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What We’re Reading This Week: April 12, 2019
Tackling the Stress of Testing Season
For many of our students, academic preparation isn't enough to ensure a smooth testing season. In this edition of The Moment, we offer tips for dealing with this stressful time of year—including resources for understanding and countering stereotype threat and affirming all your students.
- Tips for Testing Season
- Testing, Testing: How Mindfulness Can Help
- Countering Stereotype Threat
Teaching Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage
Teaching the Truth About Confederate History
Did you know that, in seven states, April is officially designated as Confederate History Month? Or that Confederate monuments can be found from Portland, Oregon, to the Bronx in New York? These resources can help you teach the real history behind the "Lost Cause" and public monuments in its honor—and explore how communities are challenging this false narrative.
- SPLC’s ‘Whose Heritage?’ Report: A Teaching Opportunity
- Name Changers
- Teaching Hard History: American Slavery
Introducing the Educator Grants Action Model Directory
What We’re Reading This Week: April 5, 2019
Teaching Dr. King's Legacy Effectively
As we reflect on the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, we know that many people teach about his legacy in the context of a purely progressive view of history—devoid of regression, repression and missed opportunities. But that simply isn't true, and we do our students a disservice when we teach this way. These resources can help you teach history in a way that encourages students to see their role in it.
- The Problem With the “Disney Version of History”
- Making King Real for Students Today
- Who Decides What’s “Civil”?