Students explore the impact of the Plessy v. Ferguson case. In this social justice activity, students examine the case, Jim Crow laws, and non-violent forms of protest. Students write essays to persuade the government regarding unjust...

The students read "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. Through this study the students will learn what paradigms are, and how to distinguish whether the paradigms they have established in their lives are positive or...

Students examine the impact of racial discrimination. In this equality lesson, students identify examples of discrimination, analyze its impact, and examine strategies to overcome racial stereo typing and discrimination.

Students compare brown eggs and white eggs. In this color lesson, students see two different color eggs and predict what they will look like on the inside. They see that both eggs are the same and compare this to people of different...

Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary resources. In this World War II lesson, students examine racial relations during the war and then examine propaganda techniques employed by the United States...

Learners compare the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to the war crimes of WWII. In this lesson on Human Rights, students evaluate the causes of WWII, war crimes, and determine whether the outcome might have been different otherwise.

Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this Reconstruction instructional activity, students research details pertaining to Congress's role in Reconstruction. Students use the provided...

Students reflect on power, privilege, and standing in American society. In this writing skills instructional activity, students respond to the question, "If you are denied power, privilege, and equal standings with other Americans, how...

Students explore human rights issues. In this human rights lesson, students use the Carter Center Human Rights Defenders website to complete a scavenger hunt that allows them to investigate the work of those fighting for human rights...

Students explore the concept of individual rights. In this McCarthyism lesson, students determine how government may affect the rights of individuals as they examine the Constitution, participate in class discussions, and research the...

Students analyze arpilleras. For this Chilean history instructional activity, students examine social justice issues as they read and interpret arpilleras. Students study the tapestries to learn about Augusto Pinochet and his human...

Students explore how human rights are different in each part of the world.  In this freedome activity, students define human rights, research how human rights in one country ultimately affect other countries, and share their...

In this international day in support of torture victims worksheet, students read or listen to a passage the match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct words, unscramble words and sentences, put sentences in order, write...

Learners discover one of the restrictions forced on women of the early 1900s. In this civil rights lesson plan, students investigate suffrage and why women were not allowed to vote in the early twentieth century. Learners create a mock...

Students complete multiple lessons to identify the human rights and social justice for Native Americans. In this human rights instructional activity, students complete fifty one days of activities to a instructional activity titled...

Students use Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as analysis on human rights. In this human rights lesson plan, students develop an awareness of human rights issues and explore the Universal Declaration of Human Rights using...

Students analyze the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights." In this human rights lesson, students explore the text of this document and watch Amnesty International videos about human rights. Students then locate and discuss articles on...

Students create a human rights project based on their lesson with Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In this human rights lesson, students participate in a humanitarian gesture as volunteers by creating a human rights...

Students define the universal rights of human beings. In this human rights lesson, students visit the website about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and read all parts of the document. Students discuss why there is a need for...

Students examine human rights issues using Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In this human rights lesson plan, students review a copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and complete a survey for their school about...

Pupils evaluate the human rights climate for their school. In this human rights lesson plan, students complete activities to identify the human rights climate at their school using the lesson plan on the given link.

Students explore the work in individuals that are part of Darfur Now. In this human rights lesson, students also analyze the message of Weisel's Not on Our Watch. Students create found poems pertaining to social responsibility and activism.

Learners examine gays rights issues in the United States. In this gay marriage lesson, students investigate how people have made their cases before the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government to secure their...

Students explore  the concept of resegregation. In this civil rights lesson, students research the impact of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling in their community. Students define and research...