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Don’t Stop Talking About Gun Violence
We must push for more restrictive gun laws to change the cycle of mass shootings, collective outrage and minimal action.
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Uplift Black and Brown LGBTQ Activists
As we celebrate Pride by honoring queer trailblazers, we want to especially uplift Black and Brown trans women and gender nonconforming people of color who led liberation movements nationwide. Out of the Stonewall Uprising came the very celebration of Pride we know today—and we have activists like Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera and Miss Major Griffin-Gracy to thank. Use these resources to center queer Black and Brown activists who fought back against police brutality and oppression while also teaching about the continued fight for justice.
- Teaching Stonewall
- Black LGBTQ History: Teachers Must Do a Better Job
- Re-examining the 1960s, Part Two
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Teaching the Truth About Gerrymandering
You can teach students about gerrymandering and still remain nonpartisan. Here’s how.
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Young, Gifted and Black: Teaching Freedom Summer to K-5 Students
Episode 11, Season 3 Teaching civil rights history to young learners creates both opportunities and challenges. The 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project and the subsequent Freedom Schools offer important lessons for
January 26, 2021
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Self-Care in the Movement
Being healthy and nurturing ourselves enable giving that stems from general well-being and overflow.
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An Emmett Till Sign Was Erased—So Students Stepped in to Honor His Memory
The story of Emmett Till, in part, represents a fight against erasure and mistruths. Recently, a group of students joined that fight.
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Listen, Look and Learn: Using Primary Sources to Teach the Freedom Struggle
Episode 12, Season 3 Oral histories, historic sites, archives and museums expand students’ understanding of the past. They fill in gaps in our textbooks—complementing what’s included and capturing what’s not. This
February 4, 2021
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Decolonizing the Classroom: Teaching With Indigenous Comics
Bring Native cultures, stories and perspectives out of the margins of your curriculum with comics by and about Native peoples.
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Helping Students Connect With Standing Rock
The Sioux Nation protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline is taking on greater significance each day. Don’t miss the opportunity to teach about history in the making.
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McCarthy: Enemy of the Negro People (excerpt, p. 14)
This journal article excerpt describes how the House Un-American Activities Committee tried to undermine the Civil Rights Movement by targeting some activists as communistic sympathizers. Eslanda Goode Robeson used her testimony as a platform to speak out against American hypocrisy and injustice.
July 6, 2022