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Broadside for a Reward for Enslaved People Who Escaped

The poster describes each of the four formerly enslaved persons—two male and two female. It also lays out the grounds for the reward, offering $1000 for the capture of all four as well as smaller rewards for the capture of any of the four formerly enslaved persons individually.

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Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

December 14, 2017

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Talking to Children About the History of Slavery in the United States

Recommendations and age-appropriate information to emphasize in conversations about slavery and racism in the U.S.

November 20, 2024

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December 1, 2011

Personal Connections Empower Students

I just started my sixth year teaching high school English. This year began with the same question as always: “How will I empower the young women in my classroom this year?”

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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January 29, 2013

‘Switched’ Puts Deaf Culture in the Mainstream

Watching a television program featuring deaf and hard of hearing characters changed this teacher’s perspective. She wants to pass it on to her students.

Topic

Ability

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September 16, 2013

Investigating Gender Expression

Some students struggle to see gender stereotypes, but telling personal stories can open their eyes.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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Issue 35, Spring 2009

Crossing the Gap

Student running on the desert snowed roads in front a public school in Chicago

Students from both sides of Chicago's school-funding divide are coming together to demand equality. In the process, they're crossing barriers of race and social class.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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April 16, 2018

"We Have to Start Having These Conversations"

TT Educator Grants support social justice at the classroom, school and district levels. TT's grants manager spoke with grantee Jenny Finn about her project helping her Appalachian students explore racism and white privilege close to home.

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September 5, 2019

In Defense of Caring About Difference

Lil Nas X on "The Shop" listening to someone off camera.

Many educators profess, as a virtue, that they treat all students the same. But when a student’s specific needs and story are erased, it’s not equitable—it’s damaging.

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Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

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Beyond Rosa Parks: Powerful Voices for Civil Rights and Social Justice

Most history textbooks include a section about Rosa Parks in the chapter on the modern civil rights movement. However, Parks is only one among many African-American women who have worked for equal rights and social justice. This series introduces four of those activists who may be unfamiliar to students.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

History

May 3, 2012

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Issue 54, Fall 2016

The Letters

What keeps Michelle Spathelf in the classroom? Giving truant teenagers—and their families—hope.

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