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Saffron Dreams

Although her husband died in the September 11 attack, Arissa is targeted for being Muslim. In this excerpt, she is held up by a group of men who berate her and threaten to kill her until they realize she is pregnant.

Shaila Abdullah

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Religion

Subject

Civics

History

Geography

July 7, 2014

teaching strategy

Community Inquiry

Four Perspectives

A strategy to introduce the anti-bias framework into group discussion and textual analysis. Students respond to and pose questions from the four anti-bias domains: identity, diversity, justice and action.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

RL.6-12.1, RI.6-12.1, SL.6-12.1, SL.6-12.4, SL.6-12.6

July 13, 2014

article

February 7, 2014

Reading for Change

Critical reading allows students to navigate the “quest for mutual humanization.”

Topic

Rights & Activism

article

May 18, 2017

Teachers, Check Your Texts

male student working at computer in libary

LGBTQ Asian identities need to be amplified in the school curriculum—and not just during a heritage month.

article

Issue 3, Fall 2022

Community Organizing Uplifts Immigrant Students

Illustration of various people being held up by a hand.

Tapping into their own agency and communities, immigrant students and their families are finding ways to mitigate serious obstacles.

Topic

Immigration Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

article

Issue 44, Summer 2013

Toolkit for “Out at Last”

This toolkit accompanies the article “Out at Last,” and provides professional-development resources to support LGBT educators, and their straight allies, through the process of coming out.

article

April 10, 2014

Imagining Equity Literacy

Equity literacy moves us beyond cultural competency, allowing educators to create and sustain equitable and just learning environments for all families and students.

lesson

Sounds of Change

This lesson challenges students to analyze and to reflect on messages presented in songs — and to express their own views about important issues addressed in some songs.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Class Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

April 26, 2017

article

March 14, 2013

Respect the 'Little Q' in Your Class

Students’ names are an important reflection of identity and culture, as educators, we must put in the time to honor those names and pronunciation.

Topic

Race & Ethnicity

article

Issue 56, Summer 2017

With and About: Inviting Contemporary American Indian Peoples Into the Classroom

Students at chalkboard shattered light coming from the chalk in hand

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.

Topic

Race & Ethnicity

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