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November 9, 2021
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** November Is Native American Heritage Month
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Teach students an accurate and more complete history of Native and Indigenous peoples in celebration of Native American Heritage Month—and all year long! Including information from experts at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, these LFJ resources ([link removed]) can help.
Students Say Teach the Truth // Elizabeth Kleinrock ([link removed])

Learning Virtually Redefined // Jey Ehrenhalt ([link removed])

The Curb-cut Effect and Championing Equity // Cory Collins ([link removed])
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** Why I Teach: The Moments Students Remember
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Meet Marvin Reed, who teaches third grade at Rosa Parks Elementary School in California’s Bay Area. In our latest edition of Why I Teach ([link removed]) , he reflects on the last moments he spent with students before schools went remote in 2020—and what the past year taught him about prioritizing community, relationships and caring for each other.
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Join Our New Professional Learning Cohorts!
Applications are open until December 3 for our upcoming Teaching Hard History Professional Learning Cohorts ([link removed]) . The cohorts will engage with our Teaching Hard History: American Slavery framework and learn how to use it to enrich lessons on American enslavement, build students’ civic engagement and critical thinking, and deepen their mindsets around inclusion and empathy.
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** Reflections on Humanity With Dena Simmons
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Dr. Dena Simmons is an educator, activist, author and the founder of LiberatED. In a Q&A with Simmons ([link removed]) , we explore the lessons we should carry forward from educating during the ongoing pandemic. Simmons offers insight on what it means to instill culturally responsive social emotional learning, what it means to prioritize safety and healing, and more.
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** Work Toward Justice and Create Change Together
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Solidarity offers windows of hope in difficult times. Throughout history and during ongoing instances of racial injustice this past year, coalitions of different communities have united to demand justice. In our Fall issue, LFJ Associate Director for Learning in Schools Sarah-SoonLing Blackburn underscores how ([link removed]) educators can lift up and take part in movements of solidarity.


** Check Out What We’re Reading
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“Tennessee has been dubbed the ‘state of hate’ because it has considered and passed so many anti-trans bills this year.” — NBC News ([link removed])

“The book ban in York County got the attention of several students at Central York High School, in particular members of the school’s anti-racist student group. They say the list targeted works by so-called BIPOC authors—Black, Indigenous and people of color—and they began to protest in school and outside of school board meetings. Then in late September, the school board reversed the ban, at least for now.” — NPR ([link removed])

“There’s a reason why, after the George Floyd killing last year, people suddenly started giving people books. There’s a reason why there’s so much concern about different disinformation online; it’s because reading can change who you are as a person. The reason why people ban books is because reading can have profound implications for understanding our world and becoming who you would like to be.” — The San Diego Union-Tribune ([link removed])
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