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The Skin I'm In (Chapter 3)

Maleeka gets made fun of at school about her clothes, her grades, even the color of her skin. In this chapter, she talks about getting teased on a school trip and how even her friend Char was ashamed to be seen with her because of her clothes.

Sharon Flake

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

July 3, 2014

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Informational

Excerpt from Twelve Years a Slave

This section illustrates the ways in which enslaved people resisted enslavement in overt and more subtle ways.

Solomon Northup

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

January 5, 2018

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Thanksgiving Sermon

This is a sermon by Benjamin Morgan Palmer that argues for the preservation of slavery. It gives students a close look at the religious arguments made for the institution of slavery.

Benjamin Morgan Palmer

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

December 15, 2017

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Issue 40, Fall 2011

A Second Revolution

This piece is to accompany the Teaching Tolerance article "Getting the Civil War Right." Some historians have called the period of Reconstruction that followed the Civil War the "second American Revolution" and the 13th

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Connecting Freedom Summer of 1964 to Today

Young Black organizers who confront oppressive systems have always been met with violence—educators can look at the uprisings of Freedom Summer in 1964 and those in Minneapolis in 2020 for evidence. Despite the pushback they face, Black activists’ work leads to changes in laws and culture. Use these resources to teach about Freedom Summer and highlight how Black people have asserted their agency in efforts to effect policy change in the United States.

Freedom Wasn’t Free in ’64—and It Isn’t Free Now
Season of Terror
Lessons of 1964: The Movement Continues

August 11, 2020

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Issue 39, Spring 2011

What We're Reading

The Teaching Tolerance staff reviews the latest in culturally aware literature and resources, offering the best picks for professional development and teachers of all grade levels.

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For My People

In 1942, “For My People” won the Yale Series of Younger Poets award, and Margaret Walker became one of the youngest black writers to have published poetry in the 20th century. Her poem makes tangible the African American struggle, yet also brings to the forefront a hope for all people to “rise and take control” during a dark period in American history.

Margaret Walker

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

December 30, 2015

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