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Protect Campus Diversity
The Supreme Court has upheld affirmative action but, one educator points out, we still have a long way to go to achieve equity in college admissions.
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What We're Watching
Dim the lights and get ready to learn with these TT-approved films!
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Beauty is Skin Deep
During this lesson, students will reflect on the ways they have experienced or participated in bias based on physical size and appearance—and will discuss how society’s expectations about body image and appearance affect people. Students build on their media literacy skills as they examine media images for messages that consciously and unconsciously affect attitudes and behaviors toward others. Finally, the class will explore ways to get beyond appearance as a dominant force in their social lives.Note: This lesson has been adapted with permission from the original created by GLSEN for its program, No Name-Calling Week.
July 6, 2009
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Exploring Young Immigrant Stories
This lesson helps students appreciate diversity among their peers and the diversity of immigrants all over the world. Through hands-on exercises, students will discover similarities and differences they share with other children.
September 12, 2016
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An Unconditional Embrace
For education activist Bill Ayers, the secret of effective teaching is to see each child as one's own.
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What We're Reading
Our book reviews can help you keep your practice fresh and informed.
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Teaching About Activism: The Era of Antebellum Reform
Read why this teacher thinks more social studies education should focus on activism in the past.
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No Place to Pray
In this essay, the author details the kind of systematic persecution that Hutterites endured after settling colonies in the West in the late 19th and early 20th century.
April 28, 2016
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Race Riots
In this essay, the author gives a short history of race riots, showing how they were originally organized by whites in an effort to show dominance over African Americans, particularly in the South.
June 20, 2016
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The Power of Language
In this essay, the author identifies vague terminology used by the United States government during World War II to describe their actions toward Japanese Americans and outlines terms that would more appropriately describe the government's actions.
April 28, 2016