Curated Video
It's Hard To Amend The U.S. Constitution For A Reason
The U.S. Constitution is difficult to change by design.
Bloomberg
EU Must Protect Equal Rights: MEP
Nov.02 -- Terry Reintke, MEP, Green Group Vice President & LGBTI Intergroup Co-President tells Bloomberg's Maria Tadeo that the EU needs to take more action when it comes to the protection of fundamental rights including women's rights...
Press Association
Report finds 'disappointing' progress by Government on social mobility
Interview with Jessica Oghenegweke, a commissioner of the Government's Social Mobility Commission, who have released a report on the ‘disappointing’ progress made in the last seven years in terms of social mobility. The report found...
Bloomberg
The Man Who Faced Down FDR and Blazed the Way to Civil Rights
May.12 -- The modern struggle for equal rights in America started earlier than you might think, led in part by a man who was famous before Rosa Parks or Martin Luther King Jr. made their mark on history. This is the story of A. Philip...
Curated Video
Study: Same-Sex Marriage Generated $3.8B In The U.S. Over 5 Years
Since same-sex marriage was legalized in 2015, a UCLA study shows same-sex weddings have generated close to $4 billion.
Participant
The Story of Martin Luther King Jr. by Kid President
The ever-engaging Kid President hosts a video that details the life story of Martin Luther King, Jr. Kid President covers the time from when Martin Luther King, Jr. was born to the extent of his life and includes words of encouragement...
Crash Course
Sex Discrimination: Crash Course Government and Politics #30
How does the Constitution protect someone from discrimination at the workplace, in school, or in a public setting? Scholars research United States government and politics to grasp how the law handled sexual discrimination over the...
Crash Course
Equal Protection: Crash Course Government and Politics #29
One of the first public signs of equal protection under the law came with the Brown v. Board of Education court case in 1954. Learners use a short video clip to analyze the role equal rights play in the US court system. They research...
PBS
Roe v. Wade
Scholars research and discuss the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade in the early 1970s. They answer and reflect on the topic of abortion using discussion questions as a guide. They form their opinions of exactly what role the government...
Macat
An Intro to Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women
Women in modern society are as close to equal rights as they have ever been, thanks to the efforts of early feminists like Mary Wollstonecraft. Her 1792 work, A Vindication of the Rights of Women, advocated for the equal...
Biography
Frederick Douglass- Mini Biography
Before delving deeper into the writings of Frederick Douglass or the abolitionist movement, provide some historical background for your pupils with this brief video and gain a more complete understanding of Douglass' vision for a...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Abolitionists: Southern Abolitionist Angelina Grimke
Find out how anti-slavery activist Angelina Grimke and her sister Sarah went about trying to end slavery and win equal rights for women. [5:57] Includes supplemental materials for both students and teachers.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Us History: Women's Suffrage
In which John Green teaches you about American women in the Progressive Era and, well, the progress they made. So the big deal is, of course, the right to vote women gained when the 19th amendment was passed and ratified. But women made...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Us History: Women in the 19th Century
In which John Green finally gets around to talking about some women's history. In the 19th Century, the United States was changing rapidly, as we noted in the recent Market Revolution and Reform Movements episodes. Things were also in a...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Garrison Closes the Liberator: The Abolitionists
The Liberator, the voice of abolition, closes after four decades and 1,803 issues. [1:16]
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Why Do People Need a Government? Part 5: Human Equality
Do people naturally have equal political rights? John Locke thought so.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Empowering Girls: Classroom Close Up, Nj
Highlighting a student project where students learn about the life of New Jersey native and suffragette Alice Paul and other positive role models for girls, such as Amelia Earhart and Malala Yousafzai. As a culminating project, the...