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Literature

The Jungle

From a novel that raised public consciousness about conditions in the meatpacking industry, these excerpts provide a glimpse into early 20th century industrialization from labor's vantage point.
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Upton Sinclair
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Subject
History
Economics
Social Justice Domain
July 3, 2014
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Informational

The First Americans

The Grand Council Fire of American Indians wrote this letter in response to the Chicago mayor's 1927 campaign against the use of British textbooks in public schools. The letter condemns the misrepresentation of Native American history in schools.
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The Grand Council Fire of American Indians
Grade Level
6-8
Subject
Civics
History
Social Justice Domain
July 3, 2014
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Literature

The Fiery Tail: A Chinese Tale of True Beauty

The Peacock Fairy needs to choose an apprentice, but all of the peacocks look alike. To stand out, most of them decide to add things to their feathers, but the Little Peacock doesn't follow suit, and his actions succeed in catching the Peacock Fairy's attention.
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Hua Long
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Topic
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Civics
Social Justice Domain
July 3, 2014
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Informational

Indian Occupation of Alcatraz

The announcement on November 20, 1969 from 89 American Indians – mostly students from colleges and universities – that they were taking over Alcatraz Island, set in motion what would become the longest occupation of a federal facility by Native Americans to date. This report aired a year later on NBC News, in December 1970, six months before the occupation ended.
by
Frank Bourholtzer
Grade Level
6-8
Subject
Civics
History
Geography
Social Justice Domain
July 3, 2014
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Multimedia

The Convert

This radio segment looks at a workshop, led by law professor Ramzi Kassem, offering guidance to Muslims on how to respond in the event that they find themselves under surveillance in terrorism investigations.
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Chicago Public Media
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Subject
Civics
Social Justice Domain
July 3, 2014
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Informational

The burden of being a young American Muslim

Hailey Woldt describes being a part of a research team that traveled to 75 cities and visited 100 mosques as part of a study on Muslims living in a post-9/11 America. In Brooklyn, a ten-year-old boy tells of being beaten, prevented from practicing his religion in peace and called a terroist.
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Hailey Woldt
Grade Level
6-8
Subject
Civics
Geography
Social Justice Domain
July 3, 2014
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