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January 6, 2010

An American Apology, Long Overdue

You’re forgiven if you missed it. Late last month, Congress passed and President Obama signed a bill that included text that “apologizes … to all Native Peoples for the many instances of violence, maltreatment, and neglect inflicted on Native Peoples by citizens of the United States.” Not only was news of the measure knocked from front pages by the health care debate and Tiger Woods, it was well-camouflaged within the 2010 defense appropriations bill.

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April 20, 2010

Why I Teach: A Poem

students looking over homework sitting on bench outside

For National Poetry Month, we departed from our typical prose-only style to present this special Why I Teach column.

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November 10, 2016

What We’re Reading This Week: November 10

A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.

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Exploring Young Immigrant Stories

This lesson helps students appreciate diversity among their peers and the diversity of immigrants all over the world. Through hands-on exercises, students will discover similarities and differences they share with other children.

Grade Level

3-5

Topic

Immigration

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

Geography

ELL / ESL

September 12, 2016

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February 28, 2022

Teaching Reconstruction Is Absolutely Necessary

Banner text: Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle: How State Standards Fail to Teach the Truth about Reconstruction

Most state standards don’t accurately represent the Reconstruction era. The Zinn Education Project’s new Teach Reconstruction campaign and report highlight why truthful teaching about this period is a must.

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Slavery Rights & Activism

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October 27, 2020

Teach This: Voter Suppression and Literacy Tests

Illustration of people with masks in the classroom.

Use this excerpt from ‘One Person, No Vote: How Not All Voters Are Treated Equally’ to lead a conversation with students about the history of voter suppression in the United States before the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Informational

The Story of Suzie King Taylor

Doreen Rappaport tells the story of a young Suzie King Taylor and her brother who attended a secret school for black children in Georgia in the mid-1800s. Later on, Taylor would become the first black woman to teach openly in a freedmen's school.

Doreen Rappaport

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

July 3, 2014

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Informational

J.D. Green

J.D. Green was born into slavery but spent his life resisting the institution by escaping to freedom five times.

Lauryn Mascareñaz

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

January 7, 2019

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Issue 65, Fall 2020

This Conversation Is Anti-Racist

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Young people have the vision to imagine—and create—a world without racism. Adults just need to get on board.

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Remember the March on Washington

As we remember the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom of 1963, it’s critical not to whitewash this history. Contextualize the campaign and the struggle associated with it, including the impact of the march’s organizer, Bayard Rustin—an openly gay Black man. That also includes complicating the event’s most iconic figure, Dr. Martin Luther King, and his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. These resources can help.

Ten Things to Know About the March on Washington
Gary Younge: Heroes Are Human
Teaching About King’s Radical Approach to Social Justice

August 27, 2021

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