I will not have my students make "Indian" feathers/clothes. I will not culturally appropriate an entire people for "cute" activities. I will tell my students the truth about this country's ...

Teaching Thanksgiving in schools is often heavy on the crafts and light on the historical facts. Teachers Michelle Portera, Andrea Riley-Mukavetz and Molly Till talk about how they do it. Many of us ...

WAKE COUNTY, North Carolina -- Wake County Schools Director of Equity Lauryn Mascarenaz shared a firm message to all teachers in a tweet that has gone viral: "Teachers repeat after me: I will not have ...

On a recent Saturday morning in Washington, D.C., about two dozen secondary-and-elementary-school teachers experienced a role reversal. This time, it was their turn to take a quiz: answer “true” or ...

Large community potlucks and school plays where students dress up as Pilgrims and Indians help students learn the familiar story of the very first Thanksgiving. The holiday gives schools an ...

It's that time of year again when elementary students cut out multi-colored construction paper to create headdresses to wear on their heads as they act out the story of the first Thanksgiving. What ...

Between Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage and Month, November is go-time for teaching and learning about Native America. Here, parent and museum educator Renée Gokey shares simple ways to make ...

The legend of a three day Thanksgiving feast in November of 1621 between starving religious pilgrims from England and the native Wampanoag tribe in what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts may have some ...

Thanksgiving isn't the only day of the year you probably feel thankful. Teaching your little ones to be thankful for who and what they have is an important lesson they can learn at this time, leading ...

Many of us have celebrated or will celebrate Thanksgiving at school like this. MICHELLE PORTERA: You make the Native American headdress, and you make a medallion with your Native American name on it ...