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What We’re Watching
From full-length features to 10-minute shorts, these films caught our attention—and deserve yours.
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Exploring Texts Through Read Alouds
Creating Questions to Engage Critically with Texts
This strategy provides tools to create questions that help students engage critically with Perspectives central texts and examine them for issues of power and social inequity. The activities suggested here also encourage readers to bring their knowledge and experiences to the reading of a text.
July 16, 2014
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A Message From Our Director
TT director Maureen Costello thinks students have one simple request: “See me.”
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Understanding the Why
Maribel Valdez Gonzalez explains why project-based learning is key to engaging, authentic, equitable education.
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Let's Talk! Discussing Whiteness
In this interactive webinar, we'll discuss whiteness as a racial identity with the understanding that acknowledging whiteness and the privilege and power attached to it is a necessary step in working toward racial justice.
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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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Busting Common Myths About Islam
Fighting Islamophobia in schools means countering bias and misinformation when we hear it—and being aware of our own biases. Take an important step toward becoming an ally to Muslim students by brushing up on these
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Fun Social Justice Activities for Elementary Students
Help young students learn the meaning and value of Identity, Diversity, Justice and Action—the four domains of the Learning for Justice Social Justice Standards. Find out how to implement these activities in your classroom with this exciting webinar!
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Celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month
October is LGBTQ+ History Month. LGBTQ+ people have always existed, but LGBTQ+ history, which is an integral part of the history of the United States, has often been ignored or erased. We offer a few of our resources for learning and teaching about the contributions of LGBTQ+ people, including articles, posters and our 13-episode podcast series, Queer America, devoted to this understudied history.
- Queer America Podcast
- Supporting LGBTQ+ Rights and Inclusion
- Black LGBTQ History: Teachers Must Do a Better Job
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Celebrate Native American Heritage
Native American Heritage Month provides an opportunity to celebrate the diversity of Native cultures and communities. To honor Native peoples, we uplift their honest histories, significant contributions and contemporary experiences.
- Celebrate Native American Heritage
- Debbie Reese on Book Bans and Native Representation
- Celebrating African and Indigenous Cultures