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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Breaking Barriers: Critical Discussion of Social Issues

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Through a series of picture book read-alouds and journal entries, students engage in critical discussion of complex issues of race, class, and gender.
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Library of Virginia

Virginia Memory: Gilbert Hunt and the Richmond Theater Fire

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson about the Richmond Theater Fire in 1811. Many perished in the fire. Those who were saved were helped from inside by Dr. James McCaw, who dropped them from a window to Gilbert Hunt, who caught them enough to break their fall. The...
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Library of Virginia

Virginia Memory: Arthur Ashe

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What are the characteristics of a person worthy of being a member of the Human Being Hall of Fame? A champion of human dignity around the world, Arthur Robert Ashe overcame the discrimination he faced growing up in Richmond to become a...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Securing the Right to Vote: Selma to Montgomery Story

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson plan asking this essential question: "What conditions created a need for a protest march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 and what did that march achieve?"
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Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Baseball, Race, and Ethnicity: Rounding the Bases

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using primary documents as resources, students examine the connection between America's favorite pastime, baseball, and race.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Decision in the Streets

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Recounts the interracial Ad Hoc Committee to End Racial Discrimination's protests of racial inequality and unfair hiring practices in San Francisco in 1963-64.
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Georgetown University

Georgetown University: Slavery at School

For Students 9th - 10th
This unit teaches students about the history of the Catholic Church and slavery in the United States. The goal is for students to gain critical knowledge of the Catholic Church and Catholics' contradictory roles during the age of...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Point of View: Minding the Gap: Lesson Plan Clips

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Minding the Gap is a coming of age film by Bing Liu. Starting in high school, Bing begins to make skate videos. What starts as a hobby ends up as a profound exploration of issues that is likely to resonate deeply with students. These are...
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PBS

Pbs: Queen Victoria's Empire (Lesson Plans)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Four lesson plans for exploring the reign of Queen Victoria, with instructions for introducing learners to the positive and negative impacts of the inventions of the Industrial Revolution, to the leaders of Victorian England, to the role...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Mob's Voice vs. Hero's Voice

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, is used to get young scholars to explore point of view and issues related voice in writing and social justice. This lesson requires the students to analyze and...
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TES Global

Tes: Poetry: Performing Poetry: "Touch" by Lewin

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This downloadable module contains a PowerPoint lesson about how to read and perform the poem "Touch" by Hugh Lewin. A worksheet is provided that will guide students to help them reflect on the poem,...
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Middle Row Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
When their friend Dune goes missing, Raedawn and Vince launch a search for him, eventually finding him at a mountain grow-op. The novel Middle Row by Sylvia Olsen also deals with racial barriers at school. This teacher's guide includes a...
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Other

Civil Rights Teaching

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Online companion to the book "Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching", but many useful resources for any classroom.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Us History: Civil Rights Movement

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners develop and express claims through discussions and writing which examine actions and interactions during the Regan administration and their impact on the Civil Rights Movement.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Blink (Lesson Plans About Hate Crimes)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two lesson plans about the nature of hate crimes can be found at this P.O.V. site. Students identify elements that make up a hate crime and try to determine what motivates those who commit them. They also analyze how hate crimes are...

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