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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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Excerpt from The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea (1450)

Portuguese chronicler Gomes Eannes de Azurara compiled accounts of the earliest voyages along the west African coast and the capture of Africans by Europeans.

Gomes Eannes de Azurara

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

January 4, 2018

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Issue 62, Summer 2019

Toolkit for “The Subscribed Classroom: Using Podcasts to Teach About Social Justice”

Illustration of an open book where one of the pages is set up in the style of a podcast episode player.

Before you introduce a podcast to your students, consider these steps and recommendations.

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November 29, 2017

The Danger of the Story of “Both Sides”

Standing Opposite of One Another Across a Yellow Line

Combating “single stories” is no longer as simple as including “multiple perspectives” in the classroom. Whose stories we share and why should be part of classroom discourse.

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January 11, 2019

Why We Need Black History Month

African-American student raising their hand in class, seen from behind.

Analyzing and celebrating Black history helps students think critically about present-day social issues.

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Multimedia

Hawaiians Live in Aloha

Screenshot of "A Place in the Middle: The True Meaning of Aloha" intro sequence.

This animation sequence explains traditional Hawaiian gender roles and their conception of māhū, or the middle. Kumu Hina, a teacher at Hālau Lōkahi— a public charter school in Hawaii—also discusses the history of colonization and its impact on Hawaiian culture.

Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

Subject

History

Geography

March 20, 2015

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Anti-Immigrant

Animus toward people perceived to be immigrants led to a significant amount of harassment in schools; about 18 percent of the incidents that educators reported were directed toward people seen as “foreign.” This category

May 1, 2019

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Issue 66, Spring 2021