article
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 – Title I: Who Gets to Vote?
Primary sources can help students explore just how controversial voting rights were in the century preceding the Act.
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professional development
5 Steps To Safer Schools
How can educators and schools create learning environments free of anti-gay discrimination?
July 16, 2009
student task
Do Something
Musical Movement Showcase
Students create and perform a music or dance piece related to themes in the central text.
July 13, 2014
student task
Do Something
Identity Portraits
Students interview one another, then draw or paint portraits containing symbols that represent the subject’s identity, beliefs, values or areas of interest.
July 13, 2014
teaching strategy
Close and Critical Reading
Question-Answer Relationships (QAR)
QAR gives students practice questioning the text and identifying literal and inferential questions. Students learn to find different types of evidence and to rely on their own interpretation when doing close reading.
July 19, 2014
teaching strategy
Community Inquiry
Say Something
A comprehension strategy during which student take turns reading aloud to each other, stopping occasionally to comment on the text.
July 13, 2014
teaching strategy
Word Work
Word Cheering
In word cheering, students sing, chant and move to the components of new words.
July 19, 2014
article
Protecting Immigrant Students’ Rights
Public schools have a legal obligation to enroll and support immigrant students and English language learners. New resources from the SPLC help advocates work with families to ensure schools are meeting this responsibility.
lesson
Sounds of Change
This lesson challenges students to analyze and to reflect on messages presented in songs — and to express their own views about important issues addressed in some songs.
April 26, 2017
the moment
The First National Trans Visibility March
Saturday will mark a historic moment in the fight to grant LGBTQ people equal access to public life and justice. The first National Trans Visibility March will bring together members of the transgender, gender-nonconforming and non-binary communities with allies in Washington, D.C., and in marches across the nation. We echo the marchers’ call with this question: What can you do to make sure students feel visible and heard in your school? We hope these resources can offer some answers.
- They Didn’t Back Down
- Nothing About Us Without Us Is for Us
- Jazz Jennings