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Teaching About Activism: The Era of Antebellum Reform
Read why this teacher thinks more social studies education should focus on activism in the past.
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How Stereotype Threat Affects Us and What We Can Do
In this transcript, Claude M. Steele, a prominent social scientist, discusses how individuals may react when they know they could be subject to stereotypes and how their reactions change if the threat of that stereotype is removed.
November 3, 2015
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Crossing Borders/Border Crossings
The depth and clarity of a teacher's multicultural lens can make — or break — immigrant students' ability to learn.
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Lies My Bookshelf Told Me: Slavery in Children’s Literature
Children’s books are a common way to introduce the topic of slavery to our youngest students. But what do we do when the stories get it wrong?
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“We Are Our Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams”
As part of our series highlighting educator voices, we spoke to five Black teachers who teach in predominately Black or all-Black settings to ask how they approach the topic of slavery.
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Expanding Democracy Through Intersecting Movements
The connections between past and present intersecting movements in the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Civil Rights Memorial Center educate and inspire individuals to continue the fight for justice.
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An Intersectional Lesson From Reconstruction
The lessons of Reconstruction extend beyond the history classroom.
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Text-Dependent Questions for “Mass Incarceration as a Form of Racialized Social Control”
These Text-Dependent Questions accompany “Mass Incarceration as a Form of Racialized Social Control.”
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Advocate for the Well-Being of Black Children
Anti-Blackness is pervasive and has material consequences for all people, including and especially Black children whose presence is often overlooked—and, ironically, villainized—in favor of all things that uphold white supremacy. These LFJ resources offer specific actions educators, parents, caregivers and communities can take to insist upon the well-being of Black children.
- Partnering With Families to Support Black Girls
- Stop Talking in Code: Call Them Black Boys
- Ending Curriculum Violence
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Protest Is Patriotic
This year, the Fourth of July arrives amid protests against racism and police brutality toward Black Americans and a focus on the role white supremacy has always played in the United States. As these resources show, this holiday and its symbols are tied to a long tradition of protest and demands that our nation make good on its promise of freedom for all.
- Pledge Laws: Controlling Protest and Patriotism in Schools
- What Is Your American Flag?
- Celebrating Freedom Means Celebrating Defiance