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Issue 51, Fall 2015

Toolkit for "Book Smarts"

Educators can use classroom publishing to validate the experiences of all students and to introduce critical literacy. This toolkit provides writing prompts to help you bring out the best in your students’ writing.

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The Breadwinner

After spending months talking to women in Afghan refugee camps, Deborah Ellis penned this timely novel about life under Taliban rule. Living in Afghanistan with her family, Parvana is a rarity—a girl who can read and experiences life, even for just a few hours, outside the four walls of her home.

Deborah Ellis

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3-5 6-8

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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Civics

Geography

July 3, 2014

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Issue 42, Fall 2012

When Everything Hangs on a Second Chance

Beth Hammett found out the hard way that most good things in education hang on giving people second chances.

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Issue 43, Spring 2013

Letting the Inspiration Flow

A spoken word event reveals how teachers and students can inspire each other.

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Issue 48, Fall 2014

A Message From Our Director

TT director Maureen Costello encourages educators to raise students ready to address injustice.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 50, Summer 2015

Who's In Your Classroom?

PD Café offers professional development activities to complete alone or with colleagues.

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Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ Students

With this guide, we hope to help teachers and school leaders make curriculum and policy decisions that include LGBTQ students and prepare all students to thrive in a diverse democracy.

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Gender & Sexual Identity

July 3, 2022

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Is Reading Bad?

Two small boys on a plantation strike up a dangerous friendship.

Patty Johnson

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

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Slavery

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History

January 7, 2019

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September 19, 2019

The Youth-Led Global Climate Strike and Celebrating Student Action

A group of young people holding signs in front of the Washington Monument for the Youth Climate Action Global Climate Strike.

This Friday, students worldwide will strike to demand action on climate change. Educators should take the opportunity to support student learning and action.

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Rights & Activism

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Introducing LFJ’s Community Justice Sites

LFJ is piloting our Community Justice Sites programming at the SPLC’s Road to 60 Summit in Mississippi. Our Community Justice Sites are Freedom Schools and Citizenship Schools for everyone. When we “learn for justice,” we center learning to inform our action for liberation and justice in our communities.

Freedom Summer and Today’s Election Process
Introduction to Action Planning: Toolkit
Strategies of the Civil Rights Movement

August 13, 2024

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