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What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

“What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” was a speech given by abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass on July 5, 1852, in Rochester, N.Y., at an event commemorating American independence.

Frederick Douglass

Grade Level

9-12

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Slavery

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History

July 3, 2014

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November 14, 2011

2011 Teaching Tolerance Award Winners

Teaching Tolerance recognized five outstanding educators with the first-ever Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Culturally Responsive Teaching on Dec. 9th in Washington, D.C.

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Issue 55, Spring 2017

Controlling the Student Body

Are your school’s dress and behavior policies doing more harm than good?

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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March 25, 2015

Tackling Implicit Bias

boy standing outside of group of children

From Selma to Ferguson and beyond, implicit bias has been at play. But educators can take steps to understand this bias and move toward solutions.

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Bullying & Bias

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In this book excerpt Mattie Stepanek describes what it is like living with a rare neuromuscular disease. Defying many developmental odds, Mattie recounts highs and lows as he travels toward his tenth birthday, living on what he terms “the edge.”

Mattie Stepanek

Grade Level

3-5 6-8 9-12

Topic

Ability

July 5, 2014

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Issue 46, Spring 2014

The Visibility Factor

Jeanie Greenidge felt invisible as a child. Now she’s helping make sure every student is seen.

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June 25, 2015

After the Flag Comes Down

There’s growing momentum to take down Confederate flags, but our work to denounce systemic racism cannot stop at symbolic markers.

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Rights & Activism

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STEM by the Numbers

In this lesson, students use data to analyze the participation of white, black, Asian and Hispanic men and women in STEM careers as compared with their participation in the general workforce. They then discuss the possible reasons identity groups are unequally represented in STEM careers.

Grade Level

3-5

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

Math & Technology

Science & Health

April 19, 2016

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July 7, 2009

Re-igniting the Passion to Teach

A web exclusive for "Dancing with Languages," from the September 2008 issue of Teaching Tolerance magazine.

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Among Friends and Neighbors

Many stories people shared with us dealt with difficult moments involving friends and neighbors. Factors that affect how they speak up include how well or little they know each other, how often they interact and how damaging they consider the offense to be.

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Bullying & Bias

July 20, 2009

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What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

2011 Teaching Tolerance Award Winners

Controlling the Student Body

Tackling Implicit Bias

Just Peace: A Message of Hope

The Visibility Factor

After the Flag Comes Down

STEM by the Numbers

Re-igniting the Passion to Teach

Among Friends and Neighbors

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