Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Researching Equality and Justice

For Teachers 8th
Choosing from a list, researchers investigate topics that range from the women in the American Civil Rights movement to the quest for equal rights in Iraq and Afghanistan. Although the plan is not detailed, a link to a PBS site that...
Unit Plan
2
2
Odell Education

Making Evidence-Based Claims: Grade 8

For Teachers 8th Standards
American women have been working toward equal rights since the ink dried on the Declaration of Independence. Focused on the words and actions of Sojourner Truth, Shirley Chisholm, and Venus Williams, a language arts lesson takes eighth...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Equality

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine equality. In this equality lesson, students experience unfairness and inequality through teacher showing favoritism in words and actions. Students read Martin's Big Words and discuss fairness and equality.
Lesson Plan
Penguin Books

Core Curriculum Lesson Plans for Jefferson's Sons

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Thomas Jefferson lived a controversial life. A series of lesson plans shares information about Jefferson's Sons, a novel about the infamous founding father. Discussion questions and other tasks explore different points of view and cover...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Graphs

For Students 9th - 11th
In this graphs worksheet, students solve and complete 15 various types of problems. First, they determine the range of the function of the graph shown and write in interval notation. Then, students find the domain of the function in the...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

"Three Stones Back": Using Informational Text to Enhance Understanding of Ball Don't Lie

For Teachers 8th - 11th Standards
"Three Stones Back," a passage from Matt de la Pena's best-seller, Ball Don't Lie, allows readers to practice their close reading skills as they compare the passage to an information text about wealth inequality. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

IS MY SCHOOL EQUITABLE?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the students handbook and revise each section to make it equitable for males and females. In this stereotypes instructional activity students engage in a discussion of gender inequality and then look through the student...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Entrepreneurs and the African-American Dream

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students make a simple graph of labor supply and labor demand in the North and South in the early twentieth century. They conduct research to identify top contemporary African-American entrepreneurs.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Properties of Geometry

For Students 10th
In this properties of geometry worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 12 different problems that include various theorems. First, they draw a figure that illustrates the SAS inequality property. Then, students prove that two line...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Jazz's Beginnings

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine jazz's roots and their hybridization in New Orleans in the early 20th century. They listen to ragtime and jazz recordings, then complete worksheets imbedded in this plan.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Funding "Great" Schools For All in America

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students use research skills and primary sources to complete a equal educational opportunities scavenger hunt activity in pairs. They locate key facts, examples, and information about the inequities in U.S. schools and create projects...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

For Better Or For Worse

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore personal and public responsibility in dealing with social inequality. They conduct research and participate in a discussion about the effect of Hurricane Katrina in regard to racial and economic equality in the United...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Comparative Adjectives

For Students 4th - 5th
In this comparative adjectives worksheet, students fill in the spaces with the appropriate comparative adjectives in 8 sentences, write two sentences for the following : showing equal comparisons, comparative adjectives, unequal...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

OK in Oklahoma? All-Black Communities

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils read to discover the African-American migration to Oklahoma following the Civil War and the eventual settlements of thirty-two all-black towns. To present their findings, students will write position papers and participate in oral...
Interactive
Curated OER

Sayings Quiz: Mixed 8

For Students 5th - 7th
In this English sayings worksheet, learners complete sentences by interpreting English sayings.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Counteracting Media Stereotyping

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Discuss media stereotypes with your emerging consumers. They view a television program to identify gender bias. After discussing the clip as a class, each learner writes a story showing more equitable roles. Or consider having them...
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Struggle for Equality

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage gives biographical information about famous African Americans who have worked hard to fight against inequality. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills....
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

For Students 9th - 10th
March 21 is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Learn about the history of this of importat day and its origin in 1960's South Africa.