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Teachers often have mixed feelings as the new school year approaches, but one of the most common—and least talked about—is dread. Here’s what the TT Advisory Board had to say about it.

This history teacher offers a strategy for teaching about the presidential election. It starts with organizing ideas into three categories: consensus, legitimately controversial and out of bounds.

Teachers have the power to change the practice of celebrating Columbus to a practice of celebrating indigenous peoples’ presence, endurance and accomplishments. This blogger suggests how to do just that.

Although the Montgomery Bus Boycott was successful in galvanizing the civil rights movement and promoting awareness of the injustice of segregated busing, Browder v. Gayle provided the legal basis for ending transportation segregation in Alabama. Despite its importance, the Browder v. Gayle case remains relatively untaught civil rights history.

Help your students discover what they have in common with young people around the world with two new elementary lessons on immigration and immigrant experiences.

“A Painter Named Kennedy” provides students with a narrative about the experiences of one young man with a disability. This toolkit structures a class reading of the story.

Marvin Reed celebrates what sustained him while teaching through the pandemic.

Want to start a social justice book club at your school? Check out theses suggestions.