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Trivia and Civil Rights History
An after-school teacher uses trivia to get her elementary students thinking about the world around them—including civil rights history.
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Culturally Responsive Curriculum at a Glance
Culturally responsive curriculum is a critical element in reversing poor academic performance in students of color.
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Lasting Lessons from the Montgomery Bus Boycott
The time had come. It was Dec. 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on the Montgomery public bus. This act led to Parks’ arrest, ignited the Montgomery Bus Boycott and ushered in the new civil rights movement.
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Helping Kids When Their Parents Won’t
Active parents make a teacher’s job much easier. They check up on homework assignments, help with discipline and guarantee that education is valued.
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Explore the History of ‘Loving’
Learning for Justice produced this interdisciplinary teacher’s guide for The Loving Story, a documentary film about a couple’s fight to end the ban on interracial marriage.
June 24, 2022
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For the Love of Our Hair
My day begins supervising fourth-grade recess. It’s a nice way to ease into being in the school building, where I often cringe at how we insist that small children stay tethered to their chairs for so many hours in a row.
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Female Identity and Gender Expectations
The four lessons in this unit explore different aspects of gender for today’s girls and women. Each lesson identifies barriers that limit girls’ and women’s opportunities and asks students to explore how those barriers can be dismantled.
March 30, 2012
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Freedom Wasn’t Free in ’64—and It Isn’t Free Now
‘Freedom Summer,’ an American Experience film, highlights an overlooked but essential period in the civil rights movement.
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Toolkit for Case Studies on Diversity and Social Justice Education
Apply the seven-step case method to another case—or to a case of your own.
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"The President Said...": Why Context Matters
It'd be easy for educators to ignore the president's latest comments about undocumented immigrants. Here's why they shouldn't.