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Teaching Hard History Podcast Season 4: The Jim Crow Era

Season 4: The Jim Crow Era Season 4 examines the century between the Civil War and the modern civil rights movement to understand how systemic racism and slavery persisted and evolved after emancipation—and how Black

June 17, 2025

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The True History of Voting Rights

Illustration of a teacher figure pointing to a slide featured on a pulled down screen that is titled "Voting History." Several shadowed figures sit in the foreground, looking at the displayed information.

In this lesson, students learn about the expansion and restriction of voting rights in the United States, examine court rulings, discuss voter disengagement, and explore a voting rights timeline. Students will also learn how to register to vote.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

Subject

Social Studies

Civics

History

October 8, 2020

author

Rick Mula

Rick Mula is an Equal Justice Works Fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center. The aim of Rick’s fellowship project is to reduce the discrimination that LGBT youth living in Tennessee and Alabama experience in the education, child welfare and juvenile justice systems. His fellowship is sponsored by the Mansfield Family Foundation. Rick graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2015 where he received a graduate certificate in gender, sexuality and women’s studies. Rick was also awarded the Dean Jefferson B. Fordham Human Rights Award and the Blank Rome Alvin Ackerman

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Issue 14, Fall 1998

Just Another Face

One educator's reassessment of his approach to teaching and our schools' support of Latino students.

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January 2, 2018

Toolkit for "Teaching Hard History"

"Can Words Lead to War?" is an Inquiry Design Model (IDM), one of six sample IDMs that accompany the Teaching Hard History project. This inquiry provides students with an opportunity to explore how words affect public opinion through an examination of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel 'Uncle Tom’s Cabin.'

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March 27, 2018

The Bravery of Linda Brown

Linda Brown | Brown v Board of Education of Topeka

As we remember Linda Brown Thompson, we must also consider the reality of the world she lived in when, at the age of 9, she became the face of school desegregation.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Issue 61, Spring 2019

Toolkit for "Finding Our Power: A Q&A with Carol Anderson"

This toolkit offers resources that can help you teach the subject of voter suppression and contextualize this history for students.

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September 28, 2017

How to Talk About Puerto Rico With Your Students

Puerto Rico | Hurricane Maria Aftermath and Devastation | 2017

The crisis in Puerto Rico is complicated and tied to its history with the United States, but educators can address it with students and inspire empathy.

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Issue 13, Spring 1998

The Names On The Board

An Ohio teacher dares students to envision a new community.

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The First Amendment and Freedom of Religion

In this lesson, students will use the case of Park51’s Islamic Cultural Center as a starting point for a discussion about whether religious freedom is absolute and if religious freedom requires respect for other religions.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Religion

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

Civics

ELL / ESL

November 22, 2010

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