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2011-2012 Resources Thematic

(Key: E = Elementary, M = Middle, H = High, TR = Teacher Resources)

Abolitionism and Slavery

Resources on remembering the slave trade, by Human Rights Education Association. A rich collection of links to study guides, websites and other links for teaching about abolitionism and the slave trade in the US as well as materials on modern-day slavery. (H, TR) http://bit.ly/cuCQFH

Write the Truth, by Bob Peterson, Rethinking Schools. Peterson describes an inquiry project in which his 5th graders investigated which U.S. Presidents owned slaves and wrote letters to textbooks to demand that this information be included. (E, M) http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/16_04/Writ164.shtml

Breaking the Silence, by UNESCO. This site is designed to provide teachers with a variety of resources and ideas about how to teach the Transatlantic Slave Trade. It includes lesson plans, maps and insights from other teachers. (M, H) http://old.antislavery.org/breakingthesilence/

Would you have helped out?, by National Geographic. This lesson has students investigate the dangers that escaping slaves and their helpers on the Underground Railroad faced and asks them to consider whether they would have helped if they’d been free people during the time of slavery. (M) http://bit.ly/bAR8VY

Fugitive Slave Law simulation, by Learn NC. Students face the critical issue of the Fugitive Slave Bill that gave Southerners the right to regain their runaway slaves and return them to bondage. In order to take on the roles of historical actors, students will examine primary source documents from the Documenting the American South collection and critique arguments in favor and opposed to the Bill. (H) http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/2936

The Long Song, by Andrea Levy. This historical novel describes the events of the Baptist War from the perspective of a slave. (H) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780374192174

Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Unit of Study, by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Stowe’s powerful abolitionist novel fueled the fire of the human rights debate in 1852. (H) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780486440286

The Abolition of the Slave Trade, by the New York Public Library. This extensive multimedia website explores the history and events leading up to the abolition of the slave trade. (M, H) http://abolition.nypl.org/

Denmark Vesey’s Rebellion Lesson Plan, by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. As part of a unit on African American Migration, this lesson has students conduct research about Denmark Vesey’s extraordinary life. Students will use their research findings to create a ten-minute performance of some aspect of Denmark Vesey’s story. (H) http://tiny.cc/yt4hi

Slavery and Indentured Servitude, by Michael Ray. This 6-minute digital history of slavery includes the voices of slave survivors as well as pictures that depict the struggles and inequities that these individuals had to face. (E, M, H) http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/digital_stories.cfm (click on “Slavery and Indentured Servitude”)

“Been Here So Long”: Selections from the WPA American Slave Narratives, by the New Deal Network. Here are seventeen of the approximately 2,300 American Slave Narratives collected by the Federal Writers Project with lesson plans. (H) http://newdeal.feri.org/asn/index.htm

Perspective on the Slave Narrative, by EdSITEment. Lesson about the Narrative of William W. Brown, A Fugitive Slave (1847). The book is analyzed both as a work of literature and for its contribution to the abolitionist movement. (H) http://1.usa.gov/hjAWP5

William Wilberforce, by BBC. A biography of William Wilberforce, a social reformer who used the infamous diagram of a transatlantic slave ship to bring an end to British slave trade. (M, H, TR) http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/people/williamwilberforce_1.shtml

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property, by Director/Writer Charles Burnett, California Newsreel. This film chronicles the violent confrontation and shows how the story has been continuously re-told since 1831. (H) http://bit.ly/d6B1Be

Defining US: The American Experience, by Fairfax County Public Schools. Lessons focusing on Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman and John Brown. (E) http://bit.ly/acIWbu

South Africa: Overcoming Apartheid, Building Democracy. This website presents first-hand accounts of the anti- Apartheid movement. It includes interviews with South African activists, raw video footage documenting mass resistance and police repression, historical documents and suggestions for teachers. (H) http://overcomingapartheid.msu.edu/index.php

Do You Want Slavery With That? Modern slavery is still ubiquitous. In this lesson, students hear about it from the slaves themselves (through their stories) and consider what they can do to help. (M, H) http://humaneeducation.org/sections/view/human_rights_activities

African American Arts

The Poet’s Voice. This series of lessons helps students uncover which qualities have made the voice of Langston Hughes a favorite for so many people. (M) http://bit.ly/lhughes

The Harlem Renaissance Births a Black Culture, by Sandra Friday. A lesson plan from the Yale-New Haven Teachers’ Institute on the stars of the Harlem Renaissance, including Langston Hughes. (H) http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2000/4/00.04.04.x.html#h

African American History, Issues and Rights

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, by PBS. This documentary series explores segregation from the end of the Civil War to the dawn of the modern civil rights movement. The first episode includes the work of Ida B. Wells. The website features teaching resources. (H) http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/

Where Do We Go From Here?: Chaos or Community, by Martin Luther King, Jr. MLK’s last book before his murder explores the frustration of Blacks in the North borne out of unrealized hope for change of the Civil Rights Movement. While the book explains his critique of the Black Power Movement, chapter one provides a good lens for understanding the roots of urban ‘riots’ or ‘uprisings.’ (H, TR) http://bit.ly/i1W6rv

4 Little Girls, directed by Spike Lee (online stream). This film recounts the bombing of a church in Alabama in which four African American girls lost their lives. This pushed the nation to continue the fight for equality and justice. The 2^nd link is to a website with lesson plans and resources. (M, H) http://bit.ly/byqnhP Lessons: http://www.useekufind.com/peace/

A Time to Speak: A Speech by Charles Morgan, a lesson by Teaching Tolerance. In this lesson, students will study a young White lawyer’s speech given the day after the bombing to better understand the civil rights movement and the value of speaking out against injustice. Can be used in conjunction with the film Mighty Times: The Children’s March. Links are to lesson, speech and film in that order. (M, H) http://bit.ly/9U5FHj

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History Now: Plessy vs. Ferguson. People who commit crimes are often thought to be “bad” people or people who are engaged in deleterious behavior. This lesson looks at two crimes, one of them Plessy’s act of defiance, in order to insert a complexity into the decision to break a law. (E) http://bit.ly/btuAZz

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), by Oakham School. Handout on the Plessy v. Ferguson decision and its relation to the Constitution. Discussion questions are included. Also includes visual aid and diagram of the case’s movement through the court system. (H) http://www.edliberation.org/resources/records/plessy-v-ferguson

Alex Haley. In one of the few in-depth conversations filmed before his death in 1992, Alex Haley describes the collaboration that produced The Autobiography of Malcolm X and the quest for identity that yielded Roots. (H, TR) http://newsreel.org/nav/title.asp?tc=CN0004&s=

The Human Tradition in the Civil Rights Movement, edited by Susan M. Glisson. Link to chapter 7 by Jay Driscoll about Moore’s contributions to the movement. (H, TR) http://bit.ly/9pnfG4

The Official Kwanzaa Website maintained by Dr. Maulana Karenga, the creator of Kwanzaa. This website provides information about the symbols, values and rituals of Kwanzaa. (E, M, H) http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/index.shtml

Kwanzaa books at Busboys and Poets. A collection of children’s books on Kwanzaa. (E) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/search/apachesolr_search/kwanzaa

Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage, by William Loren Katz. This book reveals how African American and Native American people learned to live and work together in the Americas to oppose White oppression. (H, TR) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780689311963

“Ballad of Harry Moore,” by Langston Hughes. This poem was written by Langston Hughes in honor of Moore’s death. (E, M, H) http://www.nbbd.com/godo/moore/ballad.html

‘What We Want, What We Believe’: Teaching with the Black Panthers’ Ten Point Program Teaching Activity, by Wayne Au. This lesson leads students to study the Black Panthers’ Ten Point Program to help assess issues in their own communities and to develop Ten Point Programs of their own. (H) http://www.zinnedproject.org/posts/170

We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin, by Larry Brimne. (E) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9781590784983

Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement, by James Haskins. This book details Rustin’s work in the Civil Rights Movement. A key player in every major US civil rights initiative and a passionate believer in nonviolent resistance, Rustin helped steer the movement in that direction. (M, H) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780786801688

Liberation Curriculum, by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute. Lesson plans, primary resources and articles based on the Martin Luther King archives at Stanford University. (H) http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/liberation_curriculum/resources/

Putting the Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching, by Deborah Menkart, Alana Murray, Jenice L. View. The book includes interactive and interdisciplinary lessons, readings, writings, photographs, graphics and interviews, with sections on education, labor, citizenship, culture and reflections on teaching about the Civil Rights Movement. (E, M, H) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9781878554185

The ABCs of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Legacy, by Teaching Tolerance. This site provides lessons and resources for addressing Dr. King and his dream, including a ‘do’s and don’ts’ guide for MLK day. (E, M, H) http://bit.ly/mlkmov

What’s My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States, by Dave Zirin. Zirin’s book examines US history with a focus on racism, sexism and homophobia in sports, along with the profound connection between sports and patriotic nationalism. Chapter 3 focuses on Muhammad Ali, his critical consciousness and activist spirit. (H, TR) http://syracuseculturalworkers.com/book-whats-my-name-fool

Unbought and Unbossed, by Shirley Chisholm, Shola Lynch, Donna Brazile. This book, and documentary by the same name, chronicles Chisholm’s rise from young girl in Brooklyn to America’s first African American Congresswoman. (M, H, TR) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780980059021

Chisolm ‘72: Unbought and Unbossed, A POV documentary. This site includes lesson plans and resources for using Chisholm ‘72. It also provides access to a lending library where teachers can borrow the video for free. (M, H, TR) http://www.pbs.org/pov/chisholm/lesson_plan.php

The African American Experience and Issues of Race and Racism in U.S. Schools, compiled by Working to Improve Schools and Education (WISE). A list of links to a tremendous amount of resources useful in teaching about African American schooling experiences. (E, M, H) http://www.ithaca.edu/wise/topics/race_african_american.htm

African American Odyssey, by Library of Congress. Comprehensive online display of materials and primary resources related to the African American experience. (E, M, H) http://bit.ly/aXfZMt

