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Teaching the Movement’s Most Iconic Figure

Episode 7, Season 3 You cannot teach the civil rights movement without talking about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But it’s critical that students deconstruct the mythology surrounding the movement’s most iconic figure to

November 10, 2020

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Making a Scene: The Movement in Literature and Film

Episode 10, Season 3 From the hard work of organizing to the reality of everyday life under Jim Crow, films and literature can bring historical context to life for students. In this episode, we recommend several “must

December 21, 2020

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Issue 4, Spring 2023

Where I’m From

Lolita Bolden reflects on history and the love of community while sharing a poem.

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The Black Panther Party and the Transition to Black Power

Photography by Getty Images/Bev Grant Episode 15, Season 3 The history of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense can help us understand the transition from civil rights to Black Power and contemporary issues like mass

March 30, 2021

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Issue 24, Fall 2003

Who's Helen Keller?

Do children's books distort the truth of Helen Keller's life?

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Ability

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Community Organizing, Youth Leadership and SNCC

Episode 13, Season 3 In this episode, we talk with movement veteran Courtland Cox about lessons from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and his own development as a young organizer of the Emmett Till

February 22, 2021

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August 7, 2023

Whole-of-Community Resilience

Young person sitting in front of a laptop computer.

Helping young people build resilience against manipulative extremist narratives and conspiracy theories requires all adults in a young person’s trusted network to be equipped with the skills and knowledge to intervene.

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Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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Beyond the “Master Narrative”

Episode 2, Season 3 Students don’t enter our classrooms as blank slates. When it comes to the civil rights movement, we often have to help our students unlearn what they think they know while we’re teaching them what

August 21, 2020

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June 28, 2018

History Walks: Main Street

2015 labor strike against Kohler in Wisconsin | Photo by Asher Heimermann

A former high school teacher recalls teaching the strikes of the Gilded Age as workers in his rural community began a strike of their own.

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Class Rights & Activism

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Get Started!

Are you preparing to register future voters in your school community? These recommendations from experts in the field can help you lead safe, inclusive voter registration drives. Best Practices for High School Voter

August 24, 2020

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