U.S. schools haven’t slowed down.

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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

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The Chicago Plan - January 7, 1966

The press release from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on behalf of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) details the organization’s plans to end slums in Chicago.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Class

Subject

Social Studies

Civics

History

July 18, 2022

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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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Informational

Our Countrymen in Chains

This is an antislavery poem by John Greenleaf Whittier on a broadside with an accompanying woodcut image.

J.G. Whittier

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

December 15, 2017

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Issue 46, Spring 2014

Toolkit for Tongue-Tied

This toolkit shows how Teaching Tolerance’s Critical Practices for Anti-bias Education can help foster safe and effective instruction about the sensitive and serious topic of slavery.

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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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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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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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