U.S. History-African American: Lesson Plans, by EdSITEment. Multiple K-12 lesson plans on African American History. (E, M, H) http://1.usa.gov/epFQ3X

Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony. Through a history of the South African liberation struggle, this documentary shows how music was used by those being oppressed as a way to express their plight. The film includes interviews with Miriam Makeba. The entire film is available for viewing on YouTube. (E, M, H) http://bit.ly/14RND

The Apartheid Museum. The Apartheid Museum in South Africa hosts an online exhibition with educational resources for teaching about the history and legacy of apartheid. (M, H) http://www.apartheidmuseum.org

Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson. A collection of Jackson’s letters from prison, Soledad Brother is an outspoken condemnation of the racism of White America and a powerful appraisal of the prison system that eventually took his life, but failed to break his spirit. (H) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9781556522307

African and African Diaspora History, Issues and Rights

Caribbean Connections Series, by Teaching for Change. Teaching for Change has developed this 6-book series that brings the Caribbean experience to the classroom. (H) http://www.teachingforchange.org/publications/tfctitles/ccseries

Teaching About Haiti, by Teaching for Change. Published by Teaching for Change, this free PDF provides lessons, songs, readings and activities that provide students with a critical history of Haiti that highlights the role of international colonization and the revolutionary spirit of the nation. (E, M, H, TR) http://www.teachingforchange.org/publications/haiti

The Haitian Revolution Today, by the Choices Program. This free online lesson helps students consider how Haitians today think about the Revolution through art, music and literature. This is part of a larger unit also available through the link. (M, H) http://choices.edu/resources/detail.php?id=197

The Haitian Crisis: Thinking Historically, by The Choices Program. This lesson was developed in January 2010 to challenge students to think beyond the earthquake and consider the role of Haiti’s rich history in the current crisis. (H, TR) http://www.choices.edu/resources/twtn_haiti.php

Asian/Asian Pacific Islander/Asian American History, Issues and Rights

American Friends Service Society. The curriculum materials presented in this guide explore the legacy of the Spanish American War from a distinct point of view: that of the island nations in the Caribbean and the Pacific, nations whose destiny has been framed for centuries by the tension between foreign domination and the quest for independence. (M, H) http://www.zinnedproject.org/posts/803

What the Tour Guide Didn’t Tell Me: Tourism, Colonialism, and Resistance in Hawai’i, by Wayne Kwai Au. Lesson on the history of Hawai’i and the impact of colonization and tourism. (M, H) http://www.zinnedproject.org/posts/1431

Lunar New Year Books, reviewed by The Asian American Curriculum Project. A review of children’s books from several Asian cultures about the Lunar New Year. (E) http://bit.ly/aabooks

Vietnamese Americans Interdisciplinary 1_0 Curriculum Guide, by Teaching Tolerance. This curriculum guide sheds light on the complexities of the Vietnamese American experience. (M, H) http://bit.ly/9Q1L0r

Gandhi, by Demi. Demi’s book is a straightforward, beautifully illustrated biography of Gandhi’s life. (E) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780689841491

Political Cartoons and Dr. Seuss, by PBS. This lesson goes with the film The Political Dr. Seuss. Students will analyze Dr. Seuss’s WWII anti-Japanese propaganda. The second link goes to a more complete gallery of examples of his work (but it’s not a student-friendly site). (M, H, TR) http://to.pbs.org/cAL5JW http://bit.ly/akycST

Asian Americans: Gold Rush Era to 1890s. Brief history of experience of Chinese immigrants to California with useful images. (M, H, TR) http://bit.ly/9OLX3x

Becoming American: The Chinese Experience, PBS curriculum and documentary. This resource describes the ways the first arrivals from China in the 1840s, their descendants, and recent immigrants have “become American.” Facing History offers a teaching unit to accompany the film. (E, M, TR) http://www.pbs.org/becomingamerican http://bit.ly/cxiaet

Asian American Curriculum Projects. An extensive catalog of resources and services that underscore the importance and diversity of the Asian American experience. (E, M, H) http://www.asianamericanbooks.com

Ancestors in the Americas, PBS series by Loni Ding. This series and companion website provide stories, timelines and historical resources helpful in teaching about the experiences of Asian Americans. (M, H) http://www.pbs.org/ancestorsintheamericas/

A Century of Challenge and Change: The Filipino American Story. The aim of this curriculum is to highlight the historical and cultural experiences of Filipino Americans within a multicultural and global context by emphasizing ethnic pride, cultural connections, critical thinking and community activism. (E, TR) http://bit.ly/8YgL2J

The Chinese Experience in the 19th Century, hosted at University of Illinois, Chicago. This unit focuses on the Chinese immigrant experience in late 19th-Century America. Their coming raised issues of social and cultural diversity, discrimination and national identity -- issues that are still debated today. A section focuses on the process of exclusion including immigration acts. (M, H, TR) http://bit.ly/d7JeHf http://bit.ly/dycvqT

Teaching With Documents: Affidavit and Flyers from the Chinese Boycott Case, from the National Archives. This lesson covers the Chinese Boycott Case in which a group of Chinese merchants in Butte, Montana sought an injunction to stop the boycott of Chinese-owned businesses that had been sanctioned by anti-Chinese labor unions. (H) http://bit.ly/btjRLk

Vincent Who? The murder and the movement that forged Asian America. This film explores the impact of Chin’s murder on Asian American organizing through interviews with key players as well as younger activists. It looks at the case in relation to the larger narrative of Asian American history, such as Chinese Exclusion, Japanese American Internment in WWII and more. (H, TR) http://www.vincentwhofilm.com

A Day for Vincent Chin and Me, by Jacqueline Turner Banks. Chapter book about a Japanese American child’s efforts to slow down the traffic on a residential street in Kentucky, while his mother organizes the Asian-American community to draw attention to the death of the Chin, whom his murderers blamed for Detroit’s declining car sales and soaring unemployment. (E) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780618548798

The New Americans film, by PBS. This film follows a diverse group of immigrants and refugees as they leave their home and families behind and learn what it means to be new Americans in the 21st century. Accompanying lessons trace the history of immigration and questions the fairness of immigration policies. Film available on iTunes. (H, TR) http://to.pbs.org/d8tEdW

Children of the Camps: Internment History, by PBS. The Children of the Camps documentary captures the experiences of six Americans of Japanese ancestry who were confined as innocent children to internment camps by the US government during World War II. A teacher’s guide is available through distribution@asianamericanmedia.org. (E, M, H)
http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/ http://www.children-of-the-camps.org/history/index.html

ExploretheJapaneseAmericanInternment Through Film and the Internet. This site hosts a vast array of resources for teaching about the internment. The educator section has unit plans and discussion questions. (H, TR) http://www.asianamericanmedia.org/jainternment/index.html

A Lesson on the Japanese-American Internment, by Mark Sweeting. A high school US history teacher describes a teaching activity he uses to teach the Internment. (TR) http://www.zinnedproject.org/posts/557

Densho Website. Densho’s mission is to preserve the testimonies of Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated during WWII. Includes lesson plans based on these testimonies. (E, M, H) http://www.densho.org/densho.asp

Chinese Immigration: Origins and Opinions, by Jaime Boyle. This site provides an overview of Chinese immigration in the United States with links to relevant primary documents and a wealth of historical photographs and political cartoons. (M, H, TR) http://bit.ly/97tUbE

What You See: Photographs of Chinese Expulsion Sites, by Tim Greyhavens. This website documents the history of the Chinese Expulsion Period in the United States (1850- 1910). (M, H, TR) http://bit.ly/d37m7B

Pearl Harbor: Two Hours that Changed the World. This film uses archival footage to document the events of Pearl Harbor including interviews with American and Japanese survivors. (M, H, TR) http://education.eastwestcenter.org/asiapacificed/ph2004/

Debate: Should the U.S. Annex the Philippines?. Mock debate with multiple perspectives on the role of the United States and its control of the Philippine Islands. (H) http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6613/

Disability History, Issues and Rights

Disability History Week, by Maryam Dilakian. The aim of the lesson unit is to use the story of Christy Brown to raise awareness of the effects of disabilities on people’s lives, and to encourage them to consider how they may be in a position to help or support someone with a disability. (E, M, H) http://tiny.cc/vqlkf

ADAPT. ADAPT is a national grassroots community that organizes disability rights activists. Teach and learn about their struggle to assure the civil and human rights of people with disabilities to live in freedom. (E, M, H, TR) http://www.adapt.org/index.php

Center on Human Policy. A variety of units on disability history, including the role of eugenics, conscientious objectors and other often overlooked components of disability history. Includes several lessons on Dix’s exposés of poorhouses. (M, H, TR) http://www.disabilitystudiesforteachers.org/lessons.php

The Listen Up Website’s list of Children’s books. A compilation of children’s books about hearing loss and deafness. (E, M) http://www.listen-up.org/h_books/kids.htm (Link is active but no longer being updated)

Temple Grandin (HBO Movie). This movie was shown on HBO as a mini-series. It chronicles the life of Temple Grandin, a woman with autism, who revolutionized livestock handling in the US and has written several books about her life with autism. (M, H) http://www.hbo.com/movies/temple-grandin/index.html

Disability Social History Project. This site contains a wealth of information including a list of “Famous and Not so Famous” people with disabilities, a timeline and a

history of the word “handicapped” via the Serendipity link. (E, M, H, TR) http://www.disabilityhistory.org/people.html

Education for Disability and Gender Equity. More resources as well as detailed lessons related to physics, biology, government and culture. (H, TR) http://www.disabilityhistory.org/dwa/edge/curriculum

The ABCs of Disability Rights, by Teaching Tolerance. This site provides lessons and resources that will introduce students and teachers to the history of the disability rights movement and to the powerful ideals and changes it has brought to the country. (E, M, H) http://www.tolerance.org/teach/activities/activity.jsp?ar=872

Disability History Museum. This site was designed “to promote understanding about the historical experience of people with disabilities by recovering, chronicling, and interpreting their stories.” This searchable collection offers documents and images related to disability history in the United States. (M, H, TR) http://www.disabilitymuseum.org/

