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Social Justice Standards | Unpacking Diversity
This professional development addresses diversity.
April 17, 2014
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Social Justice Standards | Understanding Justice
This professional development addresses the Justice domain.
April 17, 2014
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Lead Your Own Training: The Social Justice Standards
Do you find the Social Justice Standards valuable? Use our new Professional Development Facilitator Guide to train others!
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Social Justice Standards | Unpacking Action
This professional development addresses the Action domain.
April 17, 2014
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How State Standards Represent Indigenous Peoples
In this Q&A blog, education researcher Kate Shuster asks Sarah Shear of Penn State University-Altoona about how indigenous history is taught in U.S. classrooms and why many states’ standards need to be revamped.
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Teaching MLK With the Social Justice Standards
Too often, lesson plans surrounding Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy fail to move beyond “I Have a Dream.” These classroom suggestions acknowledge the depth and complexity of the movement he helped to lead.
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An Excerpt from the United States Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence proclaimed the thirteen colonies' separation from Great Britain and set the nation's civic standard that "all Men are created equal."
July 10, 2017
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the opinion for Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, a groundbreaking case that overturned the "separate but equal" standard set forth in Plessy v. Ferguson. The Supreme Court decided this case unanimously on May 17, 1954.
July 2, 2014
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Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln delivered this famous speech at the dedication of the National Cemetary in Gettysburg, the burial site of Union Soldiers who were killed in the Civil War.
July 10, 2017
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Indigenous Peoples' Day 2019
Indigenous Peoples’ Day—still observed as Columbus Day on the federal level—is October 14. These resources can help you celebrate the histories and cultures of Indigenous peoples and Native nations. We hope you’ll make space in your classroom for these important lessons this Monday and throughout the year.
- With and About: Inviting Contemporary American Indian Peoples Into the Classroom
- Why Do We (Still) Celebrate Columbus Day?
- I Am the Blood of the Conqueror; I Am the Blood of the Conquered
