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Proclamation: To the Great White Father (November, 1969)

The announcement on November 20, 1969 from 89 American Indians – mostly students from colleges and universities – that they were taking over Alcatraz Island, set in motion what would become the longest occupation of a federal facility by Native Americans to date. This report aired a year later on NBC News, in December 1970, six months before the occupation ended.

American Indian Movement (AIM)

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

July 2, 2014

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Advocating for Teaching Honest History: What Educators Can Do

[2023] This guide offers resources and tools for teaching honest history in the classroom and strategies for advocating for honest history education.

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Civil Rights Movement Slavery Rights & Activism

October 3, 2022

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This brief newspaper article represents the commonplace practice of selling land, animals and goods while including enslaved people in the same listing in the United States before emancipation. Serving as primary source evidence of a pending sale, the article simplifies the transactions as purely economic.

John A. Chaffin

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

December 15, 2017

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Issue 21, Spring 2002

Everyday People

Folklore invites students to explore the curriculum of "real life."

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Bullying & Bias

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October 26, 2011

Not Only Can Big Boys Cry, They Do

I decided to show a short You Tube video clip in class the other day. It’s a montage of scenes of men crying from various movies complete with cheesy background music, a song Don’t Cry Out Loud. I used it to open a discussion about how stereotypes put unnecessary limitations on people.

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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November 30, 2016

In a Time of Islamophobia, Teach With Complexity

Rethinking the Region: New Approaches to 9-12 U.S. Curriculum on the Middle East and North Africa—a free, online curricular resource—needs to be on your radar. Learn about this resource from two of its co-authors.

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Religion

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The Jim Crow North

Episode 6, Season 3 The civil rights movement was never strictly a Southern phenomenon. To better understand the Jim Crow North, we explore discrimination and Black protest in places like Milwaukee, Omaha, Cleveland and

October 26, 2020

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July 28, 2023

A Letter to Young People on Your Power to Effect Change

A young Black woman standing in front of a voting booth.

Recognize the possibilities of the power of the vote, encourage your friends and family to engage in civic action, and become a change agent in your community.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 65, Fall 2020

This Conversation Is Anti-Racist

Illustration of four people hanging out together.

Young people have the vision to imagine—and create—a world without racism. Adults just need to get on board.

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August 11, 2016

Five Ways to Advocate for Justice in Education

Dr. Ruha Benjamin, the first black woman to give a keynote at the International Society for Technology in Education Conference, provides insight on what we can do in our own networks and communities to bring about social change.

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Rights & Activism

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