The Sound of Colors, A Journey of the Imagination, by Jimmy Liao. The story follows the narrator, a woman who has lost her sight, through her journey around the city. She navigates the subway and the city she knows, with language and description that tap into her imagination, as well as her inner most thoughts and feelings. (E) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780316939928

Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons. A link to the actual declaration by the UN. (H, TR) http://bit.ly/b2WXn7

Reap What You Sow: Harvesting Support Systems, by the National Youth Leadership Network. The Reap What You Sow curriculum teaches people how to build a support system that promotes their personal power. The curriculum was created by disabled youth educators and supported by adult allies. It is designed for youth with disabilities, family members and allies. (H) http://www.nyln.org/resources-3/reap-what-you-sow-curriculum/

Environmental Justice Issues

Environmental Protection Activities and Online Games, by the Institute for Humane Education. Among other great resources and lesson plans, this website hosts several online games that help students explore issues of environmental sustainability. (M, H) http://bit.ly/8to5et http://bit.ly/9dwxYj

Race, Poverty and the Environment. This journal links issues of racism and poverty with environmental justice. Some recent resources are available for free to download; older resources require a purchase. (H, TR) http://www.urbanhabitat.org/rpe

Nature, Race and Justice, by Teaching Tolerance. Poor and minority neighborhoods are the ones most likely to face environmental hazards. These lessons help your students grasp the impact of environmental racism and the environmental justice movement. (E, M, H) http://bit.ly/natrace

Poverty and Natural Disasters: Exploring the Connections, by Teaching Tolerance. In this lesson students explore connections between poverty and natural disasters. (E, M, H) http://bit.ly/bAaAKp

The Haitian Crisis: Thinking Historically. See African and African Diaspora History, Issues ad Rights section. http://www.choices.edu/resources/twtn_haiti.php

If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise. Spike Lee revisits New Orleans five years after Katrina, examining the aftermath of that disaster and the impact of the next one, the BP oil spill. (H, TR) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1587373

Teaching with the News, Lesson: The Gulf Oil Disaster, from the Choices Program. In this free one-day activity students use political cartoons to consider issues raised by the 2010 oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico including impact, accountability, US oil dependency and energy policy. (H) http://bit.ly/9jnabR

“Oily Disaster,” by IndyKids. Article from the children’s newspaper IndyKids about the spill. The second link is the accompanying teacher’s guide. (E, M) http://bit.ly/9HixXu Teacher’s guide: http://bit.ly/9yD5hL

Tools for Life: A Start-Up Guide for Youth Recycling & Bicycling Programs, by Transportation Alternatives. This website has a guide for helping youth to start bicycle recycling programs based on the successful NYC Recycle-A-Bicycle program. Includes curricula and resources. (H) http://www.recycleabicycle.org/node/45

Have Wheels, Will Travel, by YES Magazine. A visual learning exercise that introduces students to bamboo bicycles. (E, M, H) http://bit.ly/ca96cb

Editorial Cartoons: Poverty/Environmental Justice, by Teaching Tolerance. Through analysis of a political cartoon, students will understand the impact of inequality on environmental justice. (M, H) http://bit.ly/ttcartoon

Understanding the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, by Educators for Social Responsibility. This lesson will help students understand the purpose, structure and nature of the treaty. You will have to create a free account to access the lesson. (H) http://bit.ly/d3GqUW

Nuclear Weapons: What Should Our Policy Be?, by The Choices Program. This unit engages students in consideration of a balanced range of views on the questions that surround the future of nuclear weapons. The material in this 2-day lesson is drawn from a larger curriculum called The Challenge of Nuclear Weapons. (H) http://www.choices.edu/resources/twtn_nukes.php

Fueling the Future, by Facing the Future. Students compare energy use and CO2 emissions by sector in the United States and China (and optionally in another country). They research and discuss energy impacts and sustainable energy solutions, write a resolution addressing energy use, and present their resolutions at a “World Energy Summit.” (M, H) http://bit.ly/apUk2q

An Inconvenient Truth. This film explores Al Gore’s commitment to expose the myths and misconceptions that surround global warming and inspire actions to prevent it. The site includes a study guide and interactive activities. (H) http://www.aninconvenienttruth.com.au/truth/guide.htm

Principles of Environmental Justice. The organizing principles adopted by conference delegates, which propose a framework for understanding environmental justice (M, H, TR) http://www.ejrc.cau.edu/princej.html

Green-Collar Jobs Campaign Teaching Tools, by the Ella Baker Center. This five- part series features interactive activities on key themes surrounding Green-Collar Jobs Campaign’s work, including: the green economy, eco-equity and eco-privilege, model cities and restorative justice. (M, H) http://www.ellabakercenter.org/?p=gcjc_teaching_tools

Green Halloween. Green Halloween is a non-profit, grassroots community initiative to create healthier and more Earth-friendly holidays, starting with Halloween. (E) http://greenhalloween.org/index.php?page=home

The Rainforest Alliance lesson on Deforestation. For Arbor Day, teach about deforestation and its effects on communities and wildlife in countries including Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Each grade level has a set of detailed lessons that include how corporations who sell bananas, chocolate, coffee and other common foods should be regulated in how they reuse and treat farmland. (E, M, TR) http://bit.ly/rainfor

The Vanishing Rainforests. The lesson uses math to discuss the importance of Rainforests and how we can analyze their health. (M) http://bit.ly/rainfor2

“The Story of Stuff,” by Annie Leonard. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute free downloadable video that explores consumption and exposes the connections between different environmental and social issues, while providing suggestions for action. (E, M, H) http://www.storyofstuff.com/

Buffalo Creek, West Virginia Division of Culture and History. Photo-illustrated account of the flood and its aftermath. (M, H, TR) http://www.wvculture.org/history/buffcreek/bctitle.html

Voices of Buffalo Creek. A re-examination of what happened through interviews with people who lived through it. Site has link to original news coverage of the disaster. (M, H, TR) http://wvgazette.com/static/series/buffalocreek/index.html#anchor388711

The Gulf Oil Spill: An Environmental Justice Disaster, by Teaching Tolerance. This lesson has students examine data that show that disproportionately high percentages of people of Color are being adversely affected by the oil spill cleanup. (M, H) http://bit.ly/cTr9K3

Globalization

Editorial Cartoons: Poverty/Environmental Justice. See Environmental Justice Issues section. http://bit.ly/ttcartoon

“The Story of Stuff.” See Environmental Justice Issues section. http://www.storyofstuff.com

Rethinking Globalization. A collection of lesson plans that helps to introduce issues of corporate power, wealth distribution and power to youth. One sample lesson has cookies represented as wealth distributed to students who represent the global population - some students receive more cookies than others. (E, M, H) http://www.rethinkingschools.org/publication/rg/index.shtml

Valentine’s Day in the Classroom, by International Labor Rights Forum. This lesson plan explores workers’ rights in the cut flower industry and how consumerism on Valentine’s Day in the US affects workers abroad. Also includes an educator resource page called Labor Rights in the Classroom, with links to lesson plans on the topics of child labor, sweatshops, workers’ rights and the Sweatfree Schools movement. (E, M, H, TR) http://bit.ly/2lLDUY

Fair Trade in the Classroom, by Global Exchange. Through this Valentine unit, students learn about child labor and how it’s used by big chocolate companies. Students take social action by telling these companies that they should sell Fair Trade products instead. (E, M) http://bit.ly/95yZbZ

Win Win Solutions: An Introduction to Fair Trade and Cooperative Economics, by Equal Exchange. Composed of four units, this curriculum raises students’ awareness of core issues surrounding food production and trade. (E, M) http://www.equalexchange.coop/educationaltools

Getting Involved in Fair Trade, by Angene Wilson. Students will learn about Turkish and Ugandan women working in fair trade organizations, study the ten standards of fair trade and in a small group write a proposal for involving a school club in selling fair trade items. (M, H) http://bit.ly/csTZgo

Labor Rights in the Classroom. Workers all over the world suffer from conditions that many would consider unbearable. These conditions are in part a result of corporations taking advantage of workers and their rights. The lessons on this website help students to understand how consumerism and corporate greed here in the US affect workers around the world. (M, H) http://bit.ly/bVIovt

The Rainforest Alliance lesson on Deforestation. See Environmental Justice Issues section. http://bit.ly/rainfor

Hate and Oppression

Vincent Who? The murder and the movement that forged Asian America. See Asian/Asian Pacific Islander/Asian American History, Issues and Rights section. http://www.vincentwhofilm.com/

A Day for Vincent Chin and Me. See Asian/Asian Pacific Islander/Asian American History, Issues and Rights section. http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780618548798

The Power of Words: Examining the Language of Gender, Ethnic and Sexual Orientation Bias. The lessons in the Power of Words encourage students to explore the words used in the United States to label ethnic groups, women and sexual minorities and to examine the ways in which these words reveal our nation’s social landscape. The curriculum offers standards-based lesson plans for use in language arts and social studies classrooms. (M, H) http://www.tolerance.org/teach/web/power_of_words/index.jsp

What Do Halloween Costumes Say? by Teaching Tolerance. A variety of activities to raise awareness about the potential of stereotyping in Halloween costumes. (E, M, H) http://www.tolerance.org/teach/activities/activity.jsp?ar=712

ESL English Lesson Plan on International Students’ Day, by Sean Banville. This lesson/short unit, created for ELLs, introduces students to International Students’ Day and the reasons why it was created. While giving students opportunities to practice English, it also allows them to learn about moments in history often not discussed in a traditional social studies class. (E) http://bit.ly/Ozeu2

Do You Want Slavery With That? See Abolitionism and Slavery section. http://humaneeducation.org/sections/view/human_rights_activities

Talking Walls, by Margy Burns Knight. The award-winning Talking Walls and its sequel, Talking Walls: The Stories Continue, introduce young readers to different cultures and different issues around the world by telling the stories of walls and how they can hold a community together or separate it. (E) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780884481546

Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry. This book tells the story of a young girl and her life in Denmark during World War II. Annemarie and her family are determined to help Ellen survive the “relocation” program for all Jews. These sites include lesson plans for the book. (E) http://bit.ly/cesQaT http://bit.ly/dt7xp8 http://bit.ly/XjSNZ

Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals: Online Exhibition of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This online exhibit provides resources, photographs and more to learn about the Nazis’ persecution of homosexuals. (M, H) http://bit.ly/91L1sK

Teacher’s Guide for COBBLESTONE Armenian Americans, by Lucine Kasbarian. This teacher and classroom guide provides lessons to teach about the Armenian genocide, genocide denial,social justice,ethnic preservation and ethnic identity. This guide accompanies the May 2000 edition of Cobblestone children’s magazine.(E,M,H) http://bit.ly/cjJr7s

Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization: The Genocide of the Armenians. This resource provides students with the latest scholarship on the genocide. (H) http://bit.ly/936fqB

Health and Nutrition

Advocates for Youth. This website has an education resource center that offers K-12 educators lesson plans, curricula, national standards and state legislation to use in their classroom and community. (E, M, H) http://bit.ly/saam1

Tough Guise. Tough Guise is aimed at a general student audience to analyze masculinity as a social construction, a performance, or a role; in short, a tough guise. The film links violence to the construction of masculinity around domination and violence. (H) http://bit.ly/tguise

Critical Condition and other films about health care. Films from POV and Media That Matters about health care. (H) http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2008/election/issues/

Health and health care resources, by Radical Math. A collection of materials for teaching about health and health care through mathematics. (M, H) http://bit.ly/radhealth

Unnatural Causes: Is inequality making us sick?, by PBS. This 7-part series exploring race and socioeconomic disparities in health investigates how the social circumstances in which we are born, live and work can actually get under our skin and disrupt our physiology as much as germs and viruses. The website includes a classroom section, discussion guide and video clips. (M, H, TR) http://www.unnaturalcauses.org/

Food, Inc. Classroom Discussion guide from TakePart.org. This guide, to be used with the Food, Inc., helps students connect the issues behind mass production of food and abuse of government subsidies of major food corporations to the challenges of keeping food healthy and affordable. (H, TR) http://bit.ly/8fBGuz

The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Young Readers Edition: The Secrets Behind What You Eat, by Michael Pollan. Based on Pollan’s best-selling adult book of the same title, this version is written for teens. (M, H, TR) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780803735002

Radical Math. Radical Math offers a variety of lessons, articles, graphs and links that provide students with statistics and tools to better understand the impact of AIDS. (M, H) http://www.radicalmath.org and enter ‘AIDS’’ in the search engine

AVERT: Averting HIV and AIDS. A variety of resources and information, including quizzes, handouts, videos and lessons for teachers and teens about living with and preventing HIV/AIDS. (M, H) http://www.avert.org/educate.htm

Chew on This. This book, accompanied by teachers’ guide, gives a behind the scenes perspective on the fast food industry and how fast food companies feed off of young families and young adults. This book, accompanied by a teacher’s guide, gives a behind- the-scenes perspective on the fast-food industry and how fast-food companies feed off of young families and young adults. (M, H, TR) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780618593941

The Meatrix Trilogy. The Meatrix is a four-minute online animation that spoofs The Matrix movie trilogy while educating viewers about the problems with industrial agriculture and today’s meat supply. The website provides a wealth of resources about sustainable food and healthy living. (E, M, H) http://www.themeatrix.com/

Food First: Institute for Food and Development Institute. A list of books published by the Institute for Food and Development that examine the connections between human rights, social justice and food. (E, M, H, TR) http://www.foodfirst.org/en/catalog/101/books

Agent Orange contamination in Vietnam, by CNNfyi.com. An article on the effects of Agent Orange and related questions for teachers to discuss with students. (H) http://archives.cnn.com/2001/fyi/lesson.plans/05/15/agent.orange.da/

NO! Confronting Sexual Assault in Our Communities. This documentary explores the impact of sexual violence on Black women and girls. As the incidents of violence and sexual assault continue, this film can be used to support both women and men, regardless of race, as they learn to navigate the challenging terrain of sexuality–without violence. 2nd link is to a facilitator’s guide to the film. (H) http://bit.ly/filmNO http://bit.ly/guideno

Clara Barton’s House: Home of the American Red Cross, by the National Park Service. This lesson about Clara Barton is based on the National Register of Historic Places and other source material about Barton and the American Red Cross. Includes primary documents. (M, H) http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/27barton/27barton.htm

Clara Barton to the Rescue, by Learning to Give. This lesson will explore the contributions made by Clara Barton as a nurse and founder of the American Red Cross. (M) http://learningtogive.org/lessons/unit133/lesson5.html#lesson

Human Rights and Democracy

CIVIO, by Reach and Teach. CIVIO is a strategy card game that explores the relationship of issues, freedoms, laws and Supreme Court cases that have both strengthened and reduced civil rights and civil liberties. It includes information on Engel v. Vitale and Island Trees Board of Education v Pico. (H) http://bit.ly/bo1bEG

It Ain’t Just About a Vote: Defining Democracy for Movement Building, by Project South. This toolkit asks students to take a broader look at democracy and citizenship. Each exercise was created specifically to begin conversations on the larger, longer-term view of democracy, struggle and movement building. (M, H) http://bit.ly/ce3465

Fire in the Heart: How White Activists Embrace Racial Justice, by Mark Warren. A great resource for White teachers and activists, this study demonstrates how White Americans can develop a commitment to racial justice, not simply because it is the right thing to do, but because they see the cause as their own. (TR) http://mark-warren.com/fireintheheart

Human Rights in Action. The UN’s cyberschoolbus page for students to explore the history of human rights, and ways to advocate for human rights. (E, M, H) http://bit.ly/a5TSHf

Human Rights and Service-Learning: Lesson Plans and Projects by Kristine Belisle and Elizabeth Sullivan, Amnesty International-USA and Human Rights Education Associates (HREA). The manual contains lessons and service-learning projects. The lesson plans are divided into five human rights topic areas: environment, poverty, discrimination, children’s rights to education and health, and law and justice. (E, M, H, TR) http://bit.ly/byc6E8

The Human Rights Education program (HRE) of Amnesty International. The Human Rights Education program was designed to support teachers to promote the human rights principles and positive value system that are set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Site includes curricular guides, letters for parents, lessons to use with popular films and more. (E, M, H, TR) http://bit.ly/d1D1BS

We Are All Born Free, published by Amnesty International. Published to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, We Are All Born Free uses pictures by internationally renowned artists to illustrate the meaning of these rights. (E) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9781845076504

Youth Bill of Rights Websites. Local groups of young people are organizing across the country to draft a National Student Bill of Rights for All Youth (NSBR) that will become a unifying document for youth nation-wide and a driving force for youth movement building. The second link leads to Providence-based Youth4Change’s version of their Rights for young people. (M, H, TR) http://bit.ly/aBgw26 http://www.y4cri.org/publications

White Privilege Conference Resources.White Privilege 101: Getting in on the Conversation is a compilation of personal interviews with keynote speakers, workshop presenters and participants from the conference on White privilege (WPC). The video is an outgrowth of the White Privilege Conference. (H, TR) http://www.whiteprivilegeconference.com/101_video.html

Bush II and the “War on Terror,” by Gayle Olson-Raymer. Since September 11th, 2001, the balance between civil liberties and security has often tipped in favor of the latter. But this imbalance is also part of our history. This lesson raises such questions and has teaching ideas for Chapter 24 of Voices of a People’s History of the United States. (H) http://www.zinnedproject.org/posts/202

Humane Education and Animal Rights

Temple Grandin (HBO Movie). See Disability History, Issues and Rights section. http://www.hbo.com/movies/temple-grandin/index.html

Food, Inc. See Health and Nutrition section. http://bit.ly/8fBGuz

The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Young Readers Edition: The Secrets Behind What You Eat. See Health and Nutrition section. http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780803735002

Chew on This. See Health and Nutrition section. http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780618593941

The Meatrix Trilogy. See Health and Nutrition section. http://www.themeatrix.com/

Animal Protection Activities, by the Institute for Humane Education. Activity topics include the connections between animal and human oppression, the inconsistencies in how we make choices about how we treat others, and more. (E, M, H) http://bit.ly/bqeJLV

Lesson Plans for Teachers, by the Humane Society. These lesson plans are designed to teach age-appropriate, standards- based academic skills and major character concepts—kindness, citizenship, fairness, respect, responsibility, and integrity—while reinforcing those ideas as they apply to our treatment of animals. They include science and math activities. (E, M, H) http://www.humanesociety.org/parents_educators/lesson_plans_for_teachers.html

Henry Salt Archive. A comprehensive website on the life of Henry Salt. (H, TR) http://www.henrysalt.co.uk/

Independence

Collapse of the USSR 10 Years On. This website provides maps, photos and a detailed chronology and analysis of how and why the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. It also reports on how each of the fifteen newly independent states were doing in 2001. (H) http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/europe/2001/collapse_of_ussr/default.stm

Pedro Albizu Campos leads the Puerto Rican Independence movement. This resource, housed at NCTE’s website, provides a few suggested lessons on looking at Albizu Campos as well as other figures in nationalist movements. (E, M, H, TR) http://bit.ly/9YHK87

The ABCs of Teaching about Latino Heritage Month, by Teaching Tolerance. A compilation of essays, lessons, videos and activities to help students gain a deeper understanding of past and present struggles for Latino civil rights. (E, M, H) http://bit.ly/d5lMXr

Emiliano Zapata: Revolutionary and Champion of Poor Farmers, by R. Conrad Stein. This children’s book takes students back to a time when the cries of revolution swept Mexico as Zapata’s vision of an end to political corruption and land reform for poor Mexicans led to a violent and bloody struggle for power. (E) http://amzn.to/ck6XdQ

Labor and Economic Issues

American Friends Service Society. See Asian/Asian Pacific Islander/Asian American History, Issues and Rights section. http://www.zinnedproject.org/posts/803

What the Tour Guide Didn’t Tell Me: Tourism, Colonialism, and Resistance in Hawai’i. See Asian/Asian Pacific Islander/Asian American History, Issues and Rights section. http://www.zinnedproject.org/posts/1431

