Students will use critical thinking skills to analyze primary source documents related to the life of Benjamin Franklin and his relationship with slavery. This lesson
Thomas Ray Garcia, former candidate for the Texas State Board of Education and teacher, details his personal discovery that he grew up mere blocks from
Nazism emerged in Germany during the era of “Jim Crow” in the United States (a period after the Civil War in which segregation was legal
The Trail of Tears was the result of many decades of struggle for the Cherokee Nation and other American Indian tribes. Since the early 1800s,
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.
The Geography of Racism: Housing Policy features a 12-minute video that shows students how racism has affected the built landscape and physical infrastructure of U.S.
On June 28, 1969, the Stonewall uprising took place. It began in the early morning at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York
In the late 1800s, the United States began an educational experiment that the government hoped would change the traditions and customs of Native Americans. Special
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
