AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Do the government's affirmative action policies promote equity in the United States? The Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution and affirmative action policies come under scrutiny in an activity that asks class members to...

How can a college board of trustees both increase cultural and racial diversity and offer all incoming students equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment? Class members debate the question using readings about how colleges use...

Article and activity in which students explore affirmative action in higher education and set university admission policy in small group activity. Includes questions for discussion and writing.

How is discrimination from the past reversed? Scholars investigate the concept of affirmative action in the 32nd lesson of a 50-part Crash Course video series on United States government and politics. They use the short video to analyze...

Eleventh graders examine the Adarand case.  In this American Government lesson, 11th graders create a list of reasons for each affirmative action program.  Students develop a defense on certain issues and present it to the...

Learning module and lesson plan in which students will deliberate in the classroom on the topic of Affirmative Action. Lesson provides students with the history of affirmative action policies and practices in the U.S. and opposing...

A description of the reasoning behind affirmative action, the court cases that upheld it, and those that have dismantled it.

Spurred by a case in Texas where a student felt her rights were compromised when she was denied entrance into the University of Texas, this lesson plan addresses college admissions' processes in the United States.

The nation's colleges and universities have been on pins and needles waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether race can be a factor in their admissions policies.

This multimedia site explores the Supreme Court reaction to affirmative action cases in university admissions policies. There are links to audio clips and various related articles.