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Clinton High
27 Aug 1956, Clinton, Tennessee, USA --- 8/27/1956-Clinton, TN: John Carter, 17, a Clinton High School junior, carries sign outside the school here August 27th. protesting racial integration as the school opened its
July 29, 2011
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Responding to the Read-Aloud Text
Author's Chair
Using either a Perspectives central text or their original work, children take on the role of “author,” reading the text aloud and facilitating a class discussion.
July 19, 2014
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Do Something
Musical Movement Showcase
Students create and perform a music or dance piece related to themes in the central text.
July 13, 2014
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Do Something
Truth to Power: Writing Letters for Change
Students write informed letters to corporate or elected officials, outlining their views on a social issue and calling for specific action.
July 13, 2014
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Write to the Source
Where I Stand
Where I Stand asks students to demonstrate their argumentative and analytical writing skills.
July 19, 2014
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Giving Darwin His Due
A few years ago, I wrote a classroom resource about ecology for elementary and middle school kids. It covered all the territory you’d expect—biomes, habitats, food chains, etc. But the publisher insisted on a conspicuous omission. No mention could be made of one of the major biologists who pioneered ecology. That biologist was Charles Darwin.
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Mix It Up: Put Your Cards On the Table
This will be the 10th year of participating in Mix It Up for Kirbyville Middle School. We have decided to hold a Mix It Up Day each quarter of the school year, rather than just once a year. We held our first one this school year on Friday, Sept. 17. Students picked a playing card from a deck of cards and sat at the corresponding table. I had placed several conversation starter questions at each table.
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Social Justice Standards
Social Justice Standards: The Teaching Tolerance Anti-bias Framework is a set of 20 anchor standards and 80 grade-level outcomes organized into four domains—Identity, Diversity, Justice and Action—that reflect the desired impact of successful anti-bias and multicultural education on student personal and social development. The standards provide a common language and organizational structure: Teachers can use them to guide curriculum development, and administrators can use them to make schools more just, equitable and safe.
April 17, 2014