article
1,755 Results
lesson
Peaceful Lessons from Peaceful Leaders: Tri-Leadership
This shortest month of the year is typically filled with history reports, pageants, guest speakers, cultural fairs and the like. Seldom a day goes by that we don't hear the names of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Madame C.J. Walker, George Washington Carver, and so on.
July 17, 2009
publication
professional development
Supreme Court Re-Examines 1965 Voting Rights Act Transcript
This piece is to accompany African Americans Face and Fight Obstacles to Voting. Watch the video here.
November 4, 2011
article
Looking Back at Civil Rights—and Looking Ahead
Like the more than 22,000 students who visit the Civil Rights Memorial Center each year, Brittney Johnson loved the fountain. The 10-year-old Montgomery, Ala., native had never been to the memorial center, even though it’s just a few miles from her house. And like most visitors she was instantly drawn to the circular black granite fountain out in front. This unique piece of architecture, designed by Maya Lin, is engraved with the names of 40 civil rights martyrs. Next to it stands a wall of water that cascades transparently over Martin Luther King Jr.’s well-known paraphrase of Amos 5:24 -- We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
article
lesson
The Rich Tapestry of Religion in the United States
“The Rich Tapestry of Religion in the United States” features three lessons that help students assess the religious diversity of the United States, explore different religious and non-religious worldviews, and consider how freedom of religion relates to their own lives and the lives of others.
March 1, 2013
article
Toolkit for “Just Science”
This toolkit accompanies the article “Just Science,” and provides a classroom resource to help students probe deeper to discover the social and ethical implications of topics in science.
text
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.
January 5, 2018
text
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.
January 5, 2018