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Walking with the Wind

In this excerpt from his book, Walking with the Wind, John Lewis describes his involvement in the sit-ins in Nashville, Tenn., in the spring of 1960.

John Lewis

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6-8 9-12

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Race & Ethnicity Class

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Civics

History

August 9, 2017

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“The Ponca’s challenge of the U.S. government marked a turning point on the long path of Indian resistance. Increasingly, after Standing Bear v. Cook, the fight for Native rights would shift from the battlefields to the courtrooms of the growing nation.”

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6-8 9-12

Topic

Race & Ethnicity

Subject

History

Geography

August 9, 2017

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Si Se Puede

“In response to legislation that would have criminalized immigrants, thousands of high school students from across the country walked out of their classrooms and into history.”

Learning for Justice Staff

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Class

Subject

Civics

History

August 9, 2017

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Rigoberta Menchú

Rigoberta Menchú has dedicated her life to fighting the injustices faced by the people of Guatemala and educating the world on the concept of indigenous people and fighting for their interests.

Learning for Justice Staff

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Class Gender & Sexual Identity

Subject

History

Geography

August 9, 2017

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Against the Current

Native American activists use civil disobedience and consensus-building to resolve an old dispute over natural resources.

Learning for Justice Staff

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Religion Class

Subject

History

Economics

Geography

August 7, 2017

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A Tale of Two Schools

On April 14, 1947, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld the lower court decision in Mendez v. Westminster, which required the school to integrate and set the stage for Brown v. Board of Education.

Learning for Justice Staff

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Class Immigration

Subject

Civics

History

Geography

August 7, 2017

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July 25, 2017

“Holden Caulfield is a typical teenager”?

When this teacher’s classroom of white students identified The Catcher in the Rye protagonist Holden Caulfield as a “typical teenager,” she knew she needed to broaden their idea of what “typical” teenage problems look like.

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Race & Ethnicity Class

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July 27, 2017

Lost in Translation

This piece accompanies the Teaching Tolerance feature story " Lonely Language Learners?" Just after 8 o'clock on a rainy April morning, teacher Helen Reid greets three of her students, none of whom has been in the U.S

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Race & Ethnicity

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Text-Dependent Questions for “Mass Incarceration as a Form of Racialized Social Control”

These Text-Dependent Questions accompany “Mass Incarceration as a Form of Racialized Social Control.”

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Class Rights & Activism

Subject

Social Studies

Civics

History

July 18, 2017

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Text-Dependent Questions for “The Color of Justice”

Text-Dependent Questions accompany “The Color of Justice.”

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Class Rights & Activism

Subject

Social Studies

Civics

History

July 18, 2017

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This Land is Ours

Si Se Puede

Rigoberta Menchú

Against the Current

A Tale of Two Schools

“Holden Caulfield is a typical teenager”?

Lost in Translation

Text-Dependent Questions for “Mass Incarceration as a Form of Racialized Social Control”

Text-Dependent Questions for “The Color of Justice”

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