Teach students about Bellen Woodard, how she became a "crayon activist," and how they can change something they think is unjust.
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Help students explore the purpose and role of policing in the U.S. andidentify different categories for their visions of changes in policing (reform, transform or abolish).
An oral history and curriculum project that will help educators to integrate LGBT history, people and issues into their instructional programs.
What is privilege and how does it impact the criminal justice system? Students reflect on the killing of Michael Brown through the lens of race, privilege and power andexamine the various levels of racial disparities in the criminal justice system.
Students curate a digital storyboard using a variety of media sources relating to a social justice issue. The curation will reflecthow perspective and bias are seen in various sources on the selected issue.
Teach students about the law Georgia passed thatrestricts and suppresses voting across the state.Students reflect onperspectives about the role corporations and other powerful entities should play in speaking out on social justice issues.
Teach students about the benefits and drawbacks of hashtag activism while developing their own position on its effectiveness.
What is merit-based immigration policy and how does it works? Teach students about merit-based immigration while calculating their points based on Trump’s RAISE Act.
Teach students about historical and current immigration policies and how anti-immigrant bias, nativism and nationalism have impacted these policies in the United States.
Students will learn the various ways people enter the U.S. and will hear first-hand accounts of those with Green Card status.
Students learn about two young activists, Stokely Carmichael and Ruby Bridges, and the contributions they made to the Civil Rights Movement.
Students will discover what Universal Human Rights are and make connections to their own communities and experiences.
One of the most outspoken proponents of the 15th Amendment was Frederick Douglass, a national leader of the abolitionist movement after escaping slavery. Students will analyze Douglass's speech, "What the Black Man Wants," and his argument for why Black men should have the right to vote.
Middle and high school students analyze President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris’ victory speeches. Studentsidentify and research issues theythink should be a priority in the Biden-Harris Administration.
The issue of reparations has a long history in the United States. Teach students about reparations for slavery and its historical context.
Help high school students understand the Electoral College and its origins and explore their opinion about it as they consider the pros and cons.
With a steady increase among young adults who vote, help high school students explorethe role and importance of the youth vote, consider barriers to the youth vote, and propose ideas for taking action.
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.
How does the Latinx community feel about living in the U.S.? Students analyze Richard Blanco’s poem, “The U.S. of Us,” in the context of immigration policy and rhetoric.
The humanitarian crisis at the U.S. border has worsened. Use this lesson to explore with students the experiences of migrants seeking asylum, the conditions of the detention facilities and identify actions to address the crisis.