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Students Weigh in on the Golden Globes, #MeToo and #TimesUp
After watching highlights from the Golden Globes, this high school class engaged in some deep discussions about advocacy.
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Analyzing How Words Communicate Bias
This lesson, part of the Digital Literacy series, focuses on teaching students to identify how writers can reveal their biases through their word choice and tone. Students will identify “charged” words that communicate a point of view. Students will understand how writers communicate a point of view implicitly by writing their own charged news stories.
September 12, 2017
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"Color Guards" With No Flags
Carl Carter recalls two snapshots from 1960s Birmingham, Alabama, that changed him in ways he “wouldn't understand for years."
November 18, 2014
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A Student’s Take on Sugar-coated History
This Black Alabama teen and her family had to fill the gaps in her education at home. Here’s her advice to teachers.
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A Social Justice Book Study Group
Seeking to push fellow teachers’ thinking around social justice issues, this teacher and her colleague started a book study group. Here’s how they did it.
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Moving Toward Allyship: Mizzou as an Example
Allyship cannot involve checklists. According to this white educator, “The walk—the movement toward allyship—is ongoing.”
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Homegrown Solutions
A resourceful Kansas town adapts to changing demographics.
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Engendering Inclusivity in a Language Class
Language classrooms allow students to grapple with how gender affects their understanding of the world, but they also allow teachers to engender their own classrooms as inclusive and safe places for all students.
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Stories Can Offer Affirming Models of Love and Acceptance
This holiday season, share stories with children that deepen our values and celebrate our shared humanity. “Fireflies,” our newest children’s story about family, love and identity, gives children affirming messages and offers a model to adults on responding to a child questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity. When 10-year-old Kaden wonders whether he’s gay, he turns to his older brother Zain, who offers the love and acceptance all caring adults should give to a child.
- Fireflies
- Growing Together: For Children and Families
- Amanda Gorman