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Fighting Rebels With Only One Hand

Frederick Douglass argues for African-American participation in the Union army.

Frederick Douglass

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

August 17, 2018

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December 19, 2018

We Can’t Lose Another Child to Suicide

Young student with back to the viewer wearing a backpack.

Hate at school can cost lives, and we’ve already lost too many.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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The True History of Voting Rights

Illustration of a teacher figure pointing to a slide featured on a pulled down screen that is titled "Voting History." Several shadowed figures sit in the foreground, looking at the displayed information.

In this lesson, students learn about the expansion and restriction of voting rights in the United States, examine court rulings, discuss voter disengagement, and explore a voting rights timeline. Students will also learn how to register to vote.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

Subject

Social Studies

Civics

History

October 8, 2020

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February 27, 2023

Conversations About Gun Violence, Disinformation and Extremism

A group of teens sits in a circle having a conversation.

To support young people as they grapple with harms motivated by extremism, PERIL director of research, Pasha Dashtgard, Ph.D., argues that it’s incumbent upon the whole community to address hate-fueled violence.

Topic

Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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Marvin Lynn

Marvin Lynn is Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Maryland at College Park where he founded and currently heads a graduate program in Minority & Urban Education. Having published in several well-respected academic journals, including Teachers College Record, Educational Theory, Qualitative Studies in Education, Equity & Excellence in Education, Urban Education, Educational Philosophy and Theory & Review of Research in Education, he has emerged as one of the leaders of the field of critical race studies in education. He wrote a very popular

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Issue 65, Fall 2020

School as Sanctuary

Illustration of someone approaching a school building while holding umbrella.

Immigrant and refugee students and families are under threat. Many schools have joined a movement to protect them.

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Issue 61, Spring 2019

Teaching in Solidarity

Illustration of students receiving high fives from adults as they disembark their school bus.

The guiding principles behind the Black Lives Matter At School Week of Action can be an important frame through which to reimagine more liberatory educational spaces for Black children.

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Issue 61, Spring 2019