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Civil Rights Memorial
Learners discuss the Civil Rights Movement and the key events that ended segregation in the United States.
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Visualizing School Equity
Learners examine the funding gap in school systems. In this diversity education lesson, students read an article regarding the inequitable school funding. Learners research information pertaining to school funding in their state.
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Human Rights Violations
Students explore how human rights are different in each part of the world. In this freedome lesson, students define human rights, research how human rights in one country ultimately affect other countries, and share their findings...
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"Once Upon a Time": Tearing Down Fences
Ninth graders study how individuals take responsibility in reducing societal misunderstandings. They discover the irony in thinking that building fences provides security and solves societal problems. They consider the fences that every...
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Human Rights
Students read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and then research countries which have had human right violations.
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Reaching Across Borders In Southern Africa
Students gain a greater understanding of how political borders impact human and environmental development. Then, either individually or as a class, establish a correspondence with a Peace Corps volunteer working in Africa.
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Ducksters: Civil Rights for Kids: Apartheid
Kids learn about the history of apartheid in South Africa including the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, the Soweto Uprising, and bringing apartheid law to an end on this site.