Teaching With Documents: Affidavit and Flyers from the Chinese Boycott Case. See Asian/Asian Pacific Islander/ Asian American History, Issues and Rights section. http://bit.ly/btjRLk

Rethinking Globalization. See Globalization section. http://www.rethinkingschools.org/publication/rg/index.shtml

Lawrence, 1912: The Singing Strike Teaching Activity PDF, by Bill Bigelow and Norm Diamond. Through this role play, students explore some of the actual dilemmas faced by strikers in Lawrence, Mass., in 1912. (M, H) http://www.zinnedproject.org/posts/703
http://www.zinnedproject.org/posts/1452

“Bread and Roses,” by James Oppenheim. Oppenheim’s poem is closely associated with the Strike of 1912. This site has the words of the poem “Bread and Roses” as well as a song version recorded by Mimi Fariña which has become an anthem for women and workers’ rights. (E, M, H) http://bit.ly/a4iuHP

Bread and Roses, Too, by Katherine Paterson. With two teenagers as the protagonists of this historical fiction novel, Paterson introduces the reader to the Industrial Workers of the World, major figures such as Big Bill Haywood and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, multi-nationality worker solidarity, the role of labor songs, and the various tactics used by the company to undermine the strike. (M, H) http://www.zinnedproject.org/posts/476

Valentine’s Day in the Classroom. See Globalization section. http://bit.ly/2lLDUY

Fair Trade in the Classroom. See Globalization section. http://bit.ly/95yZbZ

Buffalo Creek, West Virginia Division of Culture and History. See Environmental Justice Issues section. http://www.wvculture.org/history/buffcreek/bctitle.html

Voices of Buffalo Creek. See Environmental Justice Issues section. http://wvgazette.com/static/series/buffalocreek/index.html#anchor3887111

Iqbal, by Francesco D’Adamo. A powerful story based on the real life and death of a Pakistani child sold into slavery. (E, M, H) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9781416903291

Kids On Strike!, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. This book tells the story of children who stood up for their rights against powerful company owners. Some strikes led by young people were successful; some were not. But all are a testimony to the strength of mind and spirit of the children who helped build American industry. (E, M) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780618369232

Teaching With Documents: Photographs of Lewis Hine: Documentation of Child Labor. This site contains reproducible copies of photos documenting the role of child labor in the development of the industrial United States. (M, H) http://bit.ly/hinesphoto

Stop Child Labor Lesson Plans, by International Labor Rights Forum. Lesson plans connected to several anti-child-labor campaigns including cocoa farms, and cotton and rubber plantations. (M, H) http://bit.ly/childlabor1 http://bit.ly/childlabor2

A People’s History of the United States, by Howard Zinn. While chapter 15 mentions the Chicago School Children strike only briefly, Zinn puts the event into context within labor movements and uprisings that took place following World War I and during the Great Depression. (M, H, TR) The text is also available at: http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/zinnselhel15.html

Labor Matters, by Teaching Tolerance. Draw on your students’ prior knowledge to help them understand the importance of the labor movement. (M, H) http://www.tolerance.org/teach/activities/activity.jsp?ar=1054

3PLUS-U, This UN Cyberschoolbus site provides an interactive experience for students to inquire about labor rights. (E, M, H) http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/3PLUSU/treeHouse.html

The Power in our Hands: A Curriculum on the History of Work and Workers in the United States, by William Bigelow and Norman Diamond. This celebrated book provides entertaining, easy-to-use lesson plans for teaching labor history. (M, H, TR) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780853457534

History of ¡Si Se Puede! This webpage tells the story of this fast and how the phrase ¡Si Se Puede! began. (M, H) http://bit.ly/cSSPDC

Win Win Solutions: An Introduction to Fair Trade and Cooperative Economics. See Globalization section. http://www.equalexchange.coop/educationaltools

Getting Involved in Fair Trade. See Globalization section. http://bit.ly/csTZgo

Sweatshop Accounting, by Rethinking Schools. Intolerable working conditions are not a thing of the past. Look at contemporary issues on economic justice in relation to sweatshop labor. (H) http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/19_01/swea191.shtml

Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type, by Doreen Croni. This children’s book addresses labor conflict and resolution through the story of a fictional farmer whose cows start making demands. (E) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780689832130

The 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America - The Homestead Strike - July 6, 1892. Narrated by Martin Sheen, this documentary chronicles the strike at a Carnegie steel mill and its effect on the labor movement. (M, H) Lesson plans: http://bit.ly/a79rQ3 Purchase DVD: http://bit.ly/95nIGg

Learning Guide to Matewan, Teaching With Movies. Directed by John Sayles, this film is based on the true story of a labor leader seeking to organize the workers of a company town. The organizing sets off racial hostility, corruption and betrayal during this bitter clash in West Virginia in the 1920s. (Lesson Guide requires subscription) (E, M, H) http://bit.ly/d6kI4p http://bit.ly/9Q1Zpy

Whose Fruits and Just Desserts?, by Dawn J. Bixby Saari. Students will examine the causes and consequences of labor strife between 1900 and 1920, taking into consideration the needs and wants of labor and the reactions of “capital.” (H) http://tiny.cc/ikcis

Who Built America: Working People and the Nation’s History, by the American Social History Project. A two-volume textbook examining the history of the United States from the perspective of working people accompanied by a collection of videos. (M, H) http://www.ashp.cuny.edu/wba.html

40 Books about Labor compiled by The Cooperative Children’s Book Center. A bibliography of 40 children’s books about labor. (E, M) http://bit.ly/aCGFjS

Labor Rights in the Classroom. See Globalization section. http://bit.ly/bVIovt

Handouts on poverty, by Paul C. Gorski. Handouts on many topics, but several on class, poverty and equity in education (TR) http://www.edchange.org/handouts.html

Finding Solutions to Hunger, by Kids Can Make a Difference. An educational program for middle and high school students focused on the root causes of hunger and poverty, the people most affected, solutions, and how students can help. (M, H) http://www.kidscanmakeadifference.org/description.htm

Class Matters, a special segment of the New York Times. A NYT exploration of the ways that class - defined as a combination of income, education, wealth and occupation - influences destiny in a society that likes to think of itself as a land of unbounded opportunity. (H, TR) http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/class/

Viva La Causa: The Story of César Chávez and a Great Movement for Social Justice. See Labor and Economic Issues section. http://www.tolerance.org/kit/viva-la-causa

Harvesting Hope: The Story of César Chávez. See Labor and Economic Issues section. http://bit.ly/cechbook

Model Curriculum and Resources for Teachers. This curriculum on the life and work of César E. Chávez from the California Department of Education includes biographies, pictures and other resources provided to help teachers prepare lessons for this holiday. (E, M, H) http://chavez.cde.ca.gov/ModelCurriculum/Teachers/index1.aspx

Granito de Arena/Grain of Sand; Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad/A Little Bit of So Much Truth; Desde el Filo de la Navaja/ From the Edge of the Blade. Three films that document different aspects of community based movement against state government in Oaxaca. The first film documents the three decades long struggle by the teachers’ union to democratize their union. The other films specifically focus on the 2006 “rebellion,” which lead to the temporary toppling of the state government. (TR) http://www.trickleupfilms.org/ http://www.corrugate.org/

Got Food? Thank a Farmworker. A collection of classroom discussion questions and additional resources related to farmworkers. (E, M) http://bit.ly/c1wODF

The Lucy Parsons Project. This website is a tribute to Lucy Parsons, her work and the causes she championed. (H, TR) http://www.lucyparsonsproject.org/

Latin@/Latin American History, Issues and Rights

Celebrations: Day of the Dead mini-unit. Students will learn about Día de Los Muertos through the use of writing, art, cooking and incorporating the Spanish language. (H) http://bit.ly/cdVtoC

Celebrate, don’t desecrate Cinco de Mayo. Article tracing the origins of the celebration of Cinco de Mayo in the United States to the Chicano anti-imperialist movement in the 1960’s. (TR) http://bit.ly/ccDwhK

Anunciation House. Website and short documentary about families who migrate to the US and the volunteers at Anunciation House who work to protect migrant adults and children upon arrival. (M, H, TR) http://annunciationhouse.org/

Viva La Causa: The Story of César Chávez and a Great Movement for Social Justice, by Teaching Tolerance. This short documentary film and accompanying teacher’s guide explore the Grape Strike and Boycott led by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta. The free teaching kit includes a 39-minute film on DVD and a teacher’s guide. (M, H, TR) http://www.tolerance.org/kit/viva-la-causa

Harvesting Hope: The Story of César Chávez, by Kathleen Krull. This picture book chronicles Chávez’s youth and the struggles he endured on his journey to becoming a leader. (E) http://bit.ly/cechbook

Model Curriculum and Resources for Teachers. See Labor and Economic Issues section. http://chavez.cde.ca.gov/ModelCurriculum/Teachers/index1.aspx

Cinco de Mayo Inc. This blog is dedicated to documenting and critically examining the commercialization of Cinco de Mayo. This Mexican holiday has become more popular in the US than in Mexico in part because of

corporate America’s desire to make millions off the Latino consumer market while perpetuating damaging stereotypes about Latinos and Latinas and not educating the American public about the historical significance of this day. (M, H, TR) http://cincodemayoinc.blogspot.com/

History Lesson 10: Plyler v. Doe: Can States Deny Public Benefits to Illegal Immigrants?, by the Constitutional Rights Foundation. In this lesson students take part in mock hearing about the 1982 Supreme Court decision in Plyler v. Doe. It gives the background on the case and the arguments for both sides. (M, H) http://bit.ly/bNiKyl

Pedro Albizu Campos leads the Puerto Rican Independence movement. See Independence section. http://bit.ly/9YHK87

The ABCs of Teaching about Latino Heritage Month. See Independence section. http://bit.ly/d5lMXr

¡Viva la Causa! 500 Years of Chicano History, by the Southwest Organizing Project and Collision Course Video Productions. Based on the book 500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures, edited by Elizabeth Martínez, this two-part video in English offers a compelling introduction to the history of Mexican-American people. (M, H) http://www.highlandercenter.org/r-b-videos.asp

