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January 19, 2021

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June 15, 2021

Protecting Immigrant Students’ Rights

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Public schools have a legal obligation to enroll and support immigrant students and English language learners. New resources from the SPLC help advocates work with families to ensure schools are meeting this responsibility.

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Immigration Rights & Activism

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Issue 5, Fall 2023

The Kids Are All Right

Tulsa teacher Akela Leach helps her school district implement new lessons about their city’s painful history.

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Issue 58, Spring 2018

States' Rights and "Historical Malpractice"

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After witnessing the rise of the “alt-right,” this social studies teacher doubled down on debunking Confederacy myths.

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October 14, 2020

Teach This: The Voting Rights Act

Illustration of five people in masks being taught about voting rights.

Pair an excerpt from ‘One Person, No Vote: How Not All Voters Are Treated Equally’ with a clip from a documentary about Congressman John Lewis to lead a conversation with students about the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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Rights & Activism

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June 20, 2023

Connect Voting Rights History to Current Policies and Discourse

A diverse group of people are moving toward the right and the person in front is holding a banner that reads "Protect voting rights for all."

Uncovering the honest history of voting rights in the U.S. is crucial to create an inclusive society and realize the democratic ideals expressed in the Constitution.

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Civil Rights Movement Rights & Activism

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August 30, 2011

Portfolio Activity for “Getting the Civil War Right”

Grades: 9-12 Subjects: Social Studies, Reading and Language Arts Categories: History As this Teaching Tolerance story tells us, it’s important to study history—in particular first-hand documents—so that we can continue

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Bayard Rustin: The Fight for Racial Justice and Gay Rights

This lesson centers on the invaluable work and activism of Bayard Rustin. Rustin was not only dedicated to orchestrating the civil rights movement; he was also one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s closest advisors, and the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington.

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9-12

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Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

History

January 22, 2013

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U.S. Constitution: Articles I, II, IV, V

These sections illustrate the ways in which the U.S. Constitution provided indirect protection of slavery.

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6-8 9-12

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Slavery

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History

January 5, 2018

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Informational

A Rumbling in the Mines

This chapter details the Chinese involvement in building the transcontinental railroad and the friction it caused between them and white workers, whom Chinese workers displaced from their jobs due to their willingness to work for less and not join labor unions.

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9-12

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Immigration Rights & Activism

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History

Economics

Geography

August 22, 2016

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