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Our Votes Matter: Action Steps in Planning to Vote
This Civics for Democracy learning resource provides action steps for participating in today’s election process.
September 13, 2024
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Text-Dependent Questions for “Slavery as a Form of Racialized Social Control”
These questions accompany Teaching 'The New Jim Crow' Lesson 3: Slavery As A Form Of Racialized Social Control.
July 17, 2017
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History Walks: Main Street
A former high school teacher recalls teaching the strikes of the Gilded Age as workers in his rural community began a strike of their own.
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Toolkit for "A Matter of Life and Death"
Not sure where to begin teaching about religious diversity and liberty? Check out these resources.
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Una Vida de Esperanza
In this interview, Luis Rodriguez describes how the systemic demoralization he faced in school and society at a young age drove him to join a street gang and how writing his book, Always Running, was an attempt to call his son and other young people in similar situations to change their lives.
June 20, 2016
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Toolkit for “A Museum. A Memorial. A Message.”
This toolkit—adapted from our viewer’s guide for 'An Outrage: A Documentary Film About Lynching in the American South'—provides guidance for educators hoping to tackle this tough topic in the classroom.
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#dontshoot
The tragic loss of Michael Brown presents an opportunity to help students connect with our collective humanity.
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Exploring Texts Through Read Alouds
Anchor Charts
An anchor chart is an artifact of classroom learning. Like an anchor, it holds students' and teachers' thoughts, ideas and processes in place. Anchor charts can be displayed as reminders of prior learning and built upon over multiple lessons.
July 13, 2014
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Country Outposts
Life can be tough for LGBT students in rural schools. But like kids in more urban areas, that can change with the right kind of support from teachers and parents.
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Rosa Parks Was Arrested on December 1, 1955
To mark the anniversary, teach a more complex version of this historic milestone and the civil rights movement. LFJ has resources to help. Listen to this podcast episode and watch this webinar—based upon our guide by the same title—to help students delve deeper into the history of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. For additional context, students can discuss Browder v. Gayle, an often unheard-of civil rights case that overturned segregated public transportation in the South.
- The Real Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
- ‘Browder v. Gayle’