January 25, 2022

How Are You Teaching Black History?

We hope you’ll join us—this February and year-round—in teaching Black history beyond trauma and helping students recognize the brilliance, strength and love this history represents. Here’s why that’s so important.

All About the LFJ Educator Fund Application Process // Jey Ehrenhalt

Students Lose When Black Women Aren’t Supported // Jamilah Pitts

Parents Push for Student Safety // Coshandra Dillard
A Film to Teach Holocaust Remembrance Day
Thursday, January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and this year’s theme is “Memory, Dignity and Justice.” In the Oscar-winning Learning for Justice documentary, One Survivor Remembers, Gerda Weissmann Klein recounts surviving the Holocaust. The film reduces the distance of both time and geography, making the topic more accessible to students. One Survivor Remembers and its accompanying teaching resources—including a teacher’s guide—are available here.

A Forum on Our Racial Past From the Smithsonian 

The Smithsonian’s Our Shared Future: Reckoning With Our Racial Past takes a deep dive into the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and globally. Featuring various virtual and in-person events and educational resources, the initiative encourages dialogue around issues like wellness, wealth, art, protest and more. Learn more about the program’s mission and vision here. 

Changing the Game: Sports in the Jim Crow Era

In the United States, Black athletes have had to contend with two sets of rules: those of the game and those of a racist society. While they dealt with 20th century realities of breaking the color line and the politics of respectability, Black fans, educational institutions, and the Black press were building sporting congregations with their own wealth and energy. In our newest episode of the Teaching Hard History podcast, historians Derrick White and Louis Moore discuss these great men and women.

Worried About a Friend’s Mental Health? Try This.

Death by suicide can touch anyone; award-winning actor Regina King recently lost her son Ian Alexander Jr. this way. Your students, too, might be struggling with the ongoing pandemic and other tremendous uncertainties. Teaching your students the E.D.G.E. technique—from Power Up, Speak Out!—is one method they can use to support one another.  

Check Out What We’re Reading

“‘She created these short, accessible, image-laden biographies so that our younger elementary school learners can encounter Native American women as full human beings whose lives are worthy of study.’” — The Washington Post

“High turnover creates instability, making it difficult for schools to create coherent instruction and to implement new initiatives. To no surprise, inexperienced teachers and high teacher turnover disproportionately affect the achievement of students who are most underserved.” — The Education Trust

“‘This bill will erase young LGBTQ students across Florida, forcing many back into the closet by policing their identity and silencing important discussions about the issues they face.’” — The Hill
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