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Seema G. Pothini

Seema G. Pothini's commitment to underserved youth began by improving student engagement and success as an elementary school teacher in Houston, TX. In addition to teaching students and training teachers, Seema has worked as a K-12 Cultural Integration Specialist in racially and socioeconomically diverse schools. She also serves on the board of directors for a youth homeless shelter in Minneapolis as well as the Minnesota chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education. Her experience as a child of immigrant parents, coupled with her students' and their families' experiences

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Deaf Culture: Changes and Challenges

In his essay, Bacon provides some high-level insights into the past of America’s deaf, as well as the current culture and some potential challenges that lie ahead.

Paul Bacon

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Ability Rights & Activism

Subject

History

May 22, 2017

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Issue 21, Spring 2002

School's Out

Creating a safe environment for gay and lesbian students sometimes means starting from scratch.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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Literature

Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing

Written to celebrate President Abraham Lincoln's birthday, this hymn follows the journey of African Americans in this country, remembering the rough road traveled but thanking God for seeing them to a bright future.

James W Johnson

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Slavery Rights & Activism

Subject

History

July 7, 2014

article

Issue 26, Fall 2004

No Laughing Matter

Young people who are overweight can face a lifetime of discrimination.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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Literature

A Room of One's Own

In this excerpt, Virginia Woolf declares that any talented woman born in the 16th, 17th, 18th or even 19th centuries would have been so hindered from sharing her gifts due to her sex--and if she somehow overcame this obstacle, her name would not have been tied to her work.

Virginia Woolf

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

Subject

History

July 7, 2014

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Literature

The First 100 Days

When two sides fail to come together after a classroom election, the teacher institutes the 100 Days plan to try to keep the newly elected accountable and the remaining students apprised of what they can expect from their new president.

Jarah Botello

Grade Level

3-5

Topic

Bullying & Bias

Subject

Civics

January 3, 2017

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Deaf Culture

In her article, Paula Kluth takes care to distinguish between the deaf, Deaf, and hard of hearing communities. Both medical and cultural views on the different groups are discussed.

Paula Kluth

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Ability

January 5, 2015

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Peace Begins With You

Katherine Scholes begins this informative piece by describing the multi-facted nature of the word "peace" and what it can mean to different people at different times. Then she provides concrete ways that each of us can be a peacemaker.

Katherine Scholes

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Bullying & Bias

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

July 3, 2014

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“We Lived in a Bubble”

Elizabeth MacQueen is the sculptor of Four Spirits, a monument built to memorialize the four girls killed in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. In her memoir, she discusses how the project revealed to her how sheltered she had been as a child growing up in Birmingham.

Elizabeth MacQueen

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Class Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

Subject

History

November 18, 2014

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