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Hatuey: 500th Anniversary of a Freedom Fighter
Everyone knows the name of Christopher Columbus, but how many of us can name a…
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The Lorax: Dr. Seuss Revisited and Revised
With the release of the Universal Pictures film, The Lorax, based on Dr. Seuss’s classic…
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Women’s History Month
While women’s history should be taught all year, we can use this month to examine…
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Precious Knowledge – View Free Online
What a timely and important film this is. We meet the inspiring educators associated with…
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Plessy v. Ferguson
In June of 1892, Homer Plessy was arrested for violating Louisiana’s Separate Car Act. The …
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Teaching About Climate Change
With extreme weather all over the United States and in the news, yet with little…
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The People Speak
The People Speak, the feature documentary inspired by A People’s History of the United …
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The Poison We Never Talk About in School
by Bill Bigelow
When you think about Superstorm Sandy, melting ice caps, wildfires in Australia,…
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When you think about Superstorm Sandy, melting ice caps, wildfires in Australia,…
On Howard Zinn’s Birthday—Lessons from the People’s Historian
Zinn did not merely record history, he made it: as a professor at Spelman College…
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Claiming and Teaching the 1963 March on Washington
By Bill Fletcher Jr.
The day went down in history as a powerful show of…
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The day went down in history as a powerful show of…
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