What Lies Beneath

What people groups originally settled in Australia and Oceania, and how do their geography and history affect the regions' cultural makeup? Here you'll find a traditional textbook chapter covering these topics, including informational...

Paul Laurence Dunbar's "We Wear the Mask" provides an opportunity for a discussion of the various masks people craft and their reasons for doing so.

Students identify and explore honesty in leadership. In this leadership activity, students define honesty and record occupations that need honesty. Students research a dishonest leader and create a presentation for the research. Students...

Students explore symbols of hatred. In this racist imagery lesson, students research various symbols and graphics associated with hate groups. Students share their findings with their classmates as they share informative posters.

Students explore the concept of tolerance as variety of images and words are probed for expressions of misinformation and stereotyping. Advertisements, textbooks, public monuments, historical markers, TV shows, Web sites, logos and...