Reading a good mystery is like solving a puzzle. Readers have to pay attention to the characters and events in order to solve the mystery. In The Westing Game, the millionaire Samuel Westing has died, and it is time to read his will....

The term “Hispanic” refers to a broad array of Spanish-speaking people from various countries, backgrounds, and ethnicities. Many Americans associate the word primarily with Mexicans or Spaniards, though, and do not fully appreciate the...

The United States is a nation of immigrants. European immigrants in the late 1800s populated our nation and were granted citizenship upon entry. The immigration system has changed dramatically since, and America’s borders are no longer...

Johnny E. Williams is the author of African-American Religion and the Civil Rights Movement in Arkansas (University Press of Mississippi 2003) and Decoding Racial Ideology in Genomics (Lexington Books 2016). The former book examines the...

Chocolate is not just a delicious treat, but a relic of the ancient Mesoamerican civilizations where it was first developed. Early indigenous groups ground dried cacao beans into powder to mix with water. Some believed chocolate was a...

The novel Esperanza Rising tells the “riches to rags” story of a girl who lived comfortably in Mexico in the 1930s until her family’s situation changed. She and her family had to move to California, where they worked in farm labor camps...

Prof. Marlene Kim says her research has revealed that African-American women face triple penalties from race and gender bias, and the combination of those two<br/>

How do we end racism? I think I have a solution, and it first begins with knowing what the actual definitions of "racism" and "race" are. 1) Acknowledge race has no genetic basis, and was a term invented by one group people to justify...

One of the trademark texts of the American school system is Harper Lee’s 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. For decades it has been widely read in high schools and middle schools as a key anti-racist text. But how did...

This video explores the importance of cultural diversity and multiculturalism. It discusses the definition of culture, the benefits of embracing diverse perspectives, and the barriers to multiculturalism. It also provides suggestions for...

Minal Bopaiah is an author, speaker, and strategist committed to designing a more equitable world. With degrees in English, psychology, and organizational development, and a lifelong passion for diversity and inclusion, She has spent her...

In this video, the teacher explains how to find the probability of compound events by creating an organized list. They distinguish between independent and dependent events and emphasize the importance of using mathematical terms rather...

Do you believe that your race correlates to your skin tone? Because that wasn't always the case. So how did Americans come to believe that race equals certain visible physical characteristics such as skin color and hair? And why is it...

In this video, students learn how to solve two-step word problems by completing all the necessary steps. The video provides examples of adding and subtracting marbles in a race, emphasizing the importance of not overlooking any...

Paradigm's Joelle Emerson, All Star Code's Christina Lewis Halpern and Lyft's Tariq Meyers discuss inclusion and diversity in the tech world with WSJ Chief News Editor Jason Anders at the WSJ D.Live conference in Laguna Beach, Calif.

A system of two equations in x and y can be solved by rearranging one equation to represent x in terms of y, and then substituting this expression for x into the other equation to create an equation with only the variable y. This...

This program examines how the Supreme Court refused to recognize the intention of the Fourteenth Amendment and the equal protection clause. Students will learn about the concept of "separate but equal" and about the Supreme Court...

Why do we think there are only two genders? Because there are cultures that believe there are many more than two genders. And what's the difference between sex and gender?

In this video, the teacher explains how to determine if a line on a graph represents a function by mapping inputs to outputs. The concept of a function is introduced, and the vertical line test is used to determine if a graph represents...

This short video describes the different types of sporting events held at the Olympics in Ancient Greece

In this lesson, students will learn how to solve real-life word problems involving division of mixed numbers and fractions. They will be guided on using picture models to visualize the problem and make sense of the solution....

EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW



CHAPTER 1. The Ninth & Tenth
Amendment
Students will learn that the Ninth Amendment in the Bill of Rights states that the rights of citizens are not limited to those rights spelled...

The Tortoise and the Hare | Aesop's Fables for Kids "Slow and steady wins the race." This is the moral of this Aesop's fable when the hare and the tortoise set off to race with one another. Kids and toddlers can learn valuable lessons as...

In this video we will start going over simple examples involving measurement of angles.