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The Fog Machine

This excerpt focuses on the lives of African American students during Freedom Summer. After reading Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech in class in 1963, students in main character C.J.'s school are asked to share their dreams at an assembly.

Susan Follett

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

Subject

Civics

History

June 9, 2015

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Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments

In his anonymous protest of a bill that would institute taxation for established religion, James Madison asserts the necessary separation of church and state and the right of every person to practice religion freely.

James Madison

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Religion Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

June 11, 2015

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Manzanar, 1942

Japanese Americans exit a bus in professional attire. Two women hold babies.

Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, over 110,000 Japanese Americans, mostly U.S. citizens, were incarcerated in “War Relocation Camps.” These photographs were taken at Manzanar, one of the ten Japanese internment camps, in 1942.

Clem Albers and Francis Stewart

Grade Level

3-5 6-8 9-12

Topic

Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

September 3, 2015

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Visual

The Magic Washer

Uncle Sam boots out a group of stereotypically depicted Chinese Americans

An 1886 advertisement for a laundry detergent called the Magic Washer shows Uncle Sam booting out a group of stereotypically depicted Chinese Americans.

Shober & Carqueville

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Immigration

Subject

Civics

History

September 3, 2015

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Informational

John Brown's Speech to the Court at His Trial

John Brown was charged with murder, insurrection and treason after the raid on Harpers Ferry. After being found guilty and while awaiting his sentencing, he was asked if there was any reason he should not be given the death sentence. He responded with this speech.

John Brown

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Slavery Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

November 2, 2015

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Informational

International Bill of Gender Rights

This proclamation, although written from the gender perspective, details ten human and civil rights that should be afforded to all human beings.

International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

November 3, 2015

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Informational

Beauty and Body Image in the Media

This article presents facts and statistics pertaining to the media's negative influence on female body image, the diet industry's booming numbers, and the link between media and peer pressure to look younger and stay thinner.

Media Awareness Network

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

Subject

History

Economics

July 2, 2014

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Visual

Boys in a Cigar Factory

This 1908 photograph by Lewis Hine depicts young children at work in an early 20th century factory.

Lewis Hine

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

Subject

History

Economics

July 2, 2014

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Informational

Janet Napolitano Press Release, June 2012

This press release from the Secretary of Homeland Security lays out the criteria for individuals, who were brought to the United States illegally as young children, to receive deferred action.

Department of Homeland Security

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Immigration Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

July 2, 2014

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Visual

Confrontation at the Bridge

A group of nonviolent marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Selma. 1965

This 1974 print depicts Bloody Sunday, when a group of nonviolent protestors marching for voting rights in 1965 faced police violence at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala.

Jacob Lawrence

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

July 2, 2014

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