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What's a Teacher to Do?
Here are five things you can do to make your classroom respectful and culturally sensitive.
July 6, 2009
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Class Assignment
Can socioeconomic diversity restore the promise of school integration?
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Arabic Spoken Here
Language lessons create common ground in a Detroit elementary school.
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Incident in Hattiesburg
Howard Zinn calls for an end to the police brutality Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) volunteers experience in Mississippi.
July 18, 2022
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Conclusion
What is the Truth About American Muslims? Conclusion Throughout American history, people of many faiths have come to these shores seeking religious freedom. Despite periodic outbreaks of nativism, anti-Semitism, and
October 11, 2012
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"Safe Saturday" Conversations About Race
An educator’s message motivated by personal unresolved grief leads to the creation of a safe space for intensive, interactive learning about racism and honest U.S. history.
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Relevant: Beyond the Basics
Monica Edwards taught a class of primarily African American and Latino students. Her initial inability to reach them turned into a lesson.
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"Unite and Overcome!"
Chicana activist Elizabeth Martínez calls for fearless thinking about racism.
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White Teachers at the Crossroads
Two leading multicultural educators reflect on how White teachers can help dismantle a legacy of racial domination and injustice.
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Another Slavery Simulation: We Can and Must Do Better
A simulation of an auction during a fifth-grade lesson about slavery last week is just the latest illustration of why we need better ways to teach hard history.