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MLK Dream Update

Dr. King views two sides of the glass. 1% drive convertibles with a waiter serving water out of a glass carafe and 99% stand in line in a gray room struggling to reach the water fountain. Caption reads, "Bet you didn't dream this."

This political cartoon by Pat Bagley illustrates how income inequality can be viewed as the next chapter of Martin Luther King’s struggle.

Pat Bagley

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Class Rights & Activism

Subject

Economics

September 3, 2015

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Separate Is Not Equal

These two images depict segregated classrooms before the Brown v. Board of Education decision.

Jack Delano

Grade Level

K-2 3-5 6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Class

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

September 3, 2015

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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African

This excerpt gives a first-person account of Equiano’s forced transatlantic voyage, including being brought on board, the horrors of being on deck and being sold in the yard once the ship reached land.

Olaudah Equiano

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

July 29, 2016

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Signs behind the bar, in Birney, Montana

A black and white image of a wall behind a bar with signs that read "Positively No Beer Sold to Indians" and "God Bless America".

This photograph, from 1941, was taken by Marion Post Wolcott in Birney, Montana.

Marion Post Wolcott

Grade Level

3-5 6-8 9-12

Topic

Rights & Activism

Subject

History

February 27, 2017

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Percentage of People in Poverty (2015)

Percentage of people in poverty by state

This is a U.S. Census Bureau map of the U.S. population living in poverty as of 2015.

U.S. Census Bureau

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Class

Subject

Economics

Geography

April 3, 2017

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Immigration Myths

In this lesson, students will deconstruct common myths about immigrants and the process of immigration in the United States. They will also have an opportunity to share their knowledge with the greater community.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Immigration

March 7, 2017

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The Journal of a Slaver

Newton’s journal depicts the inhumane treatment of enslaved people by their captors on the Middle Passage.

John Newton

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

January 4, 2018

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Informational

Slaves’ Petition for Freedom to the Massachusetts Legislature (1777)

This petition illustrates how enslaved people used the rhetoric of the American Revolution to point out the colonies’ hypocrisy of demanding freedom and liberty, while themselves having slavery.

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

January 5, 2018

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Informational

Petition of 1788 for the Abolition of Slavery in Connecticut, by Enslaved People of New Haven

This petition illustrates how enslaved people used the rhetoric of the American Revolution to point out the colonies’ hypocrisy of demanding freedom and liberty, while themselves having slavery.

“Blacks of New Haven City”

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

January 5, 2018

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Informational

Fighting Rebels With Only One Hand

Frederick Douglass argues for African-American participation in the Union army.

Frederick Douglass

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

August 17, 2018

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