Surviving the Struggle: Ruby Bridges, Ryan White, and Anne Frank

Students explore American diversity. In this Civil Rights lesson, students read literature and examine primary sources in order to better understand discrimination and segregation. Students read The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles...

Six-year old Ruby Bridges' role in the desegregation of New Orleans' William Frantz Public School is the subject of a comprehension exercise that asks young readers to respond to a series of questions based on the provided passage.

  Young scholars examine why Martin Luther King, Jr. is considered to be such a great man, by listening to the many anecdotes about his experiences.  In this Martin Luther King, Jr. instructional activity, students read the story about...

The story of Ruby Bridges and the case of Brown vs. The Board of Education are fantastic tools for discussing the concept of separate but equal. Kids tackle some big questions about what is fair, what is civil, and what rights or laws...

Robert Coles’ The Story of Ruby Bridges forms the basis of this powerful cross-curricular study of civic education and civic responsibility. Class members consider how the book presents authority, responsibility, justice, and privacy.....

Can your pupils identify these five important civil rights figures? Given five short descriptions, learners must match each person to his or her civil rights achievements. 

Young scholars research the time frame of Anne Frank's death and the end of the concentration camps and develop a story of her life as if she had survived. They read and analyze "The Diary of Anne Frank," and write a journal entry from...

Students are asked how would you describe your yourself (Racial/Ethnic). Students read Little Boxes, where it is discussed that the author describes that backgrounds of her parents. They continue to read where they still need to come...

Students explore racial equality. In this cross curriculum U.S. civil rights history and literacy activity, students read excerpts from fiction and nonfiction text that address racial equality and school integration. Students identify...