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Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello advises educators not to shy away from teaching this election.

How does identity influence our perceptions of history?

Be prepared for whatever this year holds with these Teaching Tolerance materials.

Wouldn’t it be productive if schools established school-wide norms for civil discourse this fall?

Educators at this school find that their book club helps build the teacher community and provides a vehicle for support when needed.

My nana is laughing as she tells me one of her favorite childhood stories. As her cheeks lift into a smile, I can see the teenager who boldly told her teacher that threats to visit Nana’s parents about her behavior are ineffective. “You see,” she said, “they don’t speak any English.”

In 1967 the Supreme Court ruling on Loving v. Virginia went a long way toward making marriage a right that more Americans could exercise. In Loving, the court decided that laws prohibiting African Americans and white Americans from marrying violated the Constitution. The Loving ruling said, among other things, “Marriage is one of the ‘basic civil rights of man,’ fundamental to our very existence and survival.”

Teach AND learn about immigration with these literacy activities.

TT director Maureen Costello ushers in the digital age with our first online issue.