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April 8, 2021

Talking With Students About Transgender Athletes

A classroom full of students raising their hands in front of their teacher.

As lawmakers across the country continue to restrict the rights of trans people—particularly trans students—educators can take this moment to start a conversation about transgender identity, justice and ways to take action.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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Challenging Hunger in the United States

The 2008 data surprised people because it showed much more hunger than in previous years. In this lesson, students will learn about some of the report’s findings.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Class

Subject

Economics

July 10, 2017

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Informational

Judgement of the Supreme Court of the United States in Plessy v. Ferguson

In the matter of Plessy v. Ferguson, the United States Supreme Court upheld practices that perpetuated Jim Crow segregation, declaring that “separate but equal” accommodations were legal. Nearly 60 years later, the Court overturned the ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.

Mr. Justice Brown and Mr. Justice Harlan

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

March 3, 2016

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Informational

President Obama's Address on the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday

Obama's 2015 speech on the Edmund Pettus Bridge honors the anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," when hundreds of voting-rights activists were brutally attacked by state troopers as they began a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. President Obama reminds us of the spirit and struggle associated with the marchers in Selma, or any group of people meeting injustice.

Barack Obama

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

March 11, 2015

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January 4, 2018

Toxic Masculinity Is Bad for Everyone: Why Teachers Must Disrupt Gender Norms Every Day

While we as a society work together for solutions to end mass violence, we educators need to rethink how we teach masculinity through our deeds and actions.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

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January 9, 2018

From MLK to #BlackLivesMatter: A Throughline for Young Students

When it comes to making civil rights movements of the past accessible for young students, the connections to the present are right in front of us.

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Do Something

My Voice, My Voter’s Guide

Estimated time Two to three weeks Why? One of the ways young students become invested in the democratic process is by become empowered advocates for civic participation in their local communities. When younger students

Grade Level

3-5 6-8 9-12

Subject

Civics

August 30, 2018

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August 2, 2017