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Chris Seeger

Chris is a seventh-grade U.S. history teacher in the Washington, D.C., area. He is continuously working to design a curriculum that is anti-racist, anti-sexist and pro-social justice. In addition to teaching, Seeger is a doctoral student at George Mason University. His research is focused on how teachers adapt their curriculum and teaching to achieve equity-related goals in high-poverty schools.

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Issue 13, Spring 1998

Positive Numbers

Math equity programs unlock the gate to algebra and beyond.

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October 23, 2018

Teaching the Truth About Gerrymandering

Two students sharing a tablet screen, one pointing to something on the screen.

You can teach students about gerrymandering and still remain nonpartisan. Here’s how.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Issue 26, Fall 2004

Holocaust Survivor Inspires Healing

This piece accompanies the feature story " Voices of Columbine." Holocaust survivor Gerda Klein, known for her work to reduce bigotry and hunger through tolerance-based education, drew from her own painful history to

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Issue 40, Fall 2011

Healing Touch

Susie King Taylor's illegal education as an enslaved child turned her into a teenage teacher and nurse during the Civil War.

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Visual

The Tank Man

A black and white image of a man standing in front of a tank at Tiananmen Square.

Tiananmen Square is a large city square in Beijing, China, that has become known as a site of political protest. This photograph documents an infamous moment in the square’s history.

Stuart Franklin

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

July 5, 2014

lesson

“Mainstream, USA”

In this lesson, students will see how statistical data can tell a larger story, understand numbers in various contexts and explore different points of view in relation to data. They will also consider how—as future voters—they will help determine how the political process can serve everybody.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Immigration

Subject

Social Studies

Math & Technology

September 29, 2014

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Issue 24, Fall 2003

Who's Helen Keller?

Do children's books distort the truth of Helen Keller's life?

Topic

Ability

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Informational

Sen. James Henry Hammond On the Admission of Kansas, Under the Lecompton Constitution Speech Before the United States Senate / Cotton is King

The "Cotton is King" speech given by Senator James Henry Hammond before the U. S. Senate on March 4, 1858.

James Henry Hammond

Grade Level

3-5 6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

February 20, 2018

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March 9, 2020

Meet the 2020 TT Award Finalists!

Learn more about the 10 finalists for the 2020 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching.