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A Room of One's Own

In this excerpt, Virginia Woolf declares that any talented woman born in the 16th, 17th, 18th or even 19th centuries would have been so hindered from sharing her gifts due to her sex--and if she somehow overcame this obstacle, her name would not have been tied to her work.
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Virginia Woolf
Grade Level
9-12
Topic
Gender & Sexual Identity
Subject
History
Social Justice Domain
Identity Justice
July 7, 2014
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Carol D. Lee

Carol D. Lee has developed a framework for the design and enactment of curriculum that draws on the forms of prior knowledge that traditionally underserved students bring to classrooms. She is the author of Signifying as a Scaffold for Literary Interpretation: The Pedagogical Implications of an African American Discourse Genre. She is co-editor, with Peter Smagorinsky, of Neo-Vygotskian Perspectives on Literacy Research. Lee recently completed a research project in a Chicago inner city high school that involves restructuring the English Language Arts curriculum in ways that build on social and
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The 1965 Voting Rights Act — 60th Anniversary

The 60th anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) reminds us that we need to not only preserve the protections of the VRA — and reinstate those that have been removed or diluted — but also to strengthen voting rights to achieve a thriving democracy in the United States. The VRA is more than a legacy of the Civil Rights Movement; it remains essential for ensuring equal access to the ballot.

  • Why the 1965 Voting Rights Act Is Crucial for Democracy
  • Our Votes Matter: Action Steps in Planning to Vote
  • Understanding Voter Suppression in Today’s Election Process
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Eat, My Fine Coat!

Three people wearing fancy clothes.
Which are you more likely to notice: a person’s character or his or her clothing? Hoca has a witty response when the latter is true at a dinner he attends after a day of hard work.
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Barbara Walker
Grade Level
K-2 3-5
Topic
Class
Social Justice Domain
Justice Action
July 3, 2014
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Maggie Messitt

Maggie Messitt is an American writer and editor focused on narrative and immersion journalism in middle America & southern Africa. She lived in rural Africa for more than six years and split her life between two continents for two more. She returned to the US as a full-time resident in early 2011. Maggie currently resides in Athens, OH, where she's a doctoral fellow in Creative Writing at Ohio University. When she's not teaching or working on her next manuscript, she continues to write/report for regional and national publications. Maggie lived in Limpopo, South Africa, from 2003-2011 (6yrs
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Caits Meissner

Caits Meissner has been an arts and community educator for more than 10 years in New York City. Currently she serves as Education Programs Manager at Tribeca Film Institute.