April 2015 issue of Rosalind's Classroom Conversations
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It’s April 12, 2016 – Equal Pay Day, the symbolic date that women need to work until to catch up with what men had earned by last Dec. 31. The fact is that women who work full t…
There are days when working for the ADL—coming face-to-face with so much hate and vitriol—one wonders, how do I get through today?
On Saturday, January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, 500,000 people gathered in Washington, DC for theWomen’s March–to express their…
Sharon Nazarian addresses the boycott of the Women’s March in Los Angeles by the Palestinian American Women’s Association.
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Congress passing and the states ratifying the 19th Amendment, officially giving the right to vote to all citizens of the United States regardless of gender.
Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg; One officer indicted after investigation into shooting of Breonna Taylor; Zoom cancels Leila Khaled webinar
The lesson plans in this unit take an in-depth look at the history of U.S. expansion and Indian policy, and present the voices and perspectives of Native Americans on the Lewis and Clark expedition. These materials offer an alternative viewpoint on an often-glorified era, and call attention to the dangers of ethnocentric and one-sided versions of history.
Teach students about the Brown v. Board of Education ruling and analyze the modern day “school-to-prison pipeline” and the opportunity gap that exist in our public schools.
Using video histories of Japanese-American internees during World War II, this curriculum unit provides an opportunity for high school students to use this dark period in U.S. history to reflect on the dangers of stereotyping, prejudice and racial and ethnic discrimination, so as not to repeat history.
This lesson provides an opportunity for students to discuss the homicide of Renisha McBride, who was shot to death while seeking help after being in a car accident. Students will analyze the role of self-defense and racial profiling.
This lesson provides an opportunity for students to learn more about César Chávez, the strategies he used to create change for the migrant farm workers and to analyze and reflect on modern day civil rights and labor struggles.
This lesson uses Kid President’s recent video on Martin Luther King, Jr. as a jumping off point to talk with elementary students about activists. Students will have the opportunity to learn about the activities and qualities of activists, identify and explore famous and ordinary activists and conduct research on an activist of their choice.
In this lesson, high school students learn about the DREAM Act—its background, history, current status—and reflect on different perspectives about it as well as develop their own.
In celebration and memory of the life of Nelson Mandela, this lesson plan provides students the opportunity to learn, in several ways, about Nelson Mandela and his extraordinary life.
This lesson provides an opportunity for students to learn more about the killing of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, grapple with their thoughts and feelings about the case, analyze the militarization of the police and reflect on activism in order to effect change.