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Bus Boycott: Historical Documents Highlight Integration Milestone

This collection of primary resources and corresponding activities sheds light on the endurance of peaceful protesters in Montgomery, Ala., who overturned an unjust law.

Grade Level

3-5 6-8 9-12

Topic

Rights & Activism

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

History

July 6, 2009

professional development

The Freedom Riders Video Transcript

This piece is to accompany The Freedom Riders video and lesson. In 1961, the Civil Rights Movement took another strategic turn. A small group of activists, both black and white, calling themselves the Freedom Riders, decided to travel by bus through the Deep South, where segregation in bus facilities wasn’t just the custom, it was the law, and where the simple act of boarding a bus was enough to put one’s life on the line.

April 5, 2011

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Informational

Our Gender is Soldier

While the question of allowing women to serve in combat was still under discussion at the Pentagon, Rod Norland explored whether the question had already been answered on the front lines of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Rod Norland

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

July 2, 2014

text

Informational

I Didn't Know There Were Cities in Africa: Challenging Children's-and Adult's-Misperceptions about the African Continent

In her article, Randolph delineates the profound impact of perpetuating stereotypical representations of Africa and its people by arranging them into three levels and then providing recommendations for how to combat them when creating learning experiences for students in the United States.

LFJ Staff

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Immigration

Subject

History

Geography

September 28, 2018

article

Issue 59, Summer 2018

SMS SOS

Young people are increasingly turning to their phones to find support in the midst of a crisis.

article

Issue 62, Summer 2019

The Subscribed Classroom: Using Podcasts to Teach About Social Justice

Illustration of an open book where one of the pages is set up in the style of a podcast episode player.

More and more educators are turning to podcasts to bring new ideas, arguments and voices into their classrooms.

article

December 19, 2018

We Can’t Lose Another Child to Suicide

Young student with back to the viewer wearing a backpack.

Hate at school can cost lives, and we’ve already lost too many.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

article

February 7, 2020

An Educator Workshop With Black Children at the Center

Group of students and teacher sitting around table having a discussion

An executive director of educational equity explains how her district planned a workshop for Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action—and how you can, too.

Topic

Rights & Activism

article

February 27, 2023

Conversations About Gun Violence, Disinformation and Extremism

A group of teens sits in a circle having a conversation.

To support young people as they grapple with harms motivated by extremism, PERIL director of research, Pasha Dashtgard, Ph.D., argues that it’s incumbent upon the whole community to address hate-fueled violence.

Topic

Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

article

July 6, 2022

Don’t Stop Talking About Gun Violence

A child's feet with sneakers on them stand in front of words that include protect, students, mass shooting, cries, brutality, activism, walkout and more etched in chalk on the ground.

We must push for more restrictive gun laws to change the cycle of mass shootings, collective outrage and minimal action.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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