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OPINION: The arts help refugees, other students to master academics

The Hechinger Report

The Academy is a magnet elementary school is located in a U.S. At the same time, the historic and cultural nature of art provides students a great platform to explore traditions of their own and others so they’re encouraged to learn how ancestral narratives and artifacts influence beliefs and dispositions.

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A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

Traditional Foods Fascinate your students with not only what people eat in Asian and Pacific Island countries, but how they prepare their meals. If you can’t find one, don’t worry. Many museums offer online resources that you can use instead.

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STUDENT VOICE: Don’t call me ‘Indian’ — A line of strong Ojibwe women inspired my journey to college

The Hechinger Report

Whether it was from elementary school teachers, elderly white neighbors or history textbooks, the label has always defined me. When people use the term in my classes, it makes me feel like an artifact of the past. While my mother’s family and I identify as Ojibwe, I have always been an “Indian” in the eyes of non-Native people.