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Conversation Prompts Every Family Needs to use this Thanksgiving

Dec 01, 2020

In 2014, I was teaching in South Korea during one of the country's largest disasters to affect young people. The Sewol Ferry sank killing 304 people, ...

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How Hitler's Hate Blueprint was based on American Racism

Nov 29, 2020

The only way to move forward is to really know where we were and where we are.

Hitler's rule in Germany is often used as a cautionary tale for how Am...

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Why African Americans Still Celebrate Thanksgiving

Nov 26, 2020
Are you aware of why African Americans celebrate "Thanksgiving Day?"
Were you ever taught about what happened to enslaved Blacks while slavema...
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Ways to respond to your racist family members at Thanksgiving

Nov 26, 2020

***HAPPY THANKSGIVING***

First thing's first, take some time for yourself. Relax. Enjoy some self-care. Take some time to reflect.
This Thanksgiving, ...

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What Moms of My Chinese Students Taught Me about Online Learning

Nov 24, 2020

Today's post is all about ways Chinese Moms have handled virtual lessons that I have taught.
Out of the thousands of online lessons I've held, I believ...

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4 Ways to Support Students' Mental Health

Nov 22, 2020

I often ask my students what they think about learning remotely. A common answer is that it’s more difficult to make new friends. When I ask what this...

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Why Black women wear wigs and weaves

Nov 19, 2020
 

One of the top questions googled about Black women is Why we wear wigs and weaves.

There are so many conversations to be had about Black hair. Some a...

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Talk to your Boys about Kamala Harris, too.

Nov 16, 2020

This is a powerful moment that every child needs to witness and feel included in. One of the things that we often forget when discussing the importanc...

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How to Make Online Learning Feel Just as Good as "Normal" School

Nov 15, 2020

How to Make Online Learning Feel Just as Good as "Normal" School

I've taught virtually for 7 years and although we have a lot of fun and students rea...

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How to Teach Older Students in a Pandemic

Nov 09, 2020

I have taught through 2 pandemics. The first was in 2009 during the H1N1 pandemic in South Korea and the second was in 2015 during the MERS pandemic, ...

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