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Ethos, Logos, and Pathos
Students compare and contrast "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" and "Civil Disobedience" by writing a paper using MLA format.
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The Greensboro Sit-Ins: A Continuing Tradition of Nonviolent Protest
Pupils watch a video about nonviolent protests during the Civil Rights Movement. They discuss and write about the Greensboro sit-ins while deciding the effectiveness of this type of protest.
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The Civil Rights Movement: /Compassion in Action
Pupils research and scope out the civil right's movement's use of nonviolent actions to achieve change and social justice. Students illustrate examples of how to use nonviolent citizenship skills. Pupils acquire with this lesson to...
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Symbols of Georgia
In this Georgia worksheet, students complete a 16 question fill in the blank on-line interactive quiz about the state of Georgia. Students complete sentences about the capital city, state bird, flower, gemstone, fish, song and famous...
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Soul Force and Its Contributions to Nonviolent Movements and Self Empowerment
Fifth graders explore the concept of Satyagraha. In this nonviolent resistance lesson, 5th graders listen to a lecture about Gandhi's teachings and determine how the soul force contributes to a sense of self empowerment.
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Painting Pictures with Poetry
Students develop their own smilies and metaphors. They examine writing of the Poet Laureate. They identify philanthropy in quotations of others.
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My 3 Day Lesson on Courage
Second graders focus on what having courage means. They listen to a story about the Holocaust, then create posters which reflect courage, tolerance and acceptance.
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Logic
Middle schoolers solve problems using reasoning techniques, identify the validity or non-validity of problems and use deductive reasoning for problem resolution.
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Research Project
After reading books about Black history, complete an outline and research important African Americans in history. Use the included outline to write a report.
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The Power of One
Students read biographies of individuals who have impacted the world for good. They look for patterns in these people's lives, imagine themselves in different careers and create a profile of a person who leads for social change.
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (Kansas) (Grades K-3)
Learners examine the Brown v. Board of Education case in Topeka, Kansas. They re-enact the courtroom and discuss how school would be different today if this case never existed. They discuss how public education has been affected by this...
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Dear Young Philanthropist
Students research the lives of philanthropists from history and role-play as them. They write letters to students explaining their motivations for helping others. They prepare visual presentations of their chosen philanthropists.
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Civil Rights after MLK and RFK
Learners are assigned to groups representing minority populations who produce a research project in a digital format from the list. A few of the choices are: speech, letter to the editor, editorial cartoon, etc.
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Hunger Usa
Students participate in a variety of activities as they explore and discuss their attitudes and values concerning hunger and other poverty-related factors in the USA.
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Activists for Human Rights
Students research prominent human rights activists from U.S. history. They report the biographical facts of their subject along with information on the causes he or she represented. Students also examine local human rights issues and...
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Paper Vests
Second graders listen to background information on designated Black Americans and read some books about them. They choose one of the persons studied and create a paper vest relating the person's contributions.
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Organizing Main Ideas and Supporting Details
Students read given information and identify the main ideas and specific detail of the story. In groups, they read a historical title and create a "book talk" for each one, summarizing the story. In addition, students create a...
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Patriotic Slaves
Eleventh graders listen to a song and read the lyrics and discuss what patriotism means to them. After viewing pictures of important patriots throughout history, they describe their contribution to society. They write in their journals...
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Father Knows Best
Learners recognize that history describes events and people of other times and places identifying George Washington by historical account. They describe everyday life in the present and in the past and begin to recognize that things...
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Composition Of Functions
Students investigate the concept of a function and practice using the notation and compute the values of composite functions. They use the examples provided in the lesson plan for guided practice with scaffolding provided by the teacher.
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Hunt the Fact Monster: January #4
For this search engine worksheet, 3rd graders will need to use factmonster.com to discover answers. Students will respond to 10 short answer questions using the given website.
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National U.S. Holidays: Crossword Puzzle
In this United States history worksheet, students use the 11 clues in order to fill in the crossword puzzle with the appropriate answers pertaining to national United States holiday.
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From Where Does Prejudice Come?
Students explore the concept of discrimination. In this social studies instructional activity, students view pictures and write down the first thing that comes to their mind. Students discuss if stereotyping or prejudice affected their...
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“And Still I Rise” Proud Black Women
Students examine the experiences of African American women. In this poetry lesson, students use their literary analysis skills to compare the poetry of Maya Angelou to rap music performed by Queen Latifah and Lauryn Hill.