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Holding on to the Past is Holding on to Hope
Stories from the past, like those of Freedom Summer, serve to remind us that change happens when everyday people create it.
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Expanding Expectations for Students
This teacher wanted to empower her female students through literature. She boosted all students’ reading skills and self-confidence in the process.
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Start Planning Now: Hispanic Heritage Month
Cultural celebrations give students a chance to shine and benefit schools all year long.
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The Ripple Effect
Meet the people behind YCteen, a youth-written magazine inspiring educators throughout New York City.
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What We’re Watching
From full-length features to 10-minute shorts, these films caught our attention—and deserve yours.
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Nativism and the Know-Nothings
In this essay, the author describes the Nativism movement, capturing the ways in which it dips and surges based on immigration cycles.
June 20, 2016
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Secret Audiotapes of JFK Decrying Civil Rights Violations in Birmingham
This 2005 news segment reports on a recently discovered recording from 1963, in which Kennedy responded to news of police violence against civil rights demonstrators in Birmingham, Alabama.
July 2, 2014
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Community Inquiry
What Would They Say
A discussion strategy that asks students to infer how a particular author or character from a text would respond to questions and scenarios. Students must defend their conclusions using evidence from the text.
July 13, 2014