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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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Journalism for Justice
Students plan, write, edit and distribute a piece of print or digital journalism about a relevant social problem or issue.
July 13, 2014
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A Teacher's Guide to Rerouting the Pipeline
Daily decisions can help divert students from the school-to-prison pipeline.
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Advice From the Experts
TT answers your tough questions. This time, we discuss “colorism” and helping schools in crisis.
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Laws of North Carolina (1822)
This legal act details the duties of patrollers in Richmond county: the formation of such units, the benefits of such a position and guidelines on how to treat enslaved black people while serving this role.
December 15, 2017
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Listen, Look and Learn: Using Primary Sources to Teach the Freedom Struggle
Episode 12, Season 3 Oral histories, historic sites, archives and museums expand students’ understanding of the past. They fill in gaps in our textbooks—complementing what’s included and capturing what’s not. This
February 4, 2021
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A Message From Our Director
Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello encourages educators to confront the difficult truths of American history.
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"These Guys Are Fun!"
School and community programs foster friendships across the generations
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Charles Henry Langston, Freedom Fighter
Charles Henry Langston was an early abolitionist in Ohio who risked his own safety and freedom to help another man escape slavery.
January 7, 2019
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The Confederate Spy: A Story of the War of 1861
This is an excerpt from a work of fiction about the Civil War. It expresses a pro-Northern view while at the same time arguing that enslaved persons do not desire freedom.
December 15, 2017