Granito de Arena/Grain of Sand; Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad/A Little Bit of So Much Truth; Desde el Filo de la Navaja/ From the Edge of the Blade. See Labor and Economic Issues section. http://www.trickleupfilms.org/ http://www.corrugate.org/

The Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz project at Dartmouth University. This website includes a biography of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, as well as links to reproductions of her original texts and excerpts of her writing in Spanish. (TR) http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sorjuana/

Emiliano Zapata: Revolutionary and Champion of Poor Farmers. See Independence section. http://amzn.to/ck6XdQ

Plan de Ayala. Link to primary text of the Plan de Ayala. (H) http://www.hist.umn.edu/~rmccaa/la20c/ayala.htm

A People’s History of American Empire, by Howard Zinn. This graphic novel is a more general source for discussing the century- long history of the US’s actions in the world. Zinn specifically looks at the US’s involvement in Latin America at various points in the text. (M, H) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780805087444

The Massacre at El Mozote, by Mark Danner. Mark Danner’s book tells the story of the massacre, the official US cover-up and the role of the press. (H, TR) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780679755258

Calling the Doves/El canto de las palomas, by Juan Felipe Herrera. This picture book is Herrera’s memoir of his childhood as a son of migrant farmworkers. Written in English and Spanish, it celebrates the work, skills and love of Herrera’s parents. (E) http://bit.ly/h0kAyj

History of ¡Si Se Puede! See Labor and Economic Issues section. http://bit.ly/cSSPDC

Literacy

Fair Test. Fair Test hosts articles and links for critical thinking about NCLB. (H, TR) http://www.fairtest.org/national/fairtest+on+national

Hip Hop and the Classics for the Classroom, by Alan Sitmor and Michael Cirelli. This collection of lesson plans analyze the poetry of Hip Hop and compare its motifs, themes and general poetic devices to the poems traditionally studied in order to teach the core elements of the poetic craft in an appealing, relevant and accessible manner. (M, H) http://www.hiphopintheclass.com

Growing up Hip-Hop, by kahlil almustafa. In this collection written throughout his youth and young adulthood, award-winning poet kahlil almustafa captures the experiences, contradictions and healing that have defined the hip-hop generation. (E, M, H) http://kahlilalmustafa.weebly.com/books.html

The Hip-Hop Education Guidebook, Volume 1, by Marcella Runnell Hall and Martha Diaz. The H2ED Guidebook addresses the tenets of critical Hip Hop pedagogy, framing the issues of concern and strength within Hip Hop culture. The book offers an array of innovative and interdisciplinary lesson plans for teachers by teachers. (M, H) http://www.lulu.com/content/656880

Brave New Voices. Brave New Voices is a national poetry slam competition that truly engages everyone involved, from the participants to the adult mentors and audience members. The first episode of the HBO series, which chronicles the 2008 festival, is available online. (M, H) http://www.bravenewvoices.org

UN Site on International Mother Language Day. This site provides historical information on why the United Nations created International Mother Language Day as well as links to organizations that currently observe this day. (TR) http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/language

IndyKids. IndyKids is a free newspaper and teaching tool that aims to inform children on current news and world events from a progressive perspective and to inspire a passion for social justice and learning. It is geared toward kids in grades 4 to 8 and high school English Language Learners. IndyKids is produced five times during the school year. (E, M) http://www.indykids.net

Media Literacy

Write the Truth.See Abolitionism and Slavery section. http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/16_04/Writ164.shtml

Political Cartoons and Dr. Seuss. See Asian/Asian Pacific Islander/Asian American History, Issues and Rights section. http://to.pbs.org/cAL5JW http://bit.ly/akycST

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism. This film provides an in-depth look at Fox News and the dangers of ever- enlarging corporations taking control of the public’s right to know. (H) http://bit.ly/baxrSF

Media Literacy lessons, by Educators for Social Responsibility. Six lessons that help students deconstruct the media’s messages and the construction of the news. While the lessons are free, you will have to create a free account to access them. (H) http://bit.ly/9gnRUt

Turn Off TV...Turn on the Possibilities, by Pat Degracia from Kitsap County Health District. Describes the significance of TV Turnoff Day. This site includes a log that students and families can use to report how many hours of television they watched during this week compared to a normal week. (E, M, H) http://bit.ly/d5AKWk

Organizer’s Kit. Includes kits that you can purchase as well as fact sheets about children’s television viewing habits. (E, M, H) http://www.turnoffyourtv.com/turnoffweek/TV.turnoff.week.html

Middle Eastern Americans and the Middle East History, Issues and Rights

Teacher’s Guide for COBBLESTONE Armenian Americans. See Hate and Oppression section. http://bit.ly/cjJr7s

Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization: The Genocide of the Armenians. See Middle Eastern Americans and the Middle East History, Issues and Rights section. http://bit.ly/936fqB

Voices of a People’s History. Short video of Alice Walker reading a letter from Rachel Corrie, a young, White American who traveled to the Gaza Strip as part of the International Solidarity Movement and was killed by a bulldozer operated by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during a protest against the destruction of Palestinian homes by the IDF. (H) http://bit.ly/aKr5Q4

A Little Piece of Ground, by Elizabeth Laird w/ Sonia Nimr. This novel is about a young boy named Karim who is living through the Israeli occupation of Palestine. (E) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9781931859387

Arab Stereotypes and American Educators, by Marvin Wingfield and Bushra Karaman. A teacher resource on the impact of Arab stereotyping on students. (TR) http://bit.ly/cXjoy4

The Arab World in the Classroom: An Introduction to lslam. See Middle Eastern Americans and the Middle East History, Issues and Rights section. http://bit.ly/islam41

Teaching with the News: The United States in Afghanistan: Analyzing Political Cartoons, by The Choices Program. This lesson allows students to analyze a series of political cartoons to understand different viewpoints on US involvement in Afghanistan. (M, H) http://bit.ly/9EeGIe

Native American History, Issues and Rights

Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage. See African American History, Issues and Rights section. http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780689311963

Thanksgiving Mourning, by Teaching Tolerance. In this activity, students will explore the perspectives of two Native American authors about the meaning of the Thanksgiving holiday and then draft letters to them. (M, H) http://www.tolerance.org/activity/thanksgiving-mourning

1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving, by Catherine O’Neill Grace and Marge Bruchac. Produced in collaboration with the Wampanoag Indian Program at Plimoth Plantation, 1621 weighs Wampanoag oral traditions and English colonial written records against the popular myth of “brave settlers inviting wild Indians over for turkey dinner.” The second link is a lesson plan. (E, M) http://bit.ly/dORbuG http://bit.ly/eY2luI

Powhatan Museum of Indigenous Arts and Culture. Provides information about the Taíno and other Native American tribes, including a description of Hatuey in the section entitled Taínos: Past and Present. Site provides lots of images to accompany text. (E, M, H, TR) http://www.powhatanmuseum.com/Taino_Carib.html

Tecumseh’s Speech to the Osages (Winter 1811-12). Tecumseh, a Shawnee leader, sought to convince all Indian tribes to unify against the growing White intrusion into Indian lands. Links lead to primary text and Brian Jones’ video re-enactment of speech. (E, M, H, TR) http://bit.ly/bNqRay http://bit.ly/aQEQLn

The National Indian Youth Council. This site describes the history and work of NIYC. (H, TR) http://www.niyc-alb.org/history.htm

Rethinking Columbus, edited by Bill Bigelow and Bob Peterson, Rethinking Schools. 90+ lessons, interviews, poems, etc. that re-evaluate the myth of Columbus and issues of indigenous people. (E, M, H) http://www.rethinkingschools.org/publication/columbus/columbus.html

American Indians are People, Not Mascots, by National Coalition on Racism in Sports and Media. NCRSM’s website provides some position statements and resources for learning more about the campaign to stop the stereotyping of American Indians in sports and media. (M, H) http://www.aimovement.org/ncrsm/index.html

No ‘Indian’ Mascots In Media “Call to action: Begin A Campaign.” Includes a sample letter that students can use to begin a campaign against offensive mascots. (M, H) http://bit.ly/9ivM3z

Who Will Tell My Brother? by Marlene Carvell. This story, based on the author’s family experience, chronicles teenage Evan’s efforts to rid his school of its mascot. Though his activism is rebuffed and met with taunts, the novel ends on an optimistic note. (M) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780786816576

Interview with Vernon Bellecourt about the American Indian Movement. Bellecourt speaks about the state of nations and the demands being made in the American Indian Movement. (H, TR) http://bit.ly/9qBLCK

American Indians in Children’s Literature Blog: Critical Perspectives and Discussion of American Indians in Children’s Books, The School Curriculum, Popular Culture, and Society-at-Large, by Debbie Reese. Debbie Reese’s blog is one of the finest collectionsofresourcesandcriticalperspectives on teaching about Native Americans. (E, M, H) http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com

The Alcatraz Proclamation: A Primary Document Activity. Teaching Tolerance offers a wealth of activity ideas tied to Thanksgiving, Native mascots and indigenous people’s proud heritage of resistance. (M, H) http://bit.ly/9sPNbx

We Shall Remain. We Shall Remain is a PBS mini-series and multi-media project that establishes Native history as an essential part of American history. Five 90-minute documentaries spanning three hundred years tell the story of pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Native American perspective. Website includes teacher’s guides. (H) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/

Unlearning “Indian” Stereotypes, by Rethinking Schools. Narrated by Native American children, the DVD Unlearning “Indian” Stereotypes teaches about racial stereotypes and provides an introduction to Native American history through the eyes of children. Includes teacher’s guide and other resources. (E, M, H) http://www.rethinkingschools.org/publication/uis-dvd/

Indian Removal Act unit at Digital History. In this unit, students act as journalists reporting on the Indian Removal Act. They visit designated web sites and write factual articles about the developments. The site includes links to many relevant primary and secondary resources and includes student worksheets and lesson plans. (H) http://bit.ly/apkrhw

