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Juliette Hampton Morgan: A Lesson for Teachers

This piece accompanies the Juliette Hampton Morgan lesson series. Participants learn the importance of being an ally through the story of Juliette Hampton Morgan, a white woman who lived in Montgomery, Alabama, during segregation.

Professional Development Topic

Teacher Leadership

Topic

Rights & Activism

July 6, 2009

article

February 4, 2015

Trivia and Civil Rights History

An after-school teacher uses trivia to get her elementary students thinking about the world around them—including civil rights history.

Topic

Rights & Activism

article

January 25, 2016

Recognizing and Addressing Colorism in Schools

This educator and researcher illustrates what colorism looks like in schools—and how to counter it.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

lesson

Our Groups of Friends

In this activity, students examine the diversity of their groups of friends.

Grade Level

9-12

January 21, 2012

publication

Social Justice-Based Community Facilitation

Behavior management grounded in social justice principles creates connections rather than divisions.

May 26, 2023

author

Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Ph.D.

Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Ph.D., (he/him) is the Ford Foundation Professor of History, Race and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and faculty director of the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project (IARA). His scholarship examines the intersections of racism, economic inequality, criminal justice and democracy in U.S. history.

article

Issue 3, Fall 2022

Confronting Ableism on the Way to Justice

To build a society that advances the human rights of all people requires the social justice movement to be intentional in including intersecting identities and diverse equity struggles.

Topic

Ability Rights & Activism

article

Issue 47, Summer 2014

Lights, Camera, Social Action!

Teaching Tolerance illustration with students involved on producing films

Documentary films can expose students to the world—and inspire them to change it.

article

November 10, 2015

Teaching Thanksgiving in a Socially Responsible Way

Educators have an ethical obligation to teach accurately about Thanksgiving. Here are some online resources that can help.

teaching strategy

Community Inquiry

Text-based Fishbowl

A strategy for organizing medium- to large-group discussions. Students are separated into an inner and outer circle. In the inner circle, or fishbowl, students have a text-based discussion; students in the outer circle listen to the discussion and take notes.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

RL.6-12.1, RL.6-12.3, RI.6-12.1, RI.6-12.3, SL.6-12.1, SL.6-12.6

July 13, 2014