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Fickle Girls?
Missing an opportunity to speak up creates another opportunity–to practice for next time.
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Who Killed Kalief Browder?
Kalief Browder ended his own life after spending three years in a justice system that showed him no justice.
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The Genius of Marva Collins
Education pioneer Marva Collins died last week. She left behind tried and true strategies that support students’ brilliance and academic success.
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Community Puzzle Mural
Students create a community puzzle mural, a large-scale artistic depiction, usually displayed in a community space. Puzzle pieces covered in student’s artwork relating to diversity, anti-bias or social justice themes from the central text comprise the mural.
July 13, 2014
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Community Mural / Poster Campaign
Students create a large-scale artistic depiction in a community space. As an alternative to the community mural, students can create a set of informational posters that reflect a diversity topic or social justice theme.
July 13, 2014
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Oral History Project
Students conduct interviews and record personal experiences focused on a specific theme from the central text. They then synthesize and present the information as a an article, pamphlet, poster or other medium of their choice.
July 13, 2014
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Picture Books
Students work in small groups to write and illustrate an original children's picture book to teach others about a social justice or diversity topic present in the central text.
July 13, 2014
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Listen Up! PSA for Change
Students produce digital media to raise awareness and encourage change related to an anti-bias theme.
July 13, 2014
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I'm Smart in a Different Way
A high school student with Down Syndrome talks about his world -- and his life at school.
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Listening Helped Give Voice to the Silent
My curls tickle my face. My fingers feverishly sort though papers. I make last-minute decisions for the day. A former student, who stops by every day, chats by my side. It’s 7:30 a.m., and I’m depending on Folgers to usher me into a coherent state when I hear this student say, “Mrs. Yahn, ever since your class last year, I just can’t stop talking. I used to say nothing in class, but now I talk all the time. You taught me that.”