Search

page

Hostile Opposition to the Civil Rights Movement

Understand how hostile opposition efforts tried to slow or prevent the movement for equality and justice, and apply lessons to today’s justice issues.

February 24, 2025

page

Selma: From the Bridge to the Ballot

Learn how the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march marked a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement and demonstrated the courage of ordinary people.

February 24, 2025

article

June 9, 2025

School Vouchers and the Efforts to Undermine Public Education

School Vouchers - image of public school, parent and child and person with sign "Education is a civil right."

Vouchers are part of a broader effort to dismantle public schools, moving public taxpayer funds into private for-profit institutions. This is the third of three articles on public schools as a common good, which explore the possibilities and threats to public education.

page

What Are the Values of Democracy?

The ideals of democracy are at the core of our shared values and national identity. This resource examines our democratic values as a step in understanding our politics, government and country today. Learn more with LFJ's Civics for Democracy series.

January 8, 2025

page

Freedom Summer and Democracy Today

This overview of Freedom Summer 1964 connects to actions for strengthening democracy today.

August 11, 2024

lesson

The New Mad Men

“The New Mad Men” explores how changing demographics in the United States have changed the face of advertising. In particular, the focus is on the purchasing power of the 54 million Latinx people currently living in the United States. The episode visits the headquarters of LatinWorks, an advertising agency in Austin, Texas, with a specialty in multicultural advertising.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

November 24, 2014

article

Issue 62, Summer 2019

When Schools Cause Trauma

Illustration of a lone young person in the dark looking out a window.

Trauma-sensitive and trauma-informed schools are spreading around the country. But if they don’t start with how schools themselves can induce trauma, they won’t work.

article

March 8, 2018

Destigmatizing Privilege

Privilege can be a sticky subject, but this teacher introduces it to her fourth-graders as a tool they can use to elevate others.

article

December 20, 2017

The Best of 2017

Check out TT’s can’t-miss stories and PD resources from 2017!

publication

School Checklist

How well is your school meeting the needs of your LGBTQ students? PROM [ ] Gender-inclusive language is used on all event communications, including invitations. [ ] Event organizers are educated about students’ First

November 6, 2018

Search

3,447 Results

Get the Learning for Justice Newsletter