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Steps To Take When A Book Is Challenged
Learn how to combat censorship and book banning in your school or community with these actions from the American Library Association, National Council of Teachers of English and People for the American Way.
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Toolkit for "Pink"
This toolkit for “Pink” helps educators raise their self-awareness about biases they hold.
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Word Work
Illustrated Vocabulary
In this visual strategy, students divide vocabulary words into parts and draw illustrations to represent the separate meaning of each part.
July 19, 2014
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Write to the Source
What Do We Share
What do We Share? asks students to demonstrate their argumentative and comparative writing skills.
July 19, 2014
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Toolkit for “Is My School Racist?”
An important step in gauging attitudes toward race in your school is assessing school climate. School climate questionnaires can be used to: uncover differences in teacher and student perceptions; open professional
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A Caution About Labels
At my school, we often call a student’s misbehavior a “poor choice.” A staff member suggested that the phrase unintentionally promotes a bias against the poor. I appreciated that insight. Wouldn’t it be much more accurate—and equally effective—to say, “That choice was disrespectful,” or “The choice you made disrupted our learning?”
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When Bad Things Happen, Be a Helper
When it seems that tragedies are happening in rapid succession, we evoke a quote from educator and television host Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. As a boy, his mother told him that when scary thing happen to “look for the helpers.”
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Signing of Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Transcript)
This piece is to accompany African Americans Face and Fight Obstacles to VotingWatch the video here.
October 26, 2011
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Write to the Source
Questions that Come Up
Questions that Come Up asks students to demonstrate their explanatory and informative writing skills.
July 19, 2014