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StoryCorps: Mom Read the Mail
“At my house, only one person got the mail, and that was my mother.”
July 8, 2014
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StoryCorps: We Were Caught
“The only way that I could see out of that situation was to take my life.”
July 8, 2014
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Maya Angelou
This lesson focuses on questions of identity as students read and analyze Angelou’s inspirational poem “Still I Rise” and apply its message to their own lives. Students learn how Maya Angelou overcame hardship and discrimination to find her own voice and to influence others to believe in themselves and use their voices for positive change.
May 3, 2012
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The Little Rock Nine and the Children’s Movement
This lesson focuses on questions of justice and the role youth have played in social and political movements. By reading a combination of primary and secondary sources, students will learn how the Little Rock Nine came to play their important role. These teenagers’ participation in school integration stemmed not from the prodding of the parents or activists, but from within themselves.
September 11, 2012
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Informational
Should Women Be Allowed in Combat?
This article addresses both sides of the question, "Should women be allowed in combat?"
July 7, 2014
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Mary McLeod Bethune
In this lesson, students will read an excerpt of an interview given by Mary McLeod Bethune and will learn that she founded the Daytona National and Industrial School for Negro Girls (now Bethune-Cookman College) in 1904. Through close reading, they will explore and discuss connections between events from Bethune’s life experiences and their own lives, and connections between past and current events.
May 17, 2012
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Literature
Death or Liberty
One stormy night Gabriel Prosser visits Rachel’s house to ask her mother to sew a flag for his rebellion.
February 19, 2020
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Making Space for Tough Talks in Class
One teacher reflects on his first year in the classroom and the importance of trusting students with critical topics.
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Community Inquiry
Text Talk Time (3-5)
Text Talk Time is a whole class discussion that facilitates rich dialogue, active listening and use of textual evidence.
July 13, 2014
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Close and Critical Reading
Agree/Disagree Statements
Agree/disagree statements challenge students to think critically about their knowledge of a topic, theme or text. The strategy exposes students to the major ideas in a text before reading—engaging their thinking and motivating them to learn more. It also requires them to reconsider their original thinking after reading the text and to use textual evidence to support and explain their thinking.
July 19, 2014