Students decide when people are being fair and unfair. They participate in a game in which teams find different color pieces of wool in a timed situation. They discuss the feelings of those on the winning team, and if the game is fair....

Students design a physical activity contest or game that has no cultural or gender biases which includes an assessment that ranks competitors according to the competitors abilities. They participate in and evaluate the newly designed...

Seventh graders explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, 7th graders examine scenarios based on injustice. Students consider the action they would personally take in the situations by reflection through writing.

Twelfth graders examine the concept of discrimination.  In this Current Events lesson, 12th graders prepare for a trial on discrimination.  Students participate in these trials as a specific role. 

Students examine the distribution of wealth in the US. In this economic distribution instructional activity, students use math skills to apply real statistics to the students in their classroom making these facts more of a reality.

Students investigate the concept of equal opportunity in school. In this equal opportunity lesson, students participate in a discussion about the fairness of certain situations in school. They listen to a story entitled, "Left Out",...

Young scholars analyze procedural justice by identifying unfair decisions by ruler in play, stating procedural guarantees that a Bill of Rights should include, and comparing their list of guarantees to those provided by the U.S....

Students examine the concepts related to stereotypes. In this stereotyping lesson, students define the word "stereotype" before working in a group to develop stereotype statements. They determine if the statements are fair. They work...

Students debate Affirmative Action. For this Civil Rights lesson students examine the development of affirmative action. Students discuss whether affirmative action is advancing equality and civil rights or not.

Students investigate peer pressure by discussing women's suffrage. In this Women's rights activity, students explore the history of voting in the United States and when women were finally allowed to do so. Students create a poster in...

Fourth graders examine how to determine the probabilities or likelihood of outcomes. They complete trials to determine probability while using different manipulatives. They determine how games can be made fair or unfair in this unit of...

Learners compare and contrast the English version to the Maori version of the Treaty of Waitangi.  In this diversity activity, students discuss similarities and differences in the two versions of the treaty.  Learners discuss...

Students examine the concept of justice. In this fairness instructional activity, students explore just and unjust activities they have observed in the world. Students attempt to look at both sides of stories.

Students discover details about women's suffrage in Britain. In this women's rights lesson, students examine "Grace Before Meat,"a political cartoon that serves as a discussion starter, for the suffrage movement in Britain. Students...

In this probability instructional activity, 4th graders look at a spinner and figure out the odds of the spinner hitting each space. They answer 9 short answer questions.

In this suffrage worksheet, students investigate the right to vote in the U.K. as they read an article, then respond to 3 short answer questions regarding the topic. Students also read a descriptive selection about prime ministers of the...

In this current events worksheet, learners analyze a political cartoon about the 2004 election and respond to 5 short answer questions.

Students examine animal rights by researching factory farm methods. For this animal abuse lesson, students identify how many ingredients used in their breakfast come from animals. Students research the health hazards caused to humans by...

First graders listen to the book Happy Birthday Martin Luther King and sing a song about him. In this reading lesson, 1st graders develop listening skills as they listen to the book. They also discuss their feelings about the laws that...

Students see how unfair a justice system would be like the one represented in the story, "The Lady or the Tiger?" and afterwards the class can discuss the advantages to our justice system in the US.

Learners analyze the concept of procedural justice. In this judges in the classroom instructional activity, students role play the ways the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights established certain procedures to protect people from...

Young scholars have tournaments in teams after learning information about The Middle Ages. In this Middle Ages lesson plan, students learn that tournaments are mock battles, but that they will have these battles by answering questions in...

Students examine the need to cite sources and respect intellectual property. They determine the need to use their own ideas and words.

In this equal pay day instructional activity, students read or listen to a tape passage about Equal Pay Day, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct words, unscramble words and sentences, put sentences in order, write...