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Teaching “America’s National Crime”
Our new film and viewer’s guide offer educators the tools they need to teach honestly and effectively about lynching and the symbolic power of the noose.
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Black Students and Educators at Confederate-Named Schools
In more than 100 U.S. schools, black educators and students see Confederate names on their walls, jerseys and diplomas. That’s a problem.
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Five Things Not to Do During Black History Month
Careful planning, thoughtfulness and alliances will help educators avoid the pitfalls of Black History Month.
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Helping Students Develop Empathy Instead of Sympathy
When this literature teacher completes a book with her class and hears a student say, “Reading this makes me happy I am an American,” she flips the script.
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Teaching Hard History: Building Better Lessons About Slavery
Join Learning for Justice for a deep dive into our one-of-a-kind classroom resource A Framework for Teaching American Slavery.
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A Message From Our Director
Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello encourages educators to confront the difficult truths of American history.
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Recovering and Teaching Local History
Local history has a profound effect on our communities. It’s up to educators to learn and teach students about the hard history in their own backyards.
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Art as Resistance, Part 2
In this second blog of a two-part series, a high school English teacher in the Dominican Republic explains how her students’ exploration of social injustices materialized in an action project that no one involved will ever forget.
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I Can See Russia From My Mouse: Bipartisan Hearings Produce a Nonpartisan Way to Teach About Fake News
This week’s congressional hearings on Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election offer a great opportunity to teach about the larger implications of misinformation: the dismantling of democracy.
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The Classical Roots of White Supremacy
A whitewashed history of the ancient world lays the foundation for white supremacy across the curriculum.