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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Affirmative Action
This resource provides a thorough treatment of the politics of affirmative action from researcher Robert Fullinwider, of the University of Maryland School of Public Policy.
eSchool Today
E School Today: Discrimination and Prejudice
Find out about different types of discrimination, and why it is important to avoid it.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Sit in Movement" by Us history.org
A learning module that begins with "The Sit-in Movement" by USHistory.org, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
Lectric Law Library
When It's Time to File an Ada Complaint
This site will address one very common area of unjustified workplace discrimination, an employee who has a "disability". Site contains personal testimonial.
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech: A Multicultural Literature Bibliography
A list that provides either the teacher or the student with a list of books that gives a representation of the multicultural society that exists in the United States. A brief synopsis of each book is given along with a suggestion for the...
Library of Congress
Loc: Civil Rights Jim Crow in America
A collection of primary source materials that reflect the Jim Crow laws in the United States. Includes analysis tools and teacher guides.
McGraw Hill
Circles of My Multicultural Self a Classroom Activity
Activity helps students identify what they consider to be the most important parts of their own identity and develop a better understanding of stereotypes.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second female U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Other
Civil Rights Teaching
Online companion to the book "Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching", but many useful resources for any classroom.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Themes: Prejudice & Discrimination: How Does Prejudice Emerge?
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "How does prejudice emerge?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration required...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Themes: Prejudice/discrimination: What Are the Effects of Prejudice?
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "What are the effects of prejudice?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration...
Duke University
Racism and Sexism: A Collective Struggle: A Minority Women's Point of View
This site provides an article that discusses sexism and racism against women.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Campaigns for Economic Freedom
This teacher resource highlights how racial discrimination affected the economic conditions of African Americans in the twentieth century. It includes a detailed lesson plan as well as videos and documents for students to explore. There...
Children's Museum
Children's Museum of Indianapolis: The Power of Children: Ryan White
This important online exhibit, "The Power of Children", discusses the lives of three children who faced almost unbearable challenges and become heroes of the 20th century. This page tells the story of Ryan White and his fight against AIDS.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story:jackie Robinson Throws Opening Pitch
Jackie Robinson was not only one of the all-time great baseball players, he was the first African American to play in the Major Leagues. The Library of Congress presents a site with information and photographs of this amazing man.
Other
Presentations From the Life of Frederick Douglass
The actor Fred Morsell, a Frederick Douglass reenactor, provides plays about the 19th century civil rights leader as well as other resources about Douglass's life and work.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Decision in the Streets
Recounts the interracial Ad Hoc Committee to End Racial Discrimination's protests of racial inequality and unfair hiring practices in San Francisco in 1963-64.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
This lesson introduces students to Rosa Parks and the beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. After considering the impact of Ms. Parks' heroism, students will explore its relevance to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Liberation Movements of the 1970s
Learn about the emergence of the American Indian Movement, the gay rights movement, and second-wave feminism.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1840: Irish and German Immigration
Famine and political revolution in Europe led millions of Irish and German citizens to immigrate to America in the mid-nineteenth century.
Childnet
Childnet: Online Safety: Talk It Over
A research-led resource designed to support educators in facilitating empathetic, honest, and evidence-based conversations on online hate and how to tackle it with secondary aged pupils. Talk it over includes a slide presentation with...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Examples of Discrimination in Society Today
This article describes some different types of discrimination and where they can be found.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
This primary source set includes photographs, documents, and news footage that provide context for the challenges characters face in the play.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Discrimination Questions
Practice for the MCAT by answering questions on discrimination.