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Facing History and Ourselves
Facing History and Ourselves
As you prepare to engage your students with current events, use these ideas and key questions to guide your planning...
This explainer is intended to describe key characteristics of the white nationalist ideology and clarify some of the terms surrounding it. It is important to note that many of the beliefs described here are based on false and dangerous assumptions.
The Golden Rule
The Golden Rule
AMINA AMDEEN AND JOSEPH WEIDKNECHT
AMINA AMDEEN AND JOSEPH WEIDKNECHT
Days after the 2016 election, a Muslim student at the University of Texas came to a march protesting the election of Donald Trump. Attending the same rally was a Trump supporter sporting a sign that read “Proud to Be Deplorable” and a “Make America Great Again” cap.
Watch this conversation between two people who, despite being on opposite ends of the political spectrum, remember a moment that day that unexpectedly brought them together.
We’re presenting this conversation through One Small Step, StoryCorps’ national effort to encourage people to engage in a conversation with someone they may not agree with politically.
TT-Reading-Together-Guide-10-28-19.pdfReading Together: A Guide for Families and Educators is designed to support a group of caretakers: parents, guardians, teachers, librarians and others as they plan and lead an intergenerational social justice reading group. Along with models and resources, you’ll find practical recommendations for establishing a framework, inviting student input and organizing a series of meetings during which children and adults in your community can read, talk, teach and learn together.
ASCD
ASCD
Consider these guidelines:
- Incorporate race into your regular curriculum. Play off the news.
- Make your classroom a place that embraces challenging questions and diverse viewpoints in an environment of respect.
- Remember that your aim is not to convert or indoctrinate your students against racism, but to expand their minds with facts and new perspectives.
- Define prejudice and bias to include not only race, but also gender, religion, ethnicity, economic status, sexuality and many other categories that mark someone as an outsider.
H. Richard Milner IV
H. Richard Milner IV
Ten tips for teachers to engage students in difficult conversations
Ten tips for teachers to engage students in difficult conversations
The Raising Equity N.E.R.D.S. Framework
The Raising Equity N.E.R.D.S. Framework
Dr. Kira Hudson
Dr. Kira Hudson
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