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Reconsider Columbus Day

Group of young students putting on a performance on Indigenous Peoples Day.
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.
teaching strategy
Close and Critical Reading

Reading Against the Grain

In reading against the grain students analyze the dominant reading of a text and engage in alternative or "resistant" readings. Resistant readings scrutinize the beliefs and attitudes that typically go unexamined in a text, drawing attention to the gaps, silences and contradictions.
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6-8 9-12
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RL.6-12.1, RL.6-12.2, RL.6-12.6, RI.6-12.1, RI.6-12.2, RI.6-12.6
July 19, 2014
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Community Guidelines

Learning for Justice Community Guidelines Moderation Goals Learning for Justice offers opportunities for educators to comment on the content published by our staff and by other educators in the form of Learning Plans
February 23, 2018
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Issue 53, Summer 2016

Toolkit for "Browder v. Gayle"

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.