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A Message From Our Director
LFJ Director Jalaya Liles Dunn emphasizes that “Teaching an honest history counters a prevailing narrative that denies the real origins of this country and maintains an unjust society.”
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In Advance
The best way to avoid being stymied when a moment of bigotry occurs is to prepare yourself and your students. Here's how.
July 30, 2012
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Teach the Truth This Thanksgiving
As you discuss Thanksgiving with students, we hope you’ll reflect and use these resources to guide them to a more comprehensive understanding. It’s critical to address the truth and violence surrounding the day while also ensuring your students feel safe and prepared. It’s also critical to uplift the voices of Indigenous people, many of whom mourn the day and the pain that accompanies it.
- When Trivia Isn’t Trivial
- Teaching Slavery through Children's Literature, Part 2
- Teaching Thanksgiving in a Socially Responsible Way
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Run, Mary, Run
This spiritual illustrates the relationship between Christian allusions and resisting enslavement on a physical and spiritual level.
January 5, 2018
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Social Justice-Based Community Facilitation
Behavior management grounded in social justice principles creates connections rather than divisions.
May 26, 2023
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Not Just a Joke: Understanding & Preventing Gender- & Sexuality-Based Bigotry
This report helps readers identify warning signs that a young person has become susceptible to hateful, male-supremacist ideologies, best practices for responding, and ways to build resilience against manipulation.
December 18, 2024
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Producing Digital Information
This lesson focuses on what it means to produce digital content and share information using online platforms.
September 25, 2017
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Literature
Wade in the Water
In this poem, Smith recounts her experience at a Geechee Gullah Ring Shouters’ show and the love she, and every other audience member, was shown.
February 21, 2019
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LGBTQ History Month 2018
October is LGBTQ History Month. This edition of The Moment includes our brand-new guide to serving LGBTQ students—complete with tips for bringing LGBTQ history into your curriculum. We're also proud to debut our new podcast Queer America (which features the stories of queer life we should have learned in school) and to honor Matthew Shepard, who died 20 years ago this week.
- Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ Students
- The Book of Matthew
- Queer America Podcast
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Inspiring Hope: A Conversation With Maud Dahme
Maud Dahme, Holocaust survivor and educator, emphasizes the importance of survivor testimony in learning from the past and uplifts our shared humanity.