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A Student Remembers Her School's 'Lunch Man,' Philando Castile

On July 6, 2016, Philando Castile was pulled over by police near Saint Paul, Minn., after being misidentified as a robbery suspect. He was then shot and killed by an officer during the traffic stop. In this StoryCorps edition, Chad Eisen-Ramgren has a conversation with his 10-year-old daughter, who was a student at the school where Mr. Phil managed the cafeteria.

StoryCorps

Grade Level

3-5

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Class

Subject

History

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Literature

Supermom Saves the Day

Who says girls can't be superheroes? Sheila and her classmates learn that both girls and boys can be superheroes, thanks to their teacher, Mrs. Miller.

Joi Miner & Kate Sutton (illustrator)

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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Literature

The First 100 Days

When two sides fail to come together after a classroom election, the teacher institutes the 100 Days plan to try to keep the newly elected accountable and the remaining students apprised of what they can expect from their new president.

Jarah Botello

Grade Level

3-5

Topic

Bullying & Bias

Subject

Civics

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Informational

The Day I Swam Into a New World

Frances dreams of swimming with her classmates, but will everyone be welcome at her new community pool?

Margaret Auguste

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

text

Informational

Remarks in Recognition of International Human Rights Day

Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered this speech at the United Nations International Human Rights Day on December 6, 2011. The day commemorates the UN's adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

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Informational

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

“What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” was a speech given by abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass on July 5, 1852, in Rochester, N.Y., at an event commemorating American independence.

Frederick Douglass

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

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Informational

Civil Rights March in Selma

This news segment from 2000 recalls the march that took place in Selma, Ala. on March 7, 1965. This day, known as Bloody Sunday, was marked by violent attacks by state and local police upon protesters as they reached the end of Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge.

NBC Learn

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

text

Informational

1960: Sitting Down to Take a Stand

In this article, Suzanne Bilyeu details how the sit-in by the "Greensboro Four" at Woolworth's store in North Carolina created a domino effect which led to sit-ins across the country and galvinized support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Suzanne Bilyeu

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

text

Literature

Only One Me

This poem's speaker describes being bullied and feeling depressed and skipping school to avoid the harassment. Spiraling downhill emotionally, the speaker ultimately comes to accept and appreciate his/her unique identities.

Sean Mauricette (aka SUBLIMINAL)

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Bullying & Bias

text

Informational

Secret Audiotapes of JFK Decrying Civil Rights Violations in Birmingham

This 2005 news segment reports on a recently discovered recording from 1963, in which Kennedy responded to news of police violence against civil rights demonstrators in Birmingham, Alabama.

NBC Learn

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Geography

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