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Why We Need Black History Month
Analyzing and celebrating Black history helps students think critically about present-day social issues.
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How Are You Teaching Black History?
We hope you’ll join us—this February and year-round—in teaching Black history beyond trauma and helping students recognize the brilliance, strength and love this history represents. Here’s why that’s so important.
- Black History Month: Teaching the Complete History
- Ending Curriculum Violence
- Black History Month Teaching: Miseducation or Empowerment?
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Celebrate Intersectional LGBTQ History This Month!
October is LGBTQ+ History Month. We hope these resources will help you and your students as you celebrate the diverse identities, experiences and histories of LGBTQ activists—and the continuing fight for LGBTQ equality.
- Queer America Podcast
- Honoring LGBTQ Voices During Hispanic Heritage Month
- Teaching Stonewall
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Teaching the Truth About Confederate History
Did you know that, in seven states, April is officially designated as Confederate History Month? Or that Confederate monuments can be found from Portland, Oregon, to the Bronx in New York? These resources can help you teach the real history behind the "Lost Cause" and public monuments in its honor—and explore how communities are challenging this false narrative.
- SPLC’s ‘Whose Heritage?’ Report: A Teaching Opportunity
- Name Changers
- Teaching Hard History: American Slavery
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What Districts Can Do To Support Educators in Teaching Honest History
District office personnel play important leadership roles in protecting educators who teach honest history.
November 21, 2023
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“All Our Terrible and Beautiful History”: Teach American History as a Human Story
Professor David W. Blight, director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, explains why prevailing American historical narratives necessitate Teaching Tolerance's Teaching Hard History report and recommendations.
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Teaching Hard History: American Slavery
With Teaching Hard History, we’re calling on American educators, curriculum writers and policy makers to confront the fact that slavery and racial injustice are not only a foundational part of the nation’s past, but a continuing influence on the present.
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What Administrators Can Do To Support Educators in Teaching Honest History
Administrators can support educators in advocating for teaching more comprehensive and accurate histories using the following tools.
November 21, 2023
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What Is Our Collective Responsibility When We Uncover Honest History?
Local history advocates say preservation, education and healing should include community redevelopment and respecting the agency of descendants of enslaved people.
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Learning Honest History and Celebrating Diversity
We can teach young people the honest history of the United States in age-appropriate ways and help them understand commonalities across cultures to develop a strong sense of self and identity as they honor diversity. To support these conversations and learning experiences, we offer parents, caregivers and educators teaching strategies, talking points and activities.
- Teaching Hard History: Grades K-5
- Talking to Children About the History of Slavery in the United States: A Resource for Parents and Caregivers
- Celebrate African and Indigenous Cultures: A Resource for Parents and Caregivers
