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Unmaking “Hispanic”: Teaching the Creation of Hispanic Identity
“Hispanic” heritage includes a diverse range of cultures, nationalities, histories and identities.
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Teaching Digital and Civic Literacy Skills
Digital literacy is a set of critical skills students need to effectively evaluate information online and to keep themselves safe and their data secure. This edition of The Moment offers student-friendly videos, lessons for all grade levels and professional development for educators who want to hone their own digital literacy skills.
- Digital Literacy
- Digital Literacy Videos
- Preparing to Teach Digital Literacy
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Student Voices: Raghad and Rahaf Barcudi
Rahaf is a Syrian immigrant who compares her life in Syria to her new life in the U.S.
September 28, 2018
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Student Voices: Freddy Ochoa and Corina Torres
Freddy Ochoa interviews his aunt about her experience as a first-generation immigrant to America from a Mexican family.
September 28, 2018
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I Didn't Know There Were Cities in Africa: Challenging Children's-and Adult's-Misperceptions about the African Continent
In her article, Randolph delineates the profound impact of perpetuating stereotypical representations of Africa and its people by arranging them into three levels and then providing recommendations for how to combat them when creating learning experiences for students in the United States.
September 28, 2018
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To Serve With Honor
Leonard Matlovich, a U.S. Air Force sergeant, was awarded the Purple Heart for service in Vietnam, but discharged soon after telling his captain he was gay and appearing in uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the words, "I Am a Homosexual" emblazoned next to him. While he may have "settled" in his fight against the Air Force, he was a pioneer in the fight for gay and lesbian rights in the military.
September 28, 2018
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I saw Emmett Till this week at the grocery store
In this poem, Ewing imagines the kind of everyday life-including trips to the grocery store-Emmett Till might have experienced had he not been killed.
September 28, 2018
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Only a Lynching Is a Lynching
We must resist language that compares the challenging of powerful men to racial terror.
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Hair
In this spoken word piece, Elizabeth Acevedo addresses the beauty standard that is epitomized by fair skin and straight hair.
September 28, 2018
