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Just an Environment or a Just Environment?

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This lesson explores the multiple causes of racial segregation and environmental racism, and helps students understand the perpetuation of institutional racism in the post-Civil Rights era. Students will perform a mock tribunal in which they will research

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6th - 8th Social Studies & History
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Civil War to Civil Rights: From Pea Ridge to Central High

National Park Service
Explore how the Civil War impacted the Civil Rights Movement. Class members complete a series of projects for a unit that uses a layered curriculum approach to learning. 
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Regents High School Examination: Living Environment 2009

New York State Education Department
Emerging ecologists need a full understanding of life, from the inner workings of a cell to the complex relationships among organisms. This examination is meant to assess high schoolers after an entire year of courses on the living...
9th - 12th Science
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Civil Disobedience

Wisconsin Historical Society
When is civil disobedience acceptable? Class members read examples of Jim Crow laws, an excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," and a newspaper article and then consider the factors that make a law just or...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
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Civil Rights and Cold Warriors

Center for History Education
Three presidents, three views on civil rights. Scholars compare the administrations of President Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy to understand how each addressed the issue of civil rights. The lesson uses primary sources and graphic...
9th - 12th Social Studies & History
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Court Proceedings Civil Cases

School Improvement in Maryland
What's the difference between civil and criminal law? How do the court proceedings differ in these two types of trials? How do the standards of proof differ? Why do these differences exist? As part of their examination of the...
9th - 12th Social Studies & History
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Mark Twain: Straddling the Civil War

Curated OER
Mark Twain's life, politics, writing, and role as a mirror of pre- and post-Civil War American culture are the focus 11th and 12th graders in this section from an expansive author study. A critical writing assignment comparing Twain...
11th - Higher Ed English Language Arts
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Post-Civil War American History

Curated OER
Fifth graders examine significant events in Post-Civil War America. In this Post-Civil War activity, 5th graders investigate the important events after the war in 19th century America. They read primary source documents about six topics...
5th Social Studies & History
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The Civil War: A Nation Divided

Curated OER
Discuss the differences between the North and the South and how those differences led to the Civil War. Middle schoolers examine and analyze a famous speech or writing by President Lincoln in order to better understand the speaker's...
6th - 8th Social Studies & History
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The Civil War: Strategies and Battles

University of California
Was it the War against Northern Aggression or the War to Unify the Union? Scholars investigate the key battles and strategies of the American Civil War to determine just why the North was victorious in the end.
7th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
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