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March 17, 2014

The Central Struggle of Our Time

Bayard Rustin at a podium with microphones, addressing a crowd.

Bayard Rustin’s participation in the civil rights movement enshrined his place in the history of the 20th century, and his life’s work has become newly relevant during a time when LGBTQ rights are at the forefront of the American conscience.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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Informational

Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina

Rosie Molinary describes how she felt as a Latina teenager in the United States, caught between disparate and unrealistic beauty standards.

Rosie Molinary

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

December 30, 2015

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Issue 27, Spring 2005

Books Under Fire

Teaching Tolerance illustration of a kid looking at a pile of book with a chain around them

Every year, teachers find themselves at the center of banned-book debates, wondering how to teach meaningful literature in chilled atmospheres.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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The True History of Voting Rights

Illustration of a teacher figure pointing to a slide featured on a pulled down screen that is titled "Voting History." Several shadowed figures sit in the foreground, looking at the displayed information.

In this lesson, students learn about the expansion and restriction of voting rights in the United States, examine court rulings, discuss voter disengagement, and explore a voting rights timeline. Students will also learn how to register to vote.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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Social Studies

Civics

History

October 8, 2020

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Rick Mula

Rick Mula is an Equal Justice Works Fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center. The aim of Rick’s fellowship project is to reduce the discrimination that LGBT youth living in Tennessee and Alabama experience in the education, child welfare and juvenile justice systems. His fellowship is sponsored by the Mansfield Family Foundation. Rick graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2015 where he received a graduate certificate in gender, sexuality and women’s studies. Rick was also awarded the Dean Jefferson B. Fordham Human Rights Award and the Blank Rome Alvin Ackerman

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Issue 33, Spring 2008

Classroom Simulations: Proceed With Caution

Teaching Tolerance illustration a child with nazi drawing uniform confronting another with jewish symbol

Some educators think these widely-used teaching activities may do as much harm as good — at least in anti-bias learning.

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Issue 21, Spring 2002

Is Freedom Safe?

A First Amendment project challenges schools to take liberties seriously.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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January 2, 2018

Toolkit for "Teaching Hard History"

"Can Words Lead to War?" is an Inquiry Design Model (IDM), one of six sample IDMs that accompany the Teaching Hard History project. This inquiry provides students with an opportunity to explore how words affect public opinion through an examination of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel 'Uncle Tom’s Cabin.'

professional development

Maintain Neutrality

Learn how schools can teach religious tolerance -- and stay within constitutional bounds.

Professional Development Topic

School Climate

Topic

Religion

July 6, 2009

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March 26, 2010

Enduring Images Captured the Conscience of the Nation

A powerful collection of Civil Rights-era photographs is on display now through August 2010 at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. If you can’t organize a class trip to the museum, consider taking your students on a virtual tour of the era.

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Rights & Activism

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