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A Message From Our Director
TT director Maureen Costello looks back on the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom—and forward.
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Toolkit for “The Incredible True Story”
In addition to providing an expansive collection of culturally responsive non-fiction texts, Perspectives for a Diverse America offers numerous strategies and tasks that help teachers at every grade level effectively
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Telling the Story of Privilege
The new issue of Teaching Tolerance is packed with advice for teaching this tough subject.
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Poetry Encourages Self-Expression
Writing poems can help students address difficult issues and become agents for social change.
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Toolkit for 404 Error: Teacher Not Found
Technology is appealing to most students, but virtual learning presents advantages and disadvantages when we have equity in mind. Get your students thinking about what a virtual education really means.
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Y'all Still Don't Hear Me Though
In this essay, Lecia J. Brooks reacts to the rioting in Baltimore by reflecting on her experiences following the Rodney King verdict in 1992.
November 4, 2015
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Community Inquiry
Critical Listening Guide
A guide to help students interpret, analyze and evaluate information encountered in a variety of media formats. Use this guide with the spoken and performed texts included in the Perspectives anthology.
July 13, 2014
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Word Work
Vocabulary Rounds
This contextual redefinition strategy encourages students to use the structure and context of words to predict their meanings. Students arrive at the definition through exposure to increasingly rich clues.
July 19, 2014
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Do Something
Truth to Power: Writing Letters for Change
Students write informed letters to corporate or elected officials, outlining their views on a social issue and calling for specific action.
July 13, 2014
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Section III: Instruction
Integrating Queer Voices into the Curriculum It may seem like a minor adjustment for a teacher to mention a queer figure in history or analyze a queer character in a work of literature. But affirming an LGBTQ student’s
October 29, 2018