Thurgood Marshall Makes a Difference
In this lesson, students will work in small groups to research Thurgood Marshall’s life and achievements, focusing on his influence on Civil Rights. They will
June 7, 2024
In this lesson, students will work in small groups to research Thurgood Marshall’s life and achievements, focusing on his influence on Civil Rights. They will
Much of the Thanksgiving story focuses on a peaceful, cross-cultural exchange between the “Pilgrims and Indians.” While it is true that the Wampanoag and the
Using a video featuring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, students compare legal and historical interpretations of seven women in Supreme Court history. Women’s Studies, Women’s Suffrage,
In this lesson, students will compare a firsthand account of the Civil Rights Movement with their preconceptions of it. Specifically, they will (a) know pivotal
Ona Judge Staines was enslaved and forced to work as Martha Washington’s personal servant until she escaped from the President’s Mansion in Philadelphia. Much is
In August 2019, The New York Times Magazine published The 1619 Project, an ongoing initiative that aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the
Students will learn about the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of expression and about censorship by looking at the examples of banned children’s books. Then
In this lesson, students will work in pairs and use expert reading strategies to analyze the Court’s ruling in Hernandez v. Texas. After participating in
In today’s climate of classroom censorship, tools for culturally sustaining teaching can be hard to find and implement. This is why IDRA launched our new
America is Me (AIM) is a framework that provides educators with curricular resources to promote students’ understanding of equity issues central to the development of