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Creating a Hmong Student Advisory Board
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Ramadan begins today. Discuss this Muslim holy month with students—and take a step toward countering Islamophobia.
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Do Something
Oral Interviews
Students conduct interviews and record personal experiences focused on a specific theme. They synthesize and present the information as a drawing, poster, paragraph or bulletin board.
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Exploring Texts Through Read Alouds
Examining Texts
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Appendix B
LGBTQ Historical Figures The erasure of LGBTQ figures from our history books and classrooms does a disservice to students on three fronts: 1) It introduces bias into our studies, providing an incomplete and unfair
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