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Nobody’s Free Until Everybody’s Free

“Democracy is not a state. It is not some high plateau that we struggle to reach so we can finally settle down to rest. Democracy is an act. It is an act that requires participation, organization and dedication to the highest principles. It is an act, and a series of actions that require us to continuously verify our commitment to civil rights and social justice at every challenge.”
— Rep. John Lewis

  • What Are the Values of Democracy?
  • Fannie Lou Hamer
  • Freedom Summer and Democracy Today
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Tom McHugh

Tom is the school psychologist at Woodstown Middle School in Woodstown, New Jersey. He has served as a school psychologist in New Jersey for 28 years, working primarily with middle school students.
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Before Rosa Parks: Frances Watkins Harper

The title “Before Rosa Parks” loosely links a number of lessons that discuss African-American women who were active in the fight for civil rights before the 1950s. This lesson highlights Frances Watkins Harper, who challenged power structures in the South by talking to free former slaves about voting, land ownership and education—and fought segregated public transportation.
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6-8 9-12
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Gender & Sexual Identity
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Justice
July 6, 2009
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Learning How to Know in 2017

How do your students learn how to know? And what does your teaching look like in the face of a devaluing of shared truth, deepening political polarization and the mainstreaming of intolerance?