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Reading for Justice: Books for Teens and Young Adults
We offer some of our favorite book reviews for teens and young adults to encourage learning, reflection and action.
August 16, 2024
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Understanding 'Brown' in the Context of Inclusive Education
May 17, 2024, marks the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, one of the most significant Supreme Court decisions and a major victory for the Civil Rights Movement. We must, however, resist the simplified narrative of the end of segregation and teach a more comprehensive story that includes analyzing Brown’s complex impact, the opposition to desegregation, and the ongoing movement for inclusive education.
- Connecting the ‘Brown’ Decision to Today’s Social Justice Movement
- Burning 'Brown' to the Ground
- Teaching the Civil Rights Movement
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Understanding the Why
Maribel Valdez Gonzalez explains why project-based learning is key to engaging, authentic, equitable education.
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Teachers Against Child Detention Book and Letter Drive
Estimated Time One week Why? Sharing a book they love helps students develop empathy. Articulating why the book is meaningful to them challenges students to communicate their thoughts and feelings in writing
February 6, 2019
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“We Lived in a Bubble”
Elizabeth MacQueen is the sculptor of Four Spirits, a monument built to memorialize the four girls killed in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. In her memoir, she discusses how the project revealed to her how sheltered she had been as a child growing up in Birmingham.
November 18, 2014
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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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The 2020 Uprisings One Year Later
May 25 marks one year since the murder of George Floyd, which sparked a pivotal groundswell of activism across the country. As we honor him and all those who have died at the hands of police, we must not waver in our fight against racism and police violence. It’s important that we all center the lived experiences of students and educators of color and support young activists who stand up against racial injustice. These resources help to critically examine anti-racist practices and provide tools to support youth leadership.
- Anti-Racist Work in Schools: Are You in it for the Long Haul?
- Anti-racism: Educators Must Do the Heavy Lifting
- “We Won’t Wear the Name”
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Learning from the Civil Rights Movement
The resources in this series can help us learn from our history and examine today’s justice issues to answer the questions: “How can I make a difference?” “How can we make a difference together?”
August 11, 2024
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Reading Diversity: Tools for Selecting Diverse Texts
In this webinar, participants will learn how to use Reading Diversity to select texts that reflect their students' identities and offer them windows into the diverse lived experiences of others.
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Learning How to Know in 2017
How do your students learn how to know? And what does your teaching look like in the face of a devaluing of shared truth, deepening political polarization and the mainstreaming of intolerance?