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Welfare is a Women's Issue

This essay expounds on the injustices and false perceptions faced by women in the welfare system. Tillmon contends that the system is overrun with sexism and that until American women are liberated by equal pay, the welfare system will continue to be a trap for them.
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Johnnie Tillmon
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
Topic
Class Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism
Subject
Economics
Social Justice Domain
Identity Justice Action
July 3, 2014
lesson

Food Deserts: Causes, Consequences and Solutions

Increases in obesity and diet-related diseases are major health problems in the United States. During the last 20 years there has been a dramatic increase in the nation’s obesity rates, correlating with increased rates of cardiovascular disease, certain types of cancer, Type 2 diabetes, increased health-care costs, reduced quality of life and increased risk for premature death.
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
Topic
Class
Subject
Social Studies
Economics
Science & Health
Social Justice Domain
Justice
October 17, 2011
lesson

STEM at Work

In this lesson, students explore the varied work of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians, and discuss character traits common to all of them. Students meet a diverse group of scientists—inventors, problem-solvers and those who explain the world around us.
Grade Level
3-5
Topic
Gender & Sexual Identity
Subject
Reading & Language Arts
Social Studies
Math & Technology
Science & Health
Social Justice Domain
Diversity
April 18, 2016