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June 12, 2019

Teaching Juneteenth

Young men of color in matching outfits dancing together outside.

The history of Juneteenth acknowledges hard history while also empowering students to be advocates for change.

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Rights & Activism

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Native American Heritage Month

As Native American Heritage Month comes to a close, be sure to continue incorporating this history in your curriculum and support Native American students year-round. Use these resources to help students contextualize the true history and contemporary issues of Native peoples.

With and About: Inviting Contemporary American Indian Peoples Into the Classroom
Rewriting History—for the Better
Q&A: Native Knowledge 360°

November 30, 2020

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Frederick Douglass Describes Enslavers

In this specific passage, which comes from the book’s first chapter, Douglass describes his enslavers. The passage focuses on Douglass’s memory of his first encounter with the brutality of his enslavers.

Frederick Douglass

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

January 6, 2018

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Sherman’s Special Field Order, No. 15

Sherman’s Order is the source of the phrase, “forty acres and a mule,” a believed promise for land redistribution to former enslaved people.

General William T. Sherman

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

January 9, 2018

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Lives of the Enslaved in Their Own Words

In the face of extreme punishment for enslaved people and breaking the law for whites, roughly 5 percent of the enslaved population learned to read and write. Letters like the ones written below show the lengths they would go to learn.

Barbara Spindel

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

January 7, 2019

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