Comprehensive resources on the civil rights movement allows students to broaden their understanding through video and primary source material as they analyze the motivation and experience of students who joined the movement and consider...

A timeline highlighting the protests between 1964 and 1972 against the Vietnam War, many involving students at universities.

For this lesson, students explore the concept of revolution while learning about various Arab Spring protest movements in the Middle East and North Africa. They will assess the accomplishments of the movements and discuss whether they...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students solve a problem surrounding a historical question by reading primary source documents. This historical inquiry activity allows students to source, corroborate, and contextualize speeches from...

Excellent resource for students learning about the conflict in Syria and trying to understand the international response to the problem. Students work in small groups and independently to research and formulate answers to the given...

Learning module with multi-media lesson and resources in which students work in small groups to analyze the issues that frame the debate around U.S. policy.

One of the most important aspects of the war in Vietnam was the draft. Every male upon reaching the age of eighteen was required to register with the selective service. Men found themselves willingly enlisting, trying for deferments as...

The main objective is for students to be able to interpret a chosen character from the novel Animal Farm. Students will then have an opportunity to represent that character in original symbolic form and present it orally to the class.

A reporter speaks to two former Weathermen radicals who are middle aged now. Would they do what they did during their youth knowing what they know now? They both said positively.

Lesson in which students use a short video to analyze the relevance of graffiti during the Egyptian revolution and assess the role of graffiti in political protest.

This mini-activity covers the basics of the Supreme Court's decision that extended First Amendment protections to students in the classroom. Students learn about the concept of symbolic speech and how students gained the right to engage...

This is the text, audio, and video [1:26] of Mario Savio encourage students to protest by participating in a sit-in on the steps of Sproul Hall at The University of California at Berkeley on December 2, 1964.

This resource provides a brief description of Farmer's role in support of the Greensboro sit-ins. An audio clip is included.