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Learning from the Civil Rights Movement: The 1963 March on Washington

This critical election year, remember that the right to vote was achieved through the struggles, risks and sacrifices of ordinary people. Learn from our history, vote and help to mobilize others in your community.

The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Learning from the Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement: 10 Key Concepts

August 27, 2024

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February 1, 2017

What’s a Sanctuary City Anyway?

The news has been abuzz with the term sanctuary city since President Trump issued an executive order on the matter. Attorney Naomi Tsu, who directs the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project, explains exactly what sanctuary cities are.

Topic

Immigration Rights & Activism

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Issue 50, Summer 2015

You Spoke, We Listened

Readers had a lot to say about our Spring “storytelling” issue, the new film kit about Selma and much more.

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Engaging Families and Caregivers

When educators actively engage the people who are central to children’s lives outside of school, they are building networks that support students’ experiences within school as well.

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Slavery Rights & Activism

November 21, 2023

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Celebrating African and Indigenous Cultures

Conversations about African and Indigenous cultures are essential for learning about the history of our country and making connections with a broader world.

August 17, 2024

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Peaceful Lessons from Peaceful Leaders: Tri-Leadership

This shortest month of the year is typically filled with history reports, pageants, guest speakers, cultural fairs and the like. Seldom a day goes by that we don't hear the names of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Madame C.J. Walker, George Washington Carver, and so on.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 17, 2009

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STEM at Work

In this lesson, students explore the varied work of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians, and discuss character traits common to all of them. Students meet a diverse group of scientists—inventors, problem-solvers and those who explain the world around us.

Grade Level

3-5

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

Math & Technology

Science & Health

April 18, 2016

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Literature

Joseph’s Castle in the Sky

A trip to Haiti gives Joseph a new perspective on his identity and his adoption.

Margaret Auguste & Frantz Zephirin (illustrator)

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Immigration

Subject

History

Geography

January 23, 2017

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Literature

This Little Light of Mine

In addition to holding a key place in American folk and gospel music, this song has significance as an anthem of the civil rights movement.

Harry Dixon Loes

Grade Level

K-2

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

Subject

Civics

History

July 3, 2014

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Why Do We (Still) Celebrate Columbus Day?

In this lesson, students will address misconceptions they likely have about Christopher Columbus and the colonization of what is now the United States.

Grade Level

6-8

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

History

October 9, 2019