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Civics U: Natural Rights

Civics U

And what are natural rights? Natural rights are rights that are considered to be universal human rights that are granted by nature or God, not granted by society or government and thus not to be revoked by society or government. They are an intrinsic part of human existence.

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Challenging Anti-History Education Laws: Teachers Receive 14,000 Books on African Americans During WWII

Zinn Education Project

At the beginning of our unit on the WWII, I talked to the students about how the war, like many events in American history, impacted people in different ways and our goal was to see the war with new eyes through specific groups of people who lived it. I really enjoyed the book and wanted to share it with my students.

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What Asian American Educator Stories Reveal About Racial Nuances Within ‘People of Color’

ED Surge

Oppression Olympics During this year’s Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders heritage month, Florida mandated public schools to teach Asian American history — while almost simultaneously banning African American history, criminalizing health care for transgender folks, and being added to travel advisory lists by the NAACP and other human rights advocacy (..)

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OPINION: Confused and angry, young teachers seek guidance on discussing current events with students

The Hechinger Report

In 1963, James Baldwin wrote, “American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.” We will all be well served to bear in mind how conflicted American history is, and to learn from those who have paved the way for a future brighter than our past.

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A professor’s proposed Black History Month course for one student: President Donald Trump

The Hechinger Report

Session 1: Field Trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture with U.S. John Lewis (D), Georgia, is actually one of the greatest civil rights leaders of our time. Lewis will take the class on a tour of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.

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