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Raspberries! An American Tale of Cooperation

A yellow bird holds a raspberry in her long beak. The sun shines in the background.

With only one wing, the little bird cannot fly to the raspberry patch with her brothers. As luck would have it, she meets a little dog, a chipmunk, and a frog who work together to get them all across the street to the raspberry patch.

Mary Newell DePalma

Grade Level

K-2

Topic

Ability

July 2, 2014

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Informational

White House Data Paints New Portrait of Modern American Women

This 2011 news segment reports on recent data on the state of economic equality for women. Despite the rise in higher education for women, men continue to out earn women.

Savannah Guthrie

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Class Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

Economics

July 3, 2014

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Informational

The Indian Problem Is Getting Worse—Isn't It Great?

In this blog post, Houska emphasizes the enduring spirit of the Native American people and their culture, outlines the group’s past and present obstacles and calls to action young Native Americans to carry on the torch of resilience.

Tara Houska

Grade Level

6-8

Subject

Civics

History

July 29, 2016

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Informational

Creating A New Vision Of Islam In America

In this interview from National Public Radio, host Terry Gross speaks with Imam Rauf about his dream to build a place where Muslims and people of different refligions can go to learn from each other and coexist.

Fresh Air

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Religion

Subject

Geography

July 2, 2014

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Informational

Rebel Yells

Like many schools being called on to reconsider their mascot, the University of Mississippi convenes a student-run committee to find a replacement for theirs—a Confederate soldier.

Robbie Brown

Grade Level

9-12

Subject

Civics

History

Geography

July 5, 2014

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Multimedia

Hand Me Downs

This spoken word poem explores the limited definition of maleness that is sometimes passed from fathers to sons.

Sarah Kay

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

July 8, 2014

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Multimedia

Kāne-wahine and Wahine-kāne

Kumu Hina, a teacher at Hālau Lōkahi in Hawaii, explains the gender-fluid language she’s coined for the gender-fluid “place in the middle.”

Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

Subject

History

Geography

March 20, 2015

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Literature

Najeeb Abreely, Immigrant Inspector (1890s)

Because Najeeb Abreely remembers what it was like to emigrate to America, he can soothe the fears of frightened immigrants he must now inspect and question.

Gwenyth Swain

Grade Level

3-5

Topic

Immigration

Subject

Civics

History

July 7, 2014

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Literature

The Blind Man and the Hunter: A West African Tale of Learning From Your Mistakes

A blind man wearing glasses. The image looks like he can see with his ears.

In this tale, a blind man teaches a hunter to see things in a different light and learn from his mistakes.

Hugh Lupton

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Ability

July 3, 2014

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Literature

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key

The novel's main character, Joey, is introduced in this excerpt. Joey is full of spunk, but he also has trouble focusing and controlling all of his urges—which sometimes leads him to make bad choices.

Jack Gantos

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Topic

Ability

July 5, 2014