Understanding bias and discrimination is integral to civics education because it relates to our civil rights. Students explore implicit bias and self-reflect about situations in which they have experienced or encountered everyday type of bias.
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This book introduces fourteen revolutionary young women—each paired with a noteworthy female artist—to the next generation of activists and trail-blazers. (Ages 4-8)
Shirley Chisholm, a woman of many firsts, was an unforgettable political trailblazer, a candidate of the people and catalyst of change who opened the door for women in the political arena and for the first Black president of the United States.
August 2020 marksthe centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. Help high school students understand how racism played a role in Black women beingexcluded from the right to vote.
Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has spent a lifetime disagreeing: disagreeing with inequality, arguing against unfair treatment, and standing up for what’s right for people everywhere.
This high school lesson gives students the opportunity to analyze gender bias in presidential elections andexplore how sexism surfaces during campaigns, past and present.
Help elementary students understandthe language of bias in our lives and ways they can make a difference by exploringletter exchanges between 9-year-old Riley Morrison and NBA player Stephen Curry about the Curry 5's.
Throughout U.S. history, there have always been women who have spoken out for what's right, even when they have to fight to be heard. (Ages 4-8)
From 430 BCE to 2016, spanning 31 countries around the world, the book features an array of diverse women who have shaped history.
An inspiring portrait of Hillary Rodham Clinton, the first female presidential nominee in United States history.
It's 1969, and the Apollo 11 mission is getting ready to go to the moon. But for half-black, half-Japanese Mimi, moving to a predominantly white Vermont town makes her feel out of place.
Henry is ready to hang up his hockey gear and try on some figure skates, but first he has to convince his hockey-obsessed family to let him follow his own path.
This fairy tale retelling of Cinderella is irrepressible with its independent heroine and its stellar happy ending.
This collection of influential stories provides forty-six illustrated examples of strong, independent female role models, all of whom first impacted the world as teenagers or younger.
This book highlights great women spaning several centuries, multiple professions and 26 diverse individuals.
This book explores the role of women in American politics—past, present and future—and is now available with updated sections on Hillary Rodham Clinton, Condoleezza Rice and Nancy Pelosi.
Through the eyes of eleven-year-old Violet, this book depicts the very end of the women's suffrage battle in America.
Motivated by her love for the game and inspired by the legendary Jackie Robinson, Mamie Johnson is determined to be a professional baseball pitcher.
Melba Doretta Listons loved the sounds of music as far back and she could remember; she overcame race and gender obstacles to become a famed trombone player, composer and arranger.
Razia dreams of getting an education, but in her small village in Afghanistan, girls haven't been allowed to attend school for many years.