Grades 9 to 12

This collection of primary resources and corresponding activities sheds light on the endurance of peaceful protesters in Montgomery, Ala., who overturned an unjust law. On December ...

Help students remove prejudices they might have and dispel public myths regarding the "poor" through this five-month project. "Mom, I get into the dance for $4 tonight ...

Three ways to encourage students to continue the struggle for equality and justice in the U.S. In A New Milestone Decade advocate Michael R. Wenger asks students to continue the ...

Explore the history of school segregation, the Brown case and its relevance in the ongoing struggle for school equity. The Teaching Tolerance magazine article An American ...

Discuss the impact of Brown v. Board and the current state of segregation using articles from Teaching Tolerance magazine's special anniversary section. Explore ...

Examine the impact of Brown v. Board and the state of school segregation today using interviews with 14 Americans from Teaching Tolerance magazine. Delve more deeply into the ...

American schools are resegregating. What's happening in your community? "Where Are We Now?" is an essay from Harvard's Civil Rights Project that reminds us ...

Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. Beneath the surface of many landmark Supreme Court decisions, including Gayle v. Browder , are fascinating stories about everyday ...

A high school teacher helps his students challenge their own racist beliefs. One of the greatest challenges I faced this past year was trying to find a way to effectively break down ...

In celebration of Title IX's anniversary, we highlight one family's struggle to realize the promise of equality. Materials " Going to Bat for Girls" ...

Exploring family roots and immigration. Lesson Overview After exposure to relevant literature in class, students will research their family history by interviewing their ...

Help your students take a critical view of advertising. The following activities were adapted with permission from the GO GIRLS! curriculum, produced by the National Eating ...

Learn how activists in Louisville, Kentucky successfully campaigned against segregated streetcars in 1870-71. Framework In 1865, four million newly emancipated slaves quickly ...

This activity helps students understand the injustice and dangers of scapegoating an entire group of people during a national crisis. Some lawmakers and members of the media have ...

Students will identify ways in which sexism manifests in personal and institutional beliefs, behaviors, use of language and policies. Use this lesson to develop plans of action against bias. ...

Ways to use " Home was a Horse Stall " in the classroom 1942: A young Japanese American woman ponders the meaning of freedom behind barbed wire... Just before ...

Utilizing Shakespeare and theater to examine modern day violence. Eight actors enter a theatre rehearsal studio in Montgomery, Ala. The leader is Peter Howard, a guest artist at the ...

A closer examination of heroes in our culture. Jennifer Holladay Teaching about the Civil Rights Movement used ...

Explore the separation of church and state with regards to school prayer and religious tolerance. "Prayer in school" is one of the most hotly debated issues in this ...

"You can't continue to have a world without equal participation of men and women. That's my central thesis." Bella's Story Bella Abzug, who died on ...

"The fight should be for all human rights - - religious, ethnic, sexual. We have to stop grouping people; they aren't pickle bottles and you can't stick labels on them." ...

"I am not a politician by choice. Instead I try to pursue the objective of institution building, an essential component of the reconstruction of our nation." ...

"One must ask, 'Are you doing everything you can?' and I think if the answer is try 'Yes,' then you fell neither hopeless nor despairing." ...

"I realized that although eighty percent of women in India are economically active, they are outside the purview of legislation." Ela's Story   ...

"It started with five women, then 15, then 80, then 150. When it reached these numbers, I realized I had to do something for these women." Timeline: Rwanda ...

"The myth of male superiority can only be demolished with shining examples of female achievement against which nobody could argue intelligently." Timeline: Kenya ...

"We Africans may be impoverished, but we are not poor. ... We can learn things from others, but we also have a lot to offer the world." Timeline: Mozambique ...

"What remains in the end is a deep longing for justice. . .We want you all to remember what happened to our children so that it never happens again." Timeline: ...

"Now I would like to see Guatemala at peace, with indigenous and nonindigenous people living side by side." Timeline: Guatemala 1960 A failed ...

"We turn away so often. ... Each one of us has an individual responsibility to inform ourselves. To care. To respond." Timeline: Human Rights Documents ...