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Keepers of the Word
Bilingual storytellers blend history, tradition and culture to teach the power of language and story.
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The World Was Silent
A study of the Armenian Genocide raises troubling questions of remembrance and responsibility.
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Dancing with Languages
Lilia E. Sarmiento, a scholar and expert in biliteracy, shares a personal story about the challenges and joys — and ultimate effectiveness — of bilingual education.
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Chapter 1: Editorials
An excerpt from A Whale Hunt, How a Native-American Village Did What No One Thought It Could by Robert Sullivan. This piece is to accompany "Holding Onto Heritage: Native Whale Hunts & Diversity" lesson.
July 14, 2017
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Teaching Toward Liberation With Love: Q&A With Author Jamilah Pitts
Centering liberation in the practices educators already engage with is an essential aspect to achieve a just world.
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Reading Diversity
Including diverse voices is a priority in K–12 classrooms. Learning for Justice offers a unique model to make it easier: Reading Diversity.
June 27, 2022
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
The U.N. General Assembly adopted the original version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. The intention was to safeguard the international community against atrocities such as occurred during World War II.
July 2, 2014
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We’ve Got Egg on Our Blackface
Wearing blackface as a joke or a tribute suggests lack of understanding about the origin of this racist practice.
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Teaching the Election Doesn’t Require Neutrality
This history teacher offers a strategy for teaching about the presidential election. It starts with organizing ideas into three categories: consensus, legitimately controversial and out of bounds.
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Teaching the Unteachable
How do you teach current events in a highly politicized climate in which facts have alternate versions and newspaper editors have worn out the thesaurus looking up synonyms for lie?
