To support students, use and share these LFJ resources to teach truth and advocate for inclusive education.

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August 22, 2023


** Back to School: Teach and Advocate for Honest History and Inclusive Education
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Education censorship and discriminatory book bans—like the policies pushed by politicians in Florida—are undemocratic and threaten children’s well-being and right to learn. As students head back to school, let us all commit to supporting honest history and inclusive curricula.

These LFJ resources support educators in teaching truth and parents and caregivers in advocating for inclusive education.
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** Teaching Hard History: Grades K-5
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Our youngest students deserve a truthful, age-appropriate account of our past. These resources ([link removed]) for elementary educators include a first-of-its-kind framework, along with student texts and resources for anyone committed to teaching this history.

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** Queer People Have Always Existed—Teach Like It
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Educators must commit to undoing the systemic silencing of queer figures throughout history. Revisit this article ([link removed]) for some ways to more inclusively explore the past.

Why it matters: “For queer students who have been made to believe that queerness is an aberration or a 20th-century invention, evidence to the contrary is validating. It offers all students a more complete history—one that has always included the full fabric of humanity that surrounds them.” —Cory Collins

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** History Moves With Us
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In this article, ([link removed]) Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Ph.D., introduces an abridged version of Charles E. Cobb Jr.’s essay that offers insightful observations on teaching civil rights history.

“My experiences in the movement and in the classroom have convinced me that if we want civil rights history to be useful to young people, then what we teach has to portray Black people in meaningful ways. This can and should be done at every educational level, for it is the usefulness of history—what history teaches us to understand about ourselves—more than classroom exercises or syllabi that determines a history lesson’s ultimate value.” —Charles E. Cobb, Jr.


** Article Spotlight: For Educators, Parents and Caregivers
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* “Centering Diverse Parents in the CRT Debate” by Ivory A. Toldson, Ph.D. ([link removed])
* “Debbie Reese on Book Bans and Native Representation” by LFJ and Debbie Reese ([link removed])
* “Inclusive Education Benefits All Children” by Melanie Willingham-Jaggers and the GLSEN Team ([link removed])

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