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Nativism and the Know-Nothings

In this essay, the author describes the Nativism movement, capturing the ways in which it dips and surges based on immigration cycles.

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Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Religion Immigration

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

June 20, 2016

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January 30, 2020

Teach This: Native American Appropriation at the Super Bowl

A football player in a uniform with their back to the viewer.

This weekend’s Super Bowl offers an opportunity to talk with students about appropriation and identity.

Topic

Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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Teaching Hard History: American Slavery

January 31, 2018

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Teaching the Truth About Native American History

When it comes to Native American history and culture, many textbooks are light on relevant content. Learn about a new Smithsonian program and state initiatives designed to support robust, accurate teaching about Native history and contemporary issues.

Q&A: Native Knowledge 360°
Rewriting History—for the Better
Teaching Thanksgiving in a Socially Responsible Way

November 20, 2017

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Issue 41, Spring 2012

And the Winners Are...

Meet five educators chosen for the first-ever Teaching Tolerance awards.

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Z and Vielpunkt

Two big penguins and a baby penguin swim beneath the waves.

Two male penguins finally get the egg they've been hoping for—based on a true story.

Tamera Bryant

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

Subject

Civics

July 5, 2014

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Kāne-wahine and Wahine-kāne

Kumu Hina, a teacher at Hālau Lōkahi in Hawaii, explains the gender-fluid language she’s coined for the gender-fluid “place in the middle.”

Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

Subject

History

Geography

March 20, 2015

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January 26, 2017

50,000+ Youth Report Spike in Bullying and Harassment

The Human Rights Campaign's post-election survey of more than 50,000 young people highlights the November election's damaging impact on youth.

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Bullying & Bias

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The American Slave Code in Theory and Practice (1853)

This argument from William Goodell underscores the moral and legal precedents used to break up families for commodification.

William Goodell

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

Civics

History

December 14, 2017

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July 7, 2009

Border and Identities

Investigate borders with these lesson ideas from the Smithsonian Institution Center for Cultural and Folklife Heritage.

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