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Honor Trans Women This Women’s History Month
This Women’s History Month, as always, it’s important to recognize that women’s rights include trans rights. You can begin by introducing your students to some of the activists and changemakers who fought—and continue to fight—for equal rights for all women.
- Nothing About Us Without Us Is for Us
- Teaching Stonewall
- Laverne Cox
Honoring the 55th Anniversary of the Selma March
This year marks the 55th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery march for voting rights. Hundreds of activists, students and educators organized and marched bravely in the face of racist violence and arrests. Use these resources to teach how the Selma organizers achieved one of the most significant victories of the civil rights era: the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
- Jimmie Lee Jackson
- The Right to Vote (Transcript)
Teach This: America’s Presidential Primaries, Explained
What We’re Reading This Week: February 28, 2020
When Systems Cause Trauma
This week, police body camera video was released showing a 6-year-old pulled from her classroom and arrested. In September, when this event occurred, we shared resources about ending traumatic practices that hurt students of color. With this back in the news, we’re focusing on systems that disproportionately harm students of color and offering resources to help disrupt those systems. We hope you’ll read, share and do the same.
- When Schools Cause Trauma
- Black Minds Matter
- Reframing Classroom Management
Elders
Traditions
Black History Month: Honoring the History of Black Civic Engagement
The official theme of Black History Month 2020 is “African Americans and the Vote.” Black changemakers and activists have been fighting for equal rights since before our nation began. This week, we’ll be sharing resources on the history of Black civic engagement and the continuing fight for full equality under the law.
- Carol Anderson on Voter Suppression: A Q&A with the Author of ‘One Person, No Vote’
- Be Your Own Historian