For Educators

Students will have the opportunity to consider important issues such as knowledge about what it is like to be a soldier and practice conducting an oral history interview.

Students will have the opportunity to consider important issues such as Cuba and Cuba/U.S. relations and the experience of immigrants to the U.S.

Students will have the opportunity to consider important issues such as gun control, domestic violence, relationships with the police, community responsibility, support from family, and/or racism conflict resolution.

This lesson will help students learn more about current immigrant experience, investigate U.S. immigration and labor laws, consider the meaning of citizenship, gain knowledge about the economics of poverty, practice research skills and practice persuasive writing skills.

In this lesson, students take a test to uncover hidden biases, research the struggles of people who are discriminated against, and reflect on their commitment to their beliefs and how they arrived at their own convictions.

In this lesson, students will examine Americans' changing attitudes about Native Americans, the aged, and the rights of African-Americans and the LGBTQ community.

In this lesson, students take a test to uncover hidden biases, research the struggles of people who are discriminated against, and reflect on their committment to their beliefs and how they arrived at their own convictions.

Teachers can use this lesson plan to explore the contributing factors to racism in America. Students examine the legacy of white privilege and the unspoken ways in which it touches their lives, using 26 scenarios from daily life.

The lessons in this unit will guide students to a better understanding of privilege -- one of the pervasive causes behind racism -- and, more specifically, the impact of "white privilege" on racism against non-white Americans. An exploration of the concept of privilege can also help students understand the societal factors that contribute to other "ism's": sexism, ethnocentrism, classism and heterosexism.

The following lesson plans utilizes the film Brother Outsider, a documentary about activist Bayard Rustin and the civil rights movement.