Literacy with a Social Studies Lens: Reading, Speaking and Listening for Deeper Learning
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Virtual
Learn teaching strategies that help students interrogate text, think critically, and discuss controversial issues respectfully.
Literacy with a Social Studies Lens: Writing for Deeper Learning
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Virtual
Learn strategies that will help your students build informative, explanatory, and argumentative writing skills needed to address the Reconstruction Era and compelling issues in today's world.
Memory, Legacy and the Reconstruction Era: A Conversation with Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries
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Virtual
By examining periods of violence during the Reconstruction era, students learn about the potential backlash to political and social change.
Memphis 1968: Lessons for Today
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Learn interdisciplinary teaching strategies to examine the events that brought Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to Memphis in 1968 through a critical lens.
Unsung Women of the Civil Rights Movement
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Examine the impact of Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer, Constance Baker Motley, and other women whose contributions to the Civil Rights Movement have not always been recognized.
Confronting A Violent Past: Red Summer in Chicago
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Chicago, IL
Join us for an interactive workshop to engage in discussions about Red Summer in Chicago and how to bring this history to high school classrooms. This event will be hosted in-person.
Teaching Standing up for Democracy in PSHE and Citizenship Lessons
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Virtual
Explore our new resource, Standing Up for Democracy, which is suitable for Citizenship, History, PSHE, and Tutor time.
Opportunities and Challenges: Teaching Current Events in Jewish Educational Settings
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Virtual
During this webinar, facilitators share classroom tips and tools that educators can use to engage students in productive and meaningful discussions about current world issues.
Responding to Hate in Your School
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Virtual
During this webinar, we discussed the challenges schools face when confronting the persistence of racism and antisemitism and provided resources to help you respond to hatred in your schools.
The Struggle for Racial Justice and Voting with Dr. Carol Anderson
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Virtual
Free and fair elections are the foundation of all democracies. The US Voting Rights Act of 1965 established protections for all Americans, especially for Black Americans. However the 2013 Supreme Court decision Shelby County v Holder dismantled key elements of the Voting Rights Act and voter suppression efforts are ongoing across the country.
Student Agency After Parkland
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Virtual
This webinar explores the many questions faced by educators in the wake of the events in Parkland, Florida.
Reexamining Reconstruction: A Conversation with Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries
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Virtual
Examine how the Reconstruction Era is remembered and the impact of its legacy on contemporary society with Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Associate Professor of History at The Ohio State University and scholar of African American history and contemporary Black politics.