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Jaci Jones

Jaci Jones (she/her) is a social justice educator with experience as a professional learning facilitator with Learning for Justice, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center and as a high school history teacher at John F Kennedy Memorial High School in Iselin, NJ. She completed her undergraduate education at Penn State University where she majored in Secondary Education and Social Studies, and minored in History and Dance. With a passion for human rights, Jaci completed her Masters in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Kean University where she now adjuncts, training teachers how to teach
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Driving Bilingual Education

I am a good driver. You’d never know it, given the theatrics of the backseat drivers in my vehicle, whose sudden gasps and quick grasps for the dashboard denote a lack of confidence in my skills. This drama is alternately amusing, annoying and unnecessary. I'm proud to say that, for the most part, my instinctive go-to practice of "when in doubt, step on the gas" has never let me down.
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Before Rosa Parks: Frances Watkins Harper

The title “Before Rosa Parks” loosely links a number of lessons that discuss African-American women who were active in the fight for civil rights before the 1950s. This lesson highlights Frances Watkins Harper, who challenged power structures in the South by talking to free former slaves about voting, land ownership and education—and fought segregated public transportation.
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6-8 9-12
Topic
Gender & Sexual Identity
Subject
Reading & Language Arts
Social Studies
History
Social Justice Domain
Justice
July 6, 2009
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Nobody Dared Her to Do It

Reverend Noel Koestline and Reverend Spencer Turnipseed remember Turnipseed's sister, Marti, the first white student to join Birmingham's sit-in movement.
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Rev. Noel Koestline and Rev. Spencer Turnipseed (Brother)
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
Topic
Rights & Activism
Subject
Civics
History
Geography
Social Justice Domain
Action
November 18, 2014