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January 2, 2018

Toolkit for "Celebrate Maya Angelou!"

Explore Maya Angelou’s life and legacy by creating a customized Learning Plan that gives your students the opportunity to closely read her work and engage with her words through a social justice lens.

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Issue 64, Spring 2020

Teaching America’s Interwoven Histories

The shared history of African Americans and Indigenous Americans is rarely taught. TT talked to Professor Tiya Miles about why we can’t understand American history without it.

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July 26, 2017

LGBT Students

This online sidebar accompanies the Teaching Tolerance article " Possession Obsession." LGBT teenagers have the same vulnerabilities to abusive dating as straight kids—and then some. “There’s an added layer for these

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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Issue 25, Spring 2004

'That's What I Am: I Am a Teacher'

National Teacher of the Year Betsy Rogers talks teaching, segregation and poverty.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 27, Spring 2005

Announcing The Children's March

The children's march through Birmingham, Ala.

A new film from Teaching Tolerance shows youth have the power to change the world.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 34, Fall 2008

Choices for a Rising Generation

An essay by the 2008 Democratic Party Presidential Nominee.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 34, Fall 2008

A More Peaceful and Prosperous World

An essay by the 2008 Republican Party Presidential Nominee.

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Rights & Activism

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Discrimination in Banned Books

The last week of September is Banned Books Week. Many teachers use the event to talk about free speech with their students. I also use it to begin a conversation about discrimination.

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6-8

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Rights & Activism

August 24, 2009

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January 29, 2010

Remembering Howard Zinn

As a young newspaper reporter in Texas, I covered my fair share of speeches. The thrill of hearing an important person give carefully prepared remarks wore off quickly. So I got in the habit of turning away from the speaker and watching the crowd.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 39, Spring 2011

Social Media in the Schoolhouse

Illustration of a small schoolhouse next to a tree

Twitter, Google Docs and their cousins shrink the spaces between cultures even as they expand the reach of a typical classroom. How can you use them to promote social justice?

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Rights & Activism

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