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Making “A Place in the Middle” in Every Classroom
Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Dean Hamer shares how his documentary A Place in the Middle, co-directed with Joe Wilson, can help students see the value of inclusion, the power of cultural heritage and their ability to create a more positive school climate.
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What Would You Do?
The TT audience weighed in on a school dilemma ripped from the headlines: ‘Students petition to display Confederate flag at school, turn in 300 signatures.’
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Portfolio Activities for “Healing Touch: Susie King Taylor—Civil War Teacher and Nurse”
Grades: 4-8 Subjects: Social Studies, Reading and Language Arts, ELL/ESL Categories: Race and ethnicity; History Story Corner is a student-directed feature in Teaching Tolerance magazine. In the current issue, we tell
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Keep on Mixing!
National Mix It Up at Lunch Day may be over, but promoting friendship at school is a priority all year.
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Toolkit for Case Studies on Diversity and Social Justice Education
Apply the seven-step case method to another case—or to a case of your own.
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What We're Watching
Dim the lights and get ready to learn with these TT-approved films!
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Learning from the Civil Rights Movement: The 1963 March on Washington
This critical election year, remember that the right to vote was achieved through the struggles, risks and sacrifices of ordinary people. Learn from our history, vote and help to mobilize others in your community.
- The 1963 March on Washington
- Learning from the Civil Rights Movement
- The Civil Rights Movement: 10 Key Concepts
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Supporting Student Action
Educators play a valuable role as adult allies to youth organizing for social justice.
May 23, 2023
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Representative Lewis Discusses Reenacting Historic Bus Rides of 1961 Video Transcript
This piece is to accompany The Freedom RidersForty years ago, a dozen or so friends decided to test a new ruling that banned the forced separation of whites and blacks in interstate travel. They became known as Freedom Riders, and they paved the way for the civil rights struggle. John Lewis joined the original rides. He is now a Congressman from Georgia. Well, today they're retracing their steps from the spring of '61.
April 5, 2011