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What We’re Reading This Week: January 6
A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.
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In Public
For some people, speaking up in public feels more difficult than any other setting. For others, speaking up in public — to strangers who have no power or ties to one's home or work life — feels easier.
July 21, 2009
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Let's Talk!
This resource is for educators working to build their own competency facilitating classroom conversations about critical topics like identity, discrimination and inequality.
July 1, 2022
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Clinton High
27 Aug 1956, Clinton, Tennessee, USA --- 8/27/1956-Clinton, TN: John Carter, 17, a Clinton High School junior, carries sign outside the school here August 27th. protesting racial integration as the school opened its
July 29, 2011
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Najeeb Abreely, Immigrant Inspector (1890s)
Because Najeeb Abreely remembers what it was like to emigrate to America, he can soothe the fears of frightened immigrants he must now inspect and question.
July 7, 2014
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Informational
The Day I Swam Into a New World
Frances dreams of swimming with her classmates, but will everyone be welcome at her new community pool?
August 6, 2015
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What We’re Reading This Week: August 31, 2018
A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.
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Turning Headlines into Impromptu Lessons
The explosion of news coverage over the controversial execution of Troy Davis in Georgia recently is a reminder that our students learn powerful lessons outside our classrooms. These events offer opportunities for lessons of context inside our classrooms.
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Are Your Students Targets of Racial Profiling?
It’s summertime, and students have replaced class time with free time. In the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting, parents and teachers are painfully aware of the widespread racial profiling targeting men of color—particularly younger men who are more apt to be out and about during these summer months.
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Text-dependent Questions for "The Lockdown"
Text-dependent Questions accompany "The Lockdown."
July 18, 2017
