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Informational
1982: The AIDS Epidemic
In his article, physician and journalist Lawrence K. Altman describes the early cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and the uncertainty that surrounded the infectious disease at its naming.
July 5, 2014
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The Youth-Led Global Climate Strike and Celebrating Student Action
This Friday, students worldwide will strike to demand action on climate change. Educators should take the opportunity to support student learning and action.
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Elegy for Peter Norman
In this poem, the speaker recounts his or her shifting view of the white man stoically standing between Tommie Smith and John Carlos during their medal ceremony in Mexico City for the 1968 Olympics.
July 16, 2018
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Humanizing Asian Americans in the Classroom Through Children’s Literature
Asian American stories are often absent from classroom libraries. In this article, one educator explains why this gap is so harmful—and recommends ways to fix it.
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You Spoke, We Listened
Reader responses: you talk social media, bullying and speaking English.
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How Online Communication Affects Privacy and Security
In this lesson, students will examine their digital footprints, discuss the positives and negatives of having a footprint, and determine how they can most safely manage their footprints.
October 3, 2017
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The Danger of the Story of “Both Sides”
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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Where Do We Go From Here?
LFJ Director Jalaya Liles Dunn explains that "Education is not merely a way of upward mobility for the individual, it is a way of collective movement."
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Toolkit for “Out at Last”
This toolkit accompanies the article “Out at Last,” and provides professional-development resources to support LGBT educators, and their straight allies, through the process of coming out.