Rights

A United Nations role-play brings to life the challenges of creating social justice and helps students learn to use opponents’ statements to bolster their own arguments. Background: Should child soldiers be prosecuted for war crimes? This essential ...

This is the twelfth lesson in the Reading Ads with a Social Justice Lens series.   As children learn about justice and injustice, and become increasingly aware of stereotypes and bias in the world ...

This is the fifth and final lesson in a series called “ Expanding Voting Rights .” The overall goal of the series is for students to explore the complicated history of voting rights in the United States. ...

One of the cornerstones of American democracy is the right to vote. Yet the history of voting rights in the United States is complicated. Although the original Constitution explained who could run for national ...

In this introductory lesson, students examine voting rights in the early years of the United States and the causes and effects of the first major expansion of voting rights, which took place in the late 1700s ...

This lesson explores the concept of health disparities for socially disadvantaged groups (e.g., youth of color and LGBT youth). Students are encouraged to examine the causes and impact of these disparities and ...

In this lesson, students will learn what constitutes as discrimination, how real-life teens have taken a stand against such acts and ways they can do the same. Framework People ...

For this lesson, students will use maps and graphs to explore some instances of environmental injustice.  Framework The Gulf oil spill disaster raised awareness of the ...

This lesson explores the concept of fairness through questions such as: What is fair? Should all people be treated the same? What would you do if you saw someone treated unfairly? Students are encouraged to ...

In this lesson, students will explore what teen rights actually are. They will also read about some recent cases where teens felt their rights were violated. Students will debate the nature of rights ...

I am an eighth-grade language arts teacher in Durham, New Hampshire. My students have grown up in an environment where there is very little exposure to ethnic, racial or LGBT communities. They are ripe ...

Students produce assertions on slips of paper and “stock” the classroom Assertion Jar. As a daily or occasional activity, students practice refutation skills by pulling an assertion from the jar and refuting ...

Explore the U.S. Census data and create your own! So your class will understand the importance of the U.S. Census, ask them to research how the federal government uses census ...

The last week of September is Banned Books Week. Many teachers use the event to talk about free speech with their students. I also use it to begin a conversation about discrimination. ...

This lesson encourages students to investigate domestic hunger in the United States as well as in their own communities and offers resources to support youth in the fight against hunger. ...

Across the political spectrum, most commentators identify "equality" as an American value.  After all, the Constitution begins "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more ...

In this middle school lesson, students will create their own imaginary cities, deciding where to place amenities such as parks and libraries, as well drawbacks such as environmental hazards. Then they will ...

This lesson will guide students through their human right to education and help them evaluate how well the world is doing when it comes to providing a free, equal, quality education to our youth. ...

This lesson will guide students through their human right to education and help them evaluate how well the world is doing when it comes to providing a free, equal, quality education to our youth. ...

Students will understand the power of allies in civil and human rights movements. This lesson is part of the Viva la Causa teaching kit. Objectives Activites will help ...

Timeline activity helps foster a spirit of activism "It is that long-term change that I think we must see if we are not to lose hope." -- Howard Zinn In an ...

This lesson looks at an important question students will face as citizens: What responsibilities accompany our basic rights? Overview The lesson begins with a class discussion ...