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Dr. Gholdy Muhammad on Cultivating Genius
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Kaitlin Smith
Facing History shares on Dr. Gholdy Muhammad's work which explores how literacy came to be regarded as a critically important lever of social and political transformation within the Black community.
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How Do We Pursue Equity in Education? By Learning, Unlearning, and Muddling Through
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Facing History & Ourselves
Facing History shares the historical contexts that shape educational inequity and what it takes to disrupt it.
Featured Resource
10 New Books on LGBTQIA+ History and Contemporary Life
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Kaitlin Smith
Facing History shares ten titles released in the last year that bring important themes in LGBTQIA+ history and contemporary life to the fore, exploring the diverse ways in which this extensive topic is explored by educators, intellectuals, and thought leaders.
Featured Resource
10 Resources for Teaching LGBTQIA+ History
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Kaitlin Smith
Facing History offers a rich array of online exhibitions and primary resources to open and/or revitalize reflection in your classroom about the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people across space and time.
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Teaching Resources on Latinx History, Art, and Culture
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Kaitlin Smith
Facing History shares on the rich array of resources that can aid teacher and student learning about Latinx histories and contemporary life.
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LGBTQIA+ Resources from Facing History
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Kaitlin Smith
With the commencement of Pride Month, Facing History provides a number of resources that help educators explore LGTBQIA+ histories and experiences to ensure these themes remain central beyond this celebratory month.
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How AAPI Thinkers are Redefining Asianness
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Kaitlin Smith
Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) thought leaders reveal their experiences with “single stories” to demonstrate what it can look like to push back against restrictive narratives that dominate American society.
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Teaching About Anti-Asian Violence: Start with Yourself and Your Community
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Facing History & Ourselves
Most school curriculum fails to adequately address Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) histories and identities, which contributes to a widespread lack of understanding that fuels the anti-AAPI hate we see today. Facing History provides suggestions and resources for educators to better address AAPI histories so as to avoid continuing this damaging trend.
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Identity, Literature, and Possibility: A Conversation with Nicole Chung
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Franklin Stebbins
Facing History's Franklin Stebbins sits down with Nicole Chung as she recounts her experience growing up navigating anti-Asian racism as a transracial adoptee of Korean descent within a white family in small-town Oregon.
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Remembering Little Rock
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Kaitlin Smith
Facing History shares on efforts to desegregate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957 and provides resources for educators to use with their students to promote historical understanding, critical thinking, social-emotional learning, and civic agency.
Perspective
Helen Zia on the Asian American Movement
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Kaitlin Smith
This article examines the rise of the Asian American movement through the leading voice of Helen Zia, a Chinese American author and activist working at the intersections of struggles for racial and LGBTQ justice, who helped provide a foundation for AAPI-led resistance against racism and violence.
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3 Women Pioneers in Education
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Kaitlin Smith
Facing History explores three women pioneers whose legacies continue to shape the contemporary educational landscape.