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January 18, 2018

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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Immigration Rights & Activism

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The Freedman's Bureau!

This political cartoon from 1866 attacks Black suffrage and the Freedman’s Bureau.

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Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Slavery

Subject

Social Studies

Civics

History

July 18, 2022

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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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March 17, 2021

Responding to Anti-Asian Violence and Georgia Shootings

A single lit candle surrounded by darkness.

After a shooting spree in Georgia took the lives of eight people—including six Asian American women—it’s important to pause, check in and prioritize care.

Topic

Class Gender & Sexual Identity

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Text-Dependent Questions for “The Color of Justice”

Text-Dependent Questions accompany “The Color of Justice.”

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

Subject

Social Studies

Civics

History

July 18, 2017

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Issue 9, Spring 1996

Class Action

Students learn rights and responsibilities through law-related education.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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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.

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Rights & Activism

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

Civics

History

September 11, 2012

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Issue 45, Fall 2013

Twice the Distance

Teaching Tolerance illustration of student long and difficulty path to college on top of a montain

First-In-Family Immigrant Students Face a Double Challenge When Applying to Colleges.

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Immigration

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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.

Kay Honeyman

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Immigration

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Civics

History

July 7, 2014

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Issue 40, Fall 2011

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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