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Coming Soon: Civic Education Curriculum Collection
Get notified when our Civic Education Curriculum Collection is released. This modular and interdisciplinary set of units, inquiries, and lesson planning materials will help you prepare your students for informed and ethical participation in democracy.
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Human & Civil Rights
California Farm Worker Labor and Living Conditions: Supporting Question 1
This lesson explores the question, “What conditions led migrant farm workers in 1960s California to build a movement for change?"
Building Support for the Farm Workers Movement: Supporting Question 4
This lesson explores the question, “How did the farm workers movement gain popular support from people across the country in the 1960s?”
Farm Working Conditions in 1960s California
This set of readings draws on various historical sources to depict the living and working conditions migrant farm workers faced in 1960s California.
The Choices Eisenhower and Faubus Made in Little Rock
Students explore how the choices of leaders impacted the integration of Little Rock Central High School and consider the role leaders play in democracy more broadly.
A White Pastor's Choice to Support Little Rock School Integration
How Dunbar Ogden, a white minister in Little Rock, decided to support racial integration and the Little Rock Nine, and what happened as a result.
Daisy Bates’s Choice
Daisy Bates recalls the pressure she faced before the start of the school year due to her support for the Little Rock Nine.
Davis Fitzhugh’s Choice to Speak Up About Little Rock
Davis Fitzhugh