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Teaching About Mass Incarceration: From Conversation to Civic Action
How one teacher uses the study of mass incarceration to help students learn about civic action and see themselves as change makers.
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Athletes, Advocates and Role Models (The Philly Special)
In the wake of the Philadelphia Eagles' Super Bowl LII win, this South Jersey teacher looks past the celebration to talk with his students about how some players use their influence to create positive change and to challenge his students to do the same.
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Healthy Reminders During COVID-19 and School Closures
The COVID-19 outbreak and resulting social distancing guidelines affect the way we teach, learn and maintain relationships with our students and one another. These resources include a reminder to check our priorities, tips for making online courses culturally responsive and strategies for speaking up against coronavirus racism.
- A Healthy Reminder to Educators During School Closures
- Online Teaching Can Be Culturally Responsive
- How to Respond to Coronavirus Racism
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Film Festival
Students review films related to a theme in the central text, then plan, prepare for and host a community film festival.
July 13, 2014
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History Can Guide Us Toward a Just Future
“The civil rights movement offers a blueprint for creating meaningful social change,” writes Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Ph.D. Making connections for young people between past movements and present circumstances is imperative, as is having meaningful support in place for honest conversations that can sometimes be difficult. These LFJ resources can help.
- From MLK to #BlackLivesMatter: A Throughline for Young Students
- History Moves With Us
- A Care Plan for Honest History and Difficult Conversations
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“Give Light and People Will Find the Way”—Ella Baker
We commemorate this Fourth of July in the shadow of assaults on our human rights and bodily autonomy from those who do not uphold the values of democracy. We recognize that these efforts to strip away our rights are a backlash to positive social justice movements. Let us commit together to the movement for justice and democracy.
- ‘Selma Online’: Young People Impact the Vote
- Future Voters Project
- A Supremely Historic Moment
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Tweeting for Change
Students organize and facilitate a live Twitter chat to raise awareness of an anti-bias theme or social justice issue and to encourage change related to this issue.
February 25, 2016
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The Moments Students Remember
Marvin Reed celebrates what sustained him while teaching through the pandemic.
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Toolkit for Exposed
This toolkit outlines an activity that uses personal reflection, writing and class discussion to address cyberbullying.