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Latinos and the Fourteenth Amendment: A Primary Document Activity

In this lesson, students will work in pairs and use expert reading strategies to analyze the Court’s ruling in Hernandez v. Texas. After participating in a carousel discussion, students will write a three-minute paper describing how the United States would be different if the Court had reached an alternate conclusion.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

Civics

ELL / ESL

September 14, 2009

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Issue 48, Fall 2014

And the Winners Are...

Meet the recipients of the Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching.

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January 25, 2016

Recognizing and Addressing Colorism in Schools

This educator and researcher illustrates what colorism looks like in schools—and how to counter it.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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February 1, 2018

The Courage to Teach Hard History

Abolitionists William Still, Sojourner Truth, William Loyd Garrison, unidentified male and female slaves, and Black Union soldiers in front of American flag

The central role that slavery played in the development of the United States is beyond dispute. Yet, the practices of teaching and learning about this fact remain woefully inadequate. Professor Hasan Kwame Jeffries introduces Teaching Hard History: American Slavery, which can help change that.

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Literature

Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing

Written to celebrate President Abraham Lincoln's birthday, this hymn follows the journey of African Americans in this country, remembering the rough road traveled but thanking God for seeing them to a bright future.

James W Johnson

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Slavery Rights & Activism

Subject

History

July 7, 2014

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Issue 3, Fall 2022

A Care Plan for Honest History and Difficult Conversations

Mixed media illustration of hands holding a heart.

A research-based approach for strategies of care that educators, parents and caregivers can practice when teaching honest history or engaging in difficult conversations.

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Teaching Hard History Podcast Series

Host Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Ph.D., brings us the hard history of the United States from slavery through the Jim Crow era and the Civil Rights Movement — with relevance to today’s issues.

January 30, 2018

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June 12, 2018

AP World History Is Worth Saving

Teachers are pushing back against proposed changes they say would reframe AP World History as Eurocentric. Teaching Tolerance stands with them.

Topic

Religion Rights & Activism

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Issue 63, Fall 2019

Teaching Hard History From the Beginning

Silhouettes of an enslaved Indigenous person and an enslaved African person in chains.

Children should learn about American slavery starting in kindergarten—and starting with Indigenous enslavement.

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October 5, 2020

Teaching the Hard History of Indigenous Slavery

The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors title.

TT’s newest film, ‘The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors,’ offers a classroom-ready introduction to the history of Indigenous enslavement in what is now the United States.

Topic

Slavery Rights & Activism

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