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Supporting LGBTQ+ Rights and Inclusion

As we celebrate and uplift all identities of the LGBTQ+ community, we honor those who have been part of the long struggle for civil rights and inclusion, recognizing the progress that has been made toward equality. And

March 25, 2024

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Issue 11, Spring 1997

Crucial Conversations

Study circles help students talk constructively about race.

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Issue 5, Fall 2023

The Promise of Inclusive Education

Illustration of people gathering on top of and around large books.

Inclusive education builds critical thinking—the intellectual tools for reflection, continuous inquiry, constructive dialogue and the possibility of changing one’s perspective—and is an essential lever for democracy.

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Issue 52, Spring 2016

Toolkit for "Segregation Forever?"

This toolkit for “Segregation Forever?” provides an activity for students to use statistics and written analysis to express complex ideas about history.

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November 7, 2019

DACA Is in the Supreme Court. How About Your Classroom?

A group of young children in a school library with their teacher looking at a globe.

On November 12, hearings begin for the Supreme Court cases that could decide the fate of DACA. It’s an opportunity for educators to start an important conversation.

Topic

Immigration

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Fighting Rebels With Only One Hand

Frederick Douglass argues for African-American participation in the Union army.

Frederick Douglass

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

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History

August 17, 2018

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Issue 59, Summer 2018

Toolkit for “Be Your Own Historian”

Teach and learn about the Reconstruction era with resources—including videos, texts, lessons and a unit plan—from Facing History and Ourselves.

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Anthony Johnson

Anthony Godby Johnson is a writer who lives in New York City. His memoir, A Rock and a Hard Place, was published in 1993 (Signet). He writes a monthly column for the Gregory House Gazette, an AIDS care newsletter published in Honolulu.

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March 2, 2018

Why I'll Never Teach This Powerful Book Again

This teacher's classes were in the middle of reading a Sherman Alexie classic that spurred deep discussions and powerful writing. Then several women came forward to say #metoo about the author.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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Student Service Reflection: A Different Kind of Vacation

A student reflects on his travel to New Orleans, where he helped rebuild parts of the Ninth Ward.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

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Class

July 6, 2009

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