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What Is White Privilege, Really?
Recognizing white privilege begins with truly understanding the term itself.
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The Election, One Year Later: Stories From Anthropologists of Education
In the fall of 2016 and spring of 2017, these four anthropologists observed how students and educators responded to the presidential election. This winter, they followed up to see what had changed in the last year.
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The Freedman's Bureau!
This political cartoon from 1866 attacks Black suffrage and the Freedman’s Bureau.
July 18, 2022
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Class Action
Students learn rights and responsibilities through law-related education.
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The Little Rock Nine and the Children’s Movement
This lesson focuses on questions of justice and the role youth have played in social and political movements. By reading a combination of primary and secondary sources, students will learn how the Little Rock Nine came to play their important role. These teenagers’ participation in school integration stemmed not from the prodding of the parents or activists, but from within themselves.
September 11, 2012
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Twice the Distance
First-In-Family Immigrant Students Face a Double Challenge When Applying to Colleges.
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The Fire Horse Girl
In this excerpt, the narrator, a young Chinese girl, poses as a boy with forged papers, trying to gain entry into the United States. When she realizes the American immigration agents are checking identity papers at the dock, she fights past them and runs for her life.
July 7, 2014
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Straight Talk About the N-Word
Sean Price's interview with Arizona State University Professor Neal A. Lester. Lester has twice taught courses on the n-word—and found there’s plenty to talk about.
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January 22, 2018
Toolkit for "Why Mendez Still Matters"
Mendez v. Westminster has gone largely unrecognized in history instruction. If it is mentioned at all, the case is often tagged as a precursor to the civil rights movement or as the Mexican-American version of Brown v
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Text-Dependent Questions for “The Color of Justice”
Text-Dependent Questions accompany “The Color of Justice.”
July 18, 2017