Articles

Silence speaks volumes. Our students are listening.

In 1920, Tennessee lawmaker Harry Burn followed his mother’s advice on a controversial vote—and changed voting rights history.

Scholars are divided on the role of the U.S. Supreme Court in the civil rights movement. This blogger, a history teacher, explains why this debate is a valuable lesson.

When we call for empowerment of our students, what are we asking for?

The massacre at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, deeply saddened us—but also galvanized us. On the anniversary of the attack, six TT staffers remember.

The emancipation story remains largely incomplete, over 150 years later.

As educators, we must push past the call to “prepare students for the future.” This approach is insufficient and ultimately hazardous.

As educators, we cannot be silent about hate. We must take a stand and equip our students to do the same.

“So, there aren’t any girls in the book?” Find out how an English teacher answered this student question—and fit the male-centered Lord of the Flies into a classroom focused on voices traditionally left in the margins.

Read why this teacher thinks more social studies education should focus on activism in the past.