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Visual
My Illustrated History
This cartoon offers “a short illustrated history” of the artist’s life from birth to present day, with a special emphasis on his Sikh metamorphosis.
November 18, 2014
article
Parent Dress Code Fail: When Respectability Disrespects Families
The idea of a dress code for parents—like the one at Houston's James Madison High School—should bother us all. Schools need to engage with families as partners in students’ education, not troublemakers to control.
article
My Female Student Wanted to Be Homecoming King
After being asked to advocate for a student, this teacher realizes a gap in her work: the importance of representation and empathy for the LGBT students in her school’s community. And she takes action.
student task
Write to the Source
The Pages of My Life
The Pages of My Life asks students to demonstrate their writing skills when constructing a personal narrative.
July 19, 2014
article
Don’t Threaten My Religion
Including religious diversity in academic content lessens the threat to individual belief systems and helps students be college and career ready.
teaching strategy
Word Work
My Pile, Your Pile
My Pile, Your Pile is an interactive word game that increases students’ Tier Two and Tier Three vocabularies.
July 19, 2014
student task
Write to the Source
What is the Argument?
What’s the Argument? asks students to demonstrate their argumentative and analytical writing skills.
July 19, 2014
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Informational
Our Gender is Soldier
While the question of allowing women to serve in combat was still under discussion at the Pentagon, Rod Norland explored whether the question had already been answered on the front lines of Iraq and Afghanistan.
July 2, 2014
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Caroline Is a Boy
The challenges faced by transgender and gender-noncomforming students are too often ignored.