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Missteps in Civic Engagement
This educator reflects on the importance of identifying missteps in civic engagement projects.
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Exploring Why People Don’t Become Activists
This teacher uses activist memoirs and an engaging exercise to help her students overcome internal barriers to acting on their values.
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Toolkit for "The Young and the Registered"
Organizing and participating in a voter registration drive can be a powerful civics lesson for students. This toolkit lists suggestions on how you can help organize a student-led drive at your school.
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You Spoke, We Listened
Looking ahead to the 2016-17 school year—and the election—got many readers thinking and talking!
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Hate at School Report
We surveyed thousands of educators and the picture that emerges is the opposite of what schools should be. Our report details the scope of the problem and what you can do to help.
April 16, 2019
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Educators’ and Students’ Rights During COVID-19
A children’s rights attorney and a policy analyst from the Southern Poverty Law Center explain educators’ rights to workplace safety, students’ rights to education access and what it might take to advocate for both.
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Toolkit for “A Museum. A Memorial. A Message.”
This toolkit—adapted from our viewer’s guide for 'An Outrage: A Documentary Film About Lynching in the American South'—provides guidance for educators hoping to tackle this tough topic in the classroom.
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Exploring the SPLC 'Whose Heritage?' Report
This SPLC report, Whose Heritage?, can help teach the history behind the memorialization of Confederate symbols in public spaces.
- SPLC’s ‘Whose Heritage?’ Report: A Teaching Opportunity
- States' Rights and "Historical Malpractice"
- Name Changers
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August 23, 2017
Toolkit for "What Is the 'Alt-Right'?"
Test your knowledge of “alt-right” facts, terms and influencers.
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Students and Hair: The Freedom to Choose
Give your students a tool to help them evaluate a situation, like an unfair dress code, by teaching them the language of healthy relationships.