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Taking Things Personally
High schoolers create a work of art calling attention to significant societal problems or social issues.
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White Anti-Racist Biographies: Early Grades
Learners research white anti racists including Laurie Olsen, Myles Horton, and others. For this anti racist lesson plan, students complete an online treasure hunt where they research these people and fill in the blanks to sentences about...
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Maya Angelou
In this famous person learning exercise, students read a passage about Maya Angelou and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches,...
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President Barack Obama
For this American history worksheet, learners read a biography about President Barack Obama and complete 8 multiple choice questions.
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African Americans and the Military of World War II
Fifth graders view a news reel of African Americans in World War II. In this World War II lesson plan, 5th graders discuss the newspaper clippings they get to view and hypothesize about why the African Americans use military news clips....
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You Can, Too!
Students and their parents participate in a volunteer opportunity in their community in order to solve a problem. In this problem solving lesson plan, students reflect on historical problems and see how they can solve a current problem.
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Segregation: From Jim Crow to Linda Brown
Students examine the African American social, economic, and political conditions between 1896 and 1953. In this segregation activity, students analyze primary sources to develop an understanding of the plight of African Americans'...
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Breaking the Color Barrier: Jackie Robinson's Combat Against Racism
Students explore Jackie Robinson's career. In this 20th century American history lesson, students complete the provided analysis questions based on the provided primary documents about Jackie Robinson. Students discuss Jackie' Robinson's...
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Censorship in America
Pupils follow resource links to study the history of art censorship in the US. They study the work of the FCC and the Hip-Hop 4 Peace campaign.
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Introduction to Selected Documents from the Roxcy Bolton Collection
Learners listen to a guided imagery exercise that takes them back to 1969. They brianstorm ideas to try to discover why they would not be allowed to sit at an empty table at a Burdines lunch counter in 1969.
They read letters about the...
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Rockin’ the World: Rock and Roll and Social Protest in 20th Century America
Students explore protest songs. For this interdisciplinary lesson, students examine issues-based music by summarizing lyrics and revealing inferences, generalizations, conclusions, and points of view found in the songs.
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Teaching Tolerance: Taking Action on the R-Word
Students explore the use of derogatory language and labeling others. In this discrimination lesson students research word origins, how different terms came to be used in a negative sense and what it would be like to have a negative label...
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Black History Month- Lessons For Everyone
Black History Month lesson plans provide a way to meet academic standards, and have students learn about a variety of subjects.
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What do they want? Critical Perspectives on the 1960's in the United States
Students determine that history is a field of study that can help them understand themselves and the people around them. By reading sources by and about people with many of the same interests and concerns that they have and learning to...
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Post-War Suburbanization: Causes and Interpretations
In this teaching American history worksheet, students examine a primary source document regarding post-World War II suburbanization. Students discuss their impressions of the document.
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For Goodness Sake, Power to the People
Students examine the impact of the nonprofit sector on society by researching philanthropic Websites. They role-play as minority groups that used alternative power structures to change society and write in their journals on a...
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A Song for Every Headline - Lesson 1
Students identify popular songs from 1968 and make connections with the year's current events They recognize popular music as a reflection of the culture. They focus on songs of the Vietnam War era.
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Colonialism in South Africa/Apartheid
Students analyze the effects of colonization. They explore the role of nationalism as a force opposed to colonialism. Students identify the important figures and events of the apartheid era.
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US History
In this US History worksheet, students complete the crossword puzzle using the clues at the bottom of the page. There are 34 clues in total on this worksheet.
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Race, Language and Separation
Sixth graders discuss the idea of separation in today's society. In groups, they examine the laws used in the past with a focus on "separate, but equal". They review the Brown v. Board of Education case and determine if it caused or...
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Post- Modernism
Students participate in a lesson that investigates post-modernism in American literature. They conduct the lesson with the help of reading "America" by Ginsberg to create context. Then students define the genre and the culture that has...
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Keep It Academic
Students study various methods to learn about religion in the classroom. For this religion study lesson, students read and visit links to learn about various ways of teaching religion in schools. Students learn the model world religion...
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Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi
In this famous leaders learning exercise, learners read a passage about Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze,...
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The New Segregation
Students use census data to analyze the racial and economic diversity of their community. They discuss the role of diversity within communities and the impact that land use decisions can have on the composition of a community.
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