This teaching tool at vocabulary.com features a 135-word vocabulary list taken from the children’s book, “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy” by Emmanuel Acho. Other
Was George Washington a man of his time, a slaveholder in a state where 40% of the population were slaves? Was George Washington a conflicted
Although different in many ways, antisemitism in Nazi Germany during the 1930s and anti-Black racism in Jim Crow-era America deeply affected communities in these countries.
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
Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African-American boy from Chicago, Illinois who went to visit his family in Mississippi in 1955 before the start of a
The Real World lesson offers students an opportunity to understand how higher education is linked to higher weekly incomes and how income impacts an individual’s
For this lesson, students will analyze the relationship between lead poisoning in children and the racial makeup of communities. Students will develop a public service
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
