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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Women's Issues in Art: Key Points

For Students 9th - 10th
In this series of videos, we've met artists who use their work as a platform for thinking about big issues- not just those that are unique to them as women and artists, but about gender, sexuality, equality, and political rights, too.
Article
Education Development Center

Title Ix: A Brief History

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief but comprehensive article on the history and current status of Title IX. Provides list of resource organizations and materials as well as contact information for centers that assist with desegragation issues in public schools.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Martin Luther King Jr.

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Student understands the struggle for racial and gender equality and the extension of civil liberties using Martin Luther King's speeches, History of holiday, biography and many other activities.
Activity
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Womanhood"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes encouraging students to become more aware of the role of women in society, and promoting appreciation for the contributions of women.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Neeraj

For Students 9th - 10th
Neeraj, a young girl in rural India who performs her household chores during the day and goes to school at night, is profiled in this video segment from Wide Angle.
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National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Betty Friedan

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Women's Hall of Fame offers an outline of the life and accomplishnments of women's rights activist Betty Friedan, author of "The Feminine Mystique."
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: The Declaration of Sentiments

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource gives an introduction to "The Declaration of Sentiments" from the Seneca Falls Conference in 1848, which demanded rights for women, as well as a full text accompanying it.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Ruth Bader Ginsberg

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second female U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Women in Parliament

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from Wide Angle, learn about the representation of women in Rwanda's parliament.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Madam President?

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text women's rights and women in high political positions. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Liberation Movements of the 1970s

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the emergence of the American Indian Movement, the gay rights movement, and second-wave feminism.
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Other

Blue Shoe Guide: The Nineteenth Amendment & the War of the Roses

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides historical and biographical information about the fight in Tennessee to ratify the 19th Amendment.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Harriet Jacobs: "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl," 1861

For Students 9th - 10th
Several chapters from a slave narrative by Harriet Jacobs examining her abuse, her integrity, and her eventual escape from brutality, all of which raise important questions about power, equality, and gender roles in the mid-nineteenth...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Point of View: Who, Me? Biased?: Understanding Implicit Bias

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this interactive lesson, students explore the extent to which society (and they themselves) may discriminate based on factors they're not even aware of, implicit biases. Why haven't laws been enough to eliminate discrimination? After...
Article
University of California

Ucla: Manas: History and Politics: Public Interest Litigation

For Students 9th - 10th
Though the Constitution of India guarantees equal rights to all citizens, irrespective of race, gender, religion, and other considerations, and the "directive principles of state policy" as stated in the Constitution obligate the...
Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Eleanor Holmes Norton

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Eleanor Holmes Norton, an American lawyer and politician who broke several gender and racial barriers during her career, in which she defended the rights of others for equal opportunity.