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Teach About Native American Women Leaders
Build students’ media literacy by helping them contextualize stories about women candidates—and particularly Native women candidates—during election season and beyond.
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With and About: Inviting Contemporary American Indian Peoples Into the Classroom
There’s a long history of U.S. schools failing Indigenous peoples, cultures and histories. In this story, Native parents and educators share examples of how educators and schools still get it wrong—and the steps they can take to fix their mistakes.
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Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act
In this middle- and high-school, school-level grant, students learned about living with disabilities and the need for accessibility.
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Supporting Arab American Students in the Classroom
Educators can uplift Arab American students, counter negative narratives and make classroom content more inclusive. Here’s how to start.
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Teaching Hard History: American Slavery
This report summarizes research conducted by the Southern Poverty Law Center in 2017 on the state of teaching about American slavery in K-12 schools.
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November Is Native American Heritage Month
Teach students an accurate and more complete history of Native and Indigenous peoples in celebration of Native American Heritage Month—and all year long! Including information from experts at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, these LFJ resources can help.
- Indigenous Peoples' History
- Q&A: Native Knowledge 360°
- With and About: Inviting Contemporary American Indian Peoples Into the Classroom
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Celebrating Arab American Heritage Month
During April, we uplift Arab American Heritage Month. These resources will help educators celebrate Arab identity, counter negative stereotypes, teach about Arab history and cultures, and ensure an inclusive environment that supports Arab American students this month and throughout the year.
- Supporting Arab American Students in the Classroom
- Presently Invisible: The Arab Plight in American Classrooms
- The New Kid in Class
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'American Sabor': A Bilingual, Multicultural Literacy Unit
A middle school teacher shares her innovative approach to using a bilingual multicultural resource.
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Teaching Hard History: American Slavery
With Teaching Hard History, we’re calling on American educators, curriculum writers and policy makers to confront the fact that slavery and racial injustice are not only a foundational part of the nation’s past, but a continuing influence on the present.
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Planting Truthful Seeds About Native Americans
By not including contemporary Native peoples into any discussion of Native experiences, we are doing these populations and our students a huge disservice.
