Lesson Plans

Students learn about Nike's decision to feature N.F.L. player Colin Kaepernick in ad and explore and express what they strongly believe in through creative writing.

Could there really be a “gender gap” between what boys and girls earn for allowance? Elementary students learn about and explore the reasons for the gap and express their thoughts through persuasive writing.

High school students use art that critique injustice to help them understand past and current day white supremacist groups and how art can be used to inspire and communicate social justice.

Family separations and detentions are happening at the U.S. border. This high school lesson plan helps students understand the issue, learn about asylum and consider their own opinions through persuasive letter writing.

In this high school lesson plan, students explore implicit and explicit bias, learn about recent incidents of everyday bias and self-reflect about situations in which they have experienced or encountered everyday type of bias.

A lesson for elementary students to explore gender norms and stereotypes through scientist drawings and to challenge these norms through character writing.

The Justice Department's request to add citizenship question to the 2020 Census causes a great deal of controversy. In this lesson, students learn about the U.S. Census, reflect upon the controversy and express their own point of view by writing a persuasive letter.

Students have an opportunity to learn about and develop empathy for the plight of the Rohingya people in Myanmar and explore what can be done about the crisis, which is being called a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing."

A multi-grade unit that explores gender stereotypical beliefs, assumptions about job roles and gender and gender segregation and pay inequality in the workplace.

High school students learn about the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission and its related Constitutional principles, and reflect on their own opinions and the views of others through opinion op-eds and essay writing.

This lesson provides an opportunity for students to understand what ableism is and the many ways it manifests, and to consider ways they can be allies and take actions to confront and challenge ageism.

Through review and examination of videos, articles, data research and hashtag campaigns—#1000BlackGirlBooks and #WeNeedDiverseBooks, students learn about and discuss the importance of diverse literature.