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We Still Need Diverse Books
A third-grade teacher shares how she uses diverse picture books to surround her students with mirrors and windows—and to combat implicit biases.
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Talking With Students About Ferguson and Racism
This teacher believes it’s crucial for white teachers like her to seek out productive ways to talk about race and racism with students.
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Teaching Students About Historical Significance
How can educators push their students to think past a static understanding of history in developmentally appropriate ways? This teacher offers some insights from his classroom.
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Honoring Stories Across Difference
This educator asks, “How can I as a white ally amplify the voices of those affected by racial violence? How can I honor their stories?”
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Missteps in Civic Engagement
This educator reflects on the importance of identifying missteps in civic engagement projects.
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Working for the Common Good
One way to encourage young people to be concerned about the common good is to teach them about “the commons.”
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Exploring Why People Don’t Become Activists
This teacher uses activist memoirs and an engaging exercise to help her students overcome internal barriers to acting on their values.
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Proposed Medicaid Funding Cuts Could Devastate Special Education
The U.S. House’s proposed health care bill sends a clear message that special education mandates aren’t on its funding priority list.
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We Need the Lessons of Reconstruction
Now, more than ever, the teaching of Reconstruction needs to be a central component of history education in high school.
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Community Inquiry
Text Treasure Hunt
Student teams look for clues and respond to questions that help them identify details, organization, inferences and comparisons in the central text.
July 13, 2014