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Teach This: Regulating Protest at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Analyze news of the recent announcement banning athlete protest at the Olympics to discuss protest and the power of individual voice with students.
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Rural Schools and Hard History
The rich history and diversity of rural communities have largely been erased. Appreciating both charts a promising path forward.
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Part I: Creating Your Group
Before You Begin: The Planning Committee Getting the Right Folks and the Right Data to the Table Once you’ve decided to start a social justice reading group, it’s tempting to jump right into conversations with young
October 16, 2019
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Our Humanity Is Bound Together: Discussing the Holocaust
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is commemorated on January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1945. We honor the memory of the 6 million Jews and the millions of Roma, Sinti, Slavs, disabled persons, LGBTQ+ individuals, political dissidents and others who were murdered in the Holocaust. And we encourage learning from the survivors as we reflect on the significance of this history.
- Acclaimed Documentary ‘One Survivor Remembers’ Urges All to Never Forget
- One Survivor Remembers
- ‘Hope, Despair and Memory’
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Celebrate Black History Month and Teach Black History All Year
In celebration of Black History Month, we offer a new resource page. From articles and publications to videos, lessons and stories, we’ve collected some of our best resources to help you learn about and elevate Black history in all of its complexity. Whether you’re building your own knowledge, looking for ways to expand your teaching of Black history, or celebrating stories with your family, we hope you’ll use these resources. Young people deserve to learn this history in ways that are accurate, comprehensive and age appropriate.
- Learn From and Honor Black History
- A Call for Anti-Bias Education
- Teaching the Movement’s Most Iconic Figure
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Advocating for Teaching Honest History: What Educators Can Do
Young people deserve to learn honest history—history that is accurate, comprehensive and inclusive of perspectives beyond traditional, dominant narratives. Our newest resource guide, Advocating for Teaching Honest History: What Educators Can Do, offers concrete tools for educators seeking to ensure the right of future generations to an accurate accounting of our nation’s history.
- Advocating for Teaching Honest History: What Educators Can Do
- Teaching the Civil Rights Movement
- Teaching Hard History: American Slavery
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From Mourning to Action
After this weekend’s shootings in El Paso and Dayton, we ask: How do educators keep tragedy and terror from overwhelming them as they fight for justice?
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Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union
South Carolina’s Declaration provides its justification for seceding from the union, revolving around maintaining the institution of slavery, which it believes is threatened by free states.
January 6, 2018
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Walking with the Wind
In this excerpt from his book, Walking with the Wind, John Lewis describes his involvement in the sit-ins in Nashville, Tenn., in the spring of 1960.
August 9, 2017
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Culture and Climate
“To feel safe and to feel seen. To feel valued and capable of growth. These are simple concepts—basic pillars of student achievement and the results of good pedagogy.”
May 26, 2023