Classrooms Without Borders

SWPA Educators, join Classrooms Without Borders and the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh for an Act 48 workshop on Monday, May 18, at Intermediate Unit 1 in Washington County.
Learn more about teaching the Holocaust in your secondary classroom. Register here: https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0080-0031-a005ddb963064ce2b0e2447b0466de99

Hey, SWPA Educators! Avi and Kate would love to see you at their upcoming Act 48 workshop at Intermediate Unit 1 in Washington County on April 17. Register here to learn more about democracy in Jim Crow America and N**i Germany. https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0080-0031-9fa425ab00fc4e49b9af93a471f787b5

Join Classrooms Without Borders and The Cure For Hate - Documentary for an educator professional learning on March 16 at Intermediate Unit 1 in Washington County. We offer FREE Registration for Act 48 credits. Participating educators will receive a $25 gift card & their schools are eligible for up to $125 in substitute teacher reimbursement upon conclusion of the full-day workshop. Register here: https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0080-0031-96794b8dde1449aabd8efa1a9631d8ac

“No more Birminghams.”

This photograph captures a moment when people refused to accept brutality as inevitable. The Civil Rights Movement was sustained by courage, discipline, and a relentless insistence on human dignity.

Marching Down Freedom’s Road invites educators to study this history where it unfolded, to grapple with the moral choices people faced, and to carry those lessons back into their classrooms with honesty and care. Deepen your knowledge of the legacy of Dr. King and so many others. Apply by January 20. Learn more here: https://cwbpgh.org/seminar/marching-down-freedoms-road-a-civil-rights-journey/

Crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge is not symbolic. It is instructional.

Here, peaceful marchers were met with violence for demanding the right to vote. To walk this bridge is to confront the cost of citizenship and the courage required to expand democracy.

Marching Down Freedom’s Road brings educators to Selma to study the Civil Rights Movement where history was made—and to return to their classrooms prepared to teach justice, civic responsibility, and moral choice with clarity and care. Applications close Tuesday. Learn more here: https://cwbpgh.org/seminar/marching-down-freedoms-road-a-civil-rights-journey/

Equality in jobs. Equality in education. Equality in the vote.

This 1946 NAACP ad makes unmistakably clear what was at stake—and how long these demands have been voiced. To understand the Civil Rights Movement, you have to reckon with moments like this, when the meaning of democracy was made explicit.

Marching Down Freedom’s Road is a special opportunity for educators to study this history where it unfolded and return to their classrooms with insight that deepens teaching and learning. Learn more here: https://cwbpgh.org/seminar/marching-down-freedoms-road-a-civil-rights-journey/

“President Johnson, go to Selma now.”

A reminder that civic action can force national change. Selma illustrates how grassroots movements shaped federal power, civil rights legislation, and the responsibilities of leadership—core themes in AP U.S. History and AP Government.

Marching Down Freedom’s Road gives educators the chance to study these moments where they happened and bring that clarity back to their classrooms. Learn more here: https://cwbpgh.org/seminar/marching-down-freedoms-road-a-civil-rights-journey/

Educators who participate in Marching Down Freedom’s Road do more than study history—they bring it back to life for their students.

By connecting Civil Rights history to contemporary questions of justice and democracy, this seminar strengthens classroom practice and deepens students’ capacity for critical thinking, empathy, and civic engagement. Learn more at the Seminars link in our bio.

This is how learning becomes action.

Marching Down Freedom’s Road invites educators to study the Civil Rights Movement where history unfolded—and to reckon with what democracy demands today.

Through site-based learning, primary sources, and guided reflection, participants examine Jim Crow, resistance, and the moral courage required to challenge injustice. This seminar is not about nostalgia. It is about responsibility—and what it means to teach truth in complex times. Apply by January 20 here: https://cwbpgh.org/apply/

Open minds. Open hearts.

Join Classrooms Without Borders and the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh for Memory and Meaning: Teaching the Holocaust in Today’s Classroom. Join us at IU1 in Washington County on January 29th. Just $15 for 6 Act 48 hours. Register here: https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0080-0031-a005ddb963064ce2b0e2447b0466de99