Oyate. Oyate is a Native American organization that lists recommended children’s books on Native American history and culture. The website features Thanksgiving resources and provides criteria for evaluating the quality of books about Native Americans. (E, M, H) http://www.oyate.org

Alcatraz is Not an Island, documentary and lesson plans by PBS. The PBS website provides lesson plans and resources for teaching about the American Indian Movement. (M, H) http://www.pbs.org/itvs/alcatrazisnotanisland/educators.html

“1492,” a song by Nancy Schimmel. A great song to use to teach about Columbus’s arrival from the Native American Perspective. (E) http://www.tolerance.org/activity/1492

Peace Education/Counter Recruiting

The Teach Peace Foundation. The Teach Peace website has lesson plans, resources, speakers and activities for teaching peace, non-violence and democratic citizenship. It also has a variety of excellent films that can be watched online free. (E, M, H) http://www.teachpeace.com

Veterans for Peace Speakers Bureau. Veterans for Peace Speakers Bureau provides knowledgeable speakers who share first hand information about military service and war. They present facts and views that are necessary for a young person to consider in making an informed choice about military service. (E, M, H) http://www.veteransforpeace.org/Speakers_List.vp.html

Do-It-Yourself Ribbon Stickers, by The Pinky Show. The Pinky Show is an animated online TV show featuring a cat named Pinky. This one-and-a-half-minute episode discusses how to make an alternative to the yellow “support our troops” ribbons. (E, M, H) http://www.pinkyshow.org/videos/do-it-yourself-ribbon-stickers

The Recruiter, directed by Edet Belzburg. This curriculum, which accompanies the documentary, The Recruiter, provides teachers with tools to take students beyond their own perspectives on war, and into the lives of teenagers choosing to enlist in the United States Army. It also prompts discussion about the personal circumstances of the teenagers themselves, and the nature of the war in which they are participating. (H) http://www.propellerfilms.com/recruiter/resources

The Camden 28, by POV of PBS. The Camden 28 tells the story of the planning of the break-in, the break-in itself, the arrests and the ensuing legal battle, which Supreme Court Justice William Brennan called “one of the great trials of the 20th century.” (H) Lesson plans: http://www.pbs.org/pov/camden28/lesson_plan.php Purchase film: http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/0720229912815

“Not In Our Son’s Name,” from Voices of a People’s History of the United States. Benjamin Bratt reads Orlando and Phyllis Rodriguez’s “Not In Our Son’s Name” in which the two parents of a 9/11 victim decry the use of September 11th as a justification for war. (M, H) http://bit.ly/ax0rJp

Conscientious Objection: Youth and Militarism, by the American Friends Service Committee. The American Friends website has a host of materials about militarism, alternatives to the military, counter recruitment and conscientious objection. (H) http://www.afsc.org/Youth&Militarism/

Voices in Wartime Education, by The YES! Education Program and Voices in Wartime Education Project. This site seeks to enable students to engage deeply with the subject of war by hearing and re-telling the personal stories of witnesses to war, and then engages students in materials and poetry. (H, TR) http://bit.ly/cYDW7i

Police/Prison

Know Your Rights on Campus: A Guide on Racial Profiling, and Hate Crime for International Students in the United States, by Harvard’s Civil Rights Project. This guide provides students with the facts they need to protect themselves in school. Written with college students in mind, this is still a helpful resource for high schoolers. (H, TR) http://bit.ly/bWo55R

William Kunstler: Disturbing the Peace, a film by PBS. The Attica case is one of several cases that lawyer William Kunstler defended that are examined in this film. The link is to additional video specific to Attica. (H, TR) http://to.pbs.org/c1qequ

Attica Revisited, a Talking History project. An extensive collection of audio, video and textual records of the Attica rebellion. The collection is designed to stimulate debate and discussion on the riots and on America’s criminal justice system. (H, TR) http://www.talkinghistory.org/attica/index.html

Youth and the US Justice System, by Community Justice Network for Youth. A 120-page popular education history curriculum that traces developments in the juvenile justice system from the 1500s to the policies and practices of today. (M, H) http://bit.ly/bUcNzr

Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson. See African American History, Issues and Rights section. http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9781556522307

Queer History, Issues and Rights

Tough Guise. See Health and Nutrition section. http://bit.ly/tguise

Hope Along the Wind: The Life of Harry Hay. This documentary follows the life of one of the founders of the Mattachine Society, Harry Hay. The website provides information regarding Hay’s life and a transcript of the film. (H) http://www.harryhay.com/AH_matt.html

International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) Website. Resources about LGBT injustices all around the world and ways to contribute to campaigns fighting for LGBT justice. (M, H, TR) http://idahomophobia.org

Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) Curriculum. The website features tools and resources for teaching about gay issues, for addressing homophobia and for supporting students to start Gay/Straight Alliances. (E, M, H) http://bit.ly/9vID87

Beyond Tolerance: A Resource Guide for Addressing LGTBQI Issues in Schools, by NYQueer and NYCoRE. A comprehensive resource guide with activities, websites, organizations and an annotated bibliography to support educators in addressing queer issues. (E, M, H, TR) http://www.nycore.org/2010/11/beyond-tolerance-resource-guide/

Welcoming Schools. Welcoming Schools is a guide for administrators, educators, parents and guardians who want to strengthen their schools’ approach to family diversity, gender stereotyping and bullying. It is specifically designed for use in K-5 learning environments and is inclusive of LGBTQI families and individuals in the broader context of diversity. (E) http://www.hrc.org/welcomingschools/

Acting Out: Combating Homophobia Through Teacher Activism, by Mollie V. Blackburn, Caroline T. Clark, Lauren M. Kenney, and Jill M. Smith. This book chronicles how teachers from urban, suburban and rural districts joined together in a teacher inquiry group to challenge homophobia and heterosexism in schools and classrooms. (TR) http://www.educationrevolution.org/actingout.html

And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell, Henry Cole. This book is based on two male penguins in New York’s Central Park Zoo, who became a couple and were given an egg to raise. The most banned book of 2009, And Tango Makes Three has won many awards and has been at the center of numerous censorship and culture war debates on same-sex marriage, adoption and homosexuality in animals. (E) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780689878459

Safe Schools Coalition Month-by-Month Planning Page. Month-by-month planning provides information and lessons that speak to the intersections between LGTBQI history and other heritage months. (E, M, H, TR) http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/blackboard-history.html

The Safe Schools Coalition. An incredible wealth of resources for educators for supporting LGTB youth and creating safer school environments. Explore the entire site, or use the link for specific resources on coming out. (E, M, H) http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/RG-coming_out.html

The Trevor Project. The Trevor Project operates a nationwide crisis and suicide prevention helpline for LGTBQ youth. Every day, The Trevor Project saves lives through its free and confidential helpline, its website and its educational services. (M, H, TR) http://www.thetrevorproject.org/news/trevor-project-honored-american-association-suicidology

GLSEN’s Safe Space Kit. The NEW Safe Space Kit features the Guide to Being an Ally, which provides concrete strategies for supporting LGBT students, educating about anti-LGBT bias and advocating for changes in your school. (M, H) http://www.allyweek. org/about/index.cfm

Beyond The Binary, A Tool Kit for Gender Identity Activism in Schools, by the Gay- Straight Alliance Network, Transgender Law Center and The National Center for Lesbian Rights. This guide includes information for helping students deconstruct some of the myths behind gender identity. It can be used to develop plans for Transgender Day of Remembrance, or for action planning to change school policies that are not supportive of all students. (E, M, H, TR) http://bit.ly/9wjXL2

Luna, by Julie Anne Peters. This novel is told from the perspective of a young woman who is dealing with her brother’s decision to live as his true female self, Luna. It is included in the Gay- Straight Alliance Network’s list of recommended books for and about LGBTQ youth. (M, H) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780316011273

The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals, by Stephanie A. Brill and Rachel Pepper. Transgendered and gender variant children have a hard time of it. They are generally discouraged by their families and bullied at school. This handbook is for families and teachers who want to understand and support children’s self-definition. (TR) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9781573443180

The Youth and Gender Media Project. The Youth and Gender Media Project encompasses a growing collection of short films that capture the diversity and complexity of gender non-conforming youth. (M, H) http://imjustanneke.com/Home.html

Speaking about Silence: Addressing Homophobia in Sports. Resources for teaching about and addressing homophobia in sports. (M, H, TR) http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/history/LGBT_historyMay.pdf

Religions

Maintain Neutrality, by Teaching Tolerance. This link provides a collection of lessons designed to help teachers maintain the distinction between “teaching religion” and “teaching about religion.” Explore the site for a wide array of other lessons and resources on the topic. (E, M, H) http://bit.ly/9B9stE

Taking a Closer Look at Religions Around the World, by Teaching Tolerance. This lesson offers a starting point for exploring religions and faith traditions, creating an ongoing respectful dialogue about religious tolerance. (M, H) http://bit.ly/d0WqIg

Respecting Nonreligious People, by Teaching Tolerance. Students often learn the importance of respecting people of different religions, but what about people who do not hold religious beliefs at all? This lesson introduces students to people who choose not to follow a religion. (E, M, H) http://bit.ly/nonrelig

Tanenbaum Education Program. Tanenbaum produces both free lesson plans and curricula that you can purchase that focus on inter-religious understanding. (E, M) https://www.tanenbaum.org/programs/education

Ramadan, by Susan L. Douglass. This book tells about the blessed month of Ramadan which is a holy time of year for Muslims all around the world. It is the time when Muslims fast and pray each day between sunrise and sunset. Ramadan is the time when family and friends come together and at the end of Ramadan, Muslims have a special celebration called Eid al-fitr. (E, M, TR) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9781575055848

The Best Eid Ever, by Asma Mobin- Uddin. During Eid, Aneesa is sad that her parents are thousands of miles away for the Hajj pilgrimage until her grandmother gives her a beautiful gift that comes in handy when she meets two sisters who are refugees and in need of her help. (E) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9781590784310

Information on Hinduism, by Mandy Barrow. This site provides some basic information about Hinduism for children. (E, M, H) http://bit.ly/cXh0zX

Becoming Buddha: The Story of Siddhartha, by Whitney Stewart. This book follows Buddha from pre-birth prophecies through his pampered youth, his break with royal life, and his quest for enlightenment. (E) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780893469566

My Sikh Year: A Year of Religious Festivals, by Cath Senker. This book moves chronologically through the calendar year and looks at the typical events, customs and celebrations celebrated by Sikh children. (E) http://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Sikh-Year-Religious-Festivals/dp/0750240547

Wesak, by Open-Sez-Me Books. Information and Activities to recognize Wesak or Vesakha and learn more about Buddhism. (E) http:// www.open-sez-mefestivals.co.uk/wesak.htm

BBC Schools: Guide to Ramadan. This site includes basic information about Ramadan and Eid al-Fitf, as well as links to lesson plans intended to help students understand the beliefs and practices of Muslim people. A lesson on Islamic art is included here. Follow links to “BBC Food” for information on Eid al-Fitr around the globe. (E, M, H) http://bbc.in/bFTw84

The Arab World in the Classroom: An Introduction to lslam, by the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. An Introduction to Islam is a 16-page reader- friendly guide that can be downloaded for free to share with teachers and students. (M, H, TR) http://bit.ly/islam411

Lights for Gita, by Rachna Gilmore. Author Rachna Gilmore introduces readers to Divali, one of the most important holidays observed by Hindus all over the world, through the eyes of Gita, a young immigrant girl. The author’s site includes a teacher’s guide and other books about Hinduism. (E) http://www.rachnagilmore.ca/guide-lights.html

My Name is Bilal, by Asma Mobin-Uddin. Bilal, a young Muslim boy, having transferred to a new school, tries to fit in. He pretends his name is Bill and ignores the teasing of his sister for wearing a headscarf. With an understanding teacher, Bilal reconnects with his faith and school. (E) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9781590781753

Salaam – A Muslim American Boy’s Story, by Trish Brown. This is a biography about a Muslim American boy named Imran. It tells about how he likes to do the same things that most children his age do. Not everyone understands what it means to be Muslim and through his story, Imran tells about how Muslims strive to be good people, just like those of other faiths do. (E) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780805065381

Under the Bodhi Tree, by Dharma Realm Buddhist Association. This book tells the story of the Buddha’s life, from his birth as a pampered prince, through his cultivation and enlightenment, to his founding of the Buddhist sangha and his final Nirvana. (E, M) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780881393194

Religious Oppression

Number the Stars. See Hate and Oppression section. http://bit.ly/cesQaT

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Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals: Online Exhibition of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. See Hate and Oppression section. http://bit.ly/91L1sK

Paper Clips, directed by Elliot and Joe Fab. This documentary shows how students in Tennessee responded to lessons about the Holocaust–with a promise to collect a paper clip for each individual killed by the Nazis. The result, a memorial railcar filled with 11 million paper clips stands permanently in their schoolyard, shows how a committed group of children and educators can make a difference. (E, M, H) http://amzn.to/9mdnwR

Days of Remembrance. The Museum has extensive resources for honoring Holocaust Remembrance Day. (H, TR) http://www.ushmm.org/remembrance/dor

One Survivor Remembers. One Survivor Remembers tells the unforgettable story of Gerda Weissmann Klein’s six-year ordeal as a victim of Nazi cruelty. The free teaching kit includes the documentary and lesson plans. (M, H, TR) http://www.tolerance.org/kit/one-survivor-remembers

Giving Beyond Measure—Diary of Anne Frank, by Learning to Give. Lessons that compare and contrast the life of Anne Frank in the annex with our lives today. Much of the focus is on philanthropy, moral reasoning, human rights and social justice. (M) http://www.learningtogive.org/lessons/unit16/lesson2.html

Commemorate 9/11 by Confronting Islamophobia, by Teaching Tolerance. A short article about the importance of teaching about Islamophobia followed by a series of relevant resources and lesson plans. (E, M, H, TR) http://bit.ly/cp1LLg

War and Imperialism

Understanding the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty. See Environmental Justice Issues section. http://bit.ly/d3GqUW

Nuclear Weapons: What Should Our Policy Be? See Environmental Justice Issues section. http://www.choices.edu/resources/twtn_nukes.php

Anunciation House. See Latin@/Latin American History, Issues and Rights section. http://annunciationhouse.org/

A People’s History of American Empire. See Latin@/Latin American History, Issues and Rights section. http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780805087444

Massacre at El Mozote. See Latin@/ Latin American History, Issues and Rights section. http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780679755258

Tecumseh’s Speech to the Osages (Winter 1811-12). See Native American History, Issues and Rights section. http://bit.ly/bNqRay http://bit.ly/aQEQLn

Do-It-Yourself Ribbon Stickers. See Peace Education/Counter Recruiting section. http://www.pinkyshow.org/videos/do-it-yourself-ribbon-stickers

Camouflaged: Investigating How the U.S. Military Affects You and Your Community, by NYCoRE. This resource collection is a tool for educators to help students explore the role of the military in their lives and in their communities. (M, H) http://www.nycore.org/curricula/

The Recruiter. See Peace Education/ Counter Recruiting section. http://www.propellerfilms.com/recruiter/resources/

Teaching about War, resources from Radical Math. A link to several lessons and resources that help students understand the cost of war through mathematics. (H, TR) http://bit.ly/radwar

Agent Orange contamination in Vietnam. See Health and Nutrition section. http://archives.cnn.com/2001/fyi/lesson.plans/05/15/agent.orange.da

The Camden 28. See Peace Education/ Counter Recruiting section. Lesson plans: http://www.pbs.org/pov/camden28/lesson_plan.php Purchase film: http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/0720229912815

“Not In Our Son’s Name.” See Peace Education/Counter Recruiting section. http://bit.ly/ax0rJp

Whose Terrorism?, by Bill Bigelow. This lesson uses fictional countries to engage students in critical analysis of terms such as ‘terrorism’ and ‘patriotic’ and the ways they are being used for political ends. (H, TR) http://www.zinnedproject.org/posts/1510

Conscientious Objection: Youth and Militarism. See Peace Education/Counter Recruiting section. http://www.afsc.org/Youth&Militarism/

Teaching with the News: The United States in Afghanistan: Analyzing Political Cartoons. See Middle Eastern Americans and the Middle East History, Issues and Rights section. http://bit.ly/9EeGIe

Voices in Wartime Education. See Peace Education/Counter Recruiting section. http://bit.ly/cYDW7i

Pearl Harbor: Two Hours that Changed the World. See Asian/Asian Pacific Islander/ Asian American History, Issues and Rights section. http://education.eastwestcenter.org/asiapacificed/ph2004/

Bush II and the “War on Terror,” See Human Rights and Democracy section. http://www.zinnedproject.org/posts/202

The Pat Finucane Centre for Human Rights and Social Change. The “links” section hosts photos, first-hand accounts and educational background material. (H, TR) http://www.patfinucanecentre.org/

Debate: Should the U.S. Annex the Philippines? See Asian/Asian Pacific Islander/Asian American History, Issues and Rights section. http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6613/

Women's History, Issues and Rights

Unbought and Unbossed. See African American History, Issues and Rights section. http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/97809800590211

Chisolm ‘72: Unbought and Unbossed. See African American History, Issues and Rights section. http://www.pbs.org/pov/chisholm/lesson_plan.php

Lawrence, 1912: The Singing Strike Teaching Activity PDF. See Labor and Economic Issues section. http://www.zinnedproject.org/posts/703 http://www.zinnedproject.org/posts/1452

Bread and Roses, Too. See Labor and Economic Issues section. http://www.zinnedproject.org/posts/476

Labor Matters. See Labor and Economic Issues section. http://www.tolerance.org/teach/activities/activity.jsp?ar=1054

Gender Issues, by Ithaca College WISE. This site includes a list of links, a bibliography and a list of films related to gender issues. (M, H, TR) http://www.ithaca.edu/wise/topics/gender.htm

Beyondmedia Education. Beyondmedia Education’s mission is to collaborate with under-served and under-represented women, youth and communities to tell their stories, connect their stories to the world around us, and organize for social justice through the creation and distribution of media arts. Videos available for viewing and purchasing. (M, H, TR) http://www.beyondmedia.org/about_us.html

The Lucy Parson’s Project. See Labor and Economic Issues section. http://www.lucyparsonsproject.org/

NO! Confronting Sexual Assault in Our Communities. See Health and Nutrition section. http://bit.ly/filmNO http://bit.ly/guideno

A Woman for President: The Story of Victoria Woodhull, by Kathleen Krull. Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to do many things: the first woman to own a newspaper, to speak before Congress, and to have a seat on the stock exchange. But her boldest act was announcing herself as the first female candidate for the presidency of the United States in 1872—before women even had the right to vote. (E) http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9780802796158

America’s Victoria: Remembering Victoria Woodhull- Director’s Cut. America’s Victoria is a wonderful chronicle of the life of one of the most important and unrecognized women in US history. Although she was a radical suffragist, she refused to restrict her presidential campaign to the issue of women’s suffrage. Instead, she advocated a single sexual standard for men and women, legalization of prostitution and reform of marriage. (H, TR) http://amzn.to/9va7My

TITLE IX: Striving for Gender Equity in Athletics, by Roberta McCutcheon. Through examining primary documents and engaging in a role play, students will understand the struggle for gender equity. (H) http://bit.ly/9JnWAx

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600 to 2000. This website offers documents and lesson plans for teaching American history. (M, H) http://bit.ly/bmuSYJ

Clara Barton’s House: Home of the American Red Cross. See Health and Nutrition section. http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/27barton/27barton.htm

Clara Barton to the Rescue. See Health and Nutrition section. http://learningtogive.org/lessons/unit133/lesson5.html#lessonn

The Early Women’s Movement, Teaching Activity PDF, by Gayle Olson-Raymer. Questions and teaching ideas for Chapter 6 of Voices of a People’s History of the United States on the early women’s movement, including their efforts for social, racial and political equality. (H, TR) http://www.zinnedproject.org/posts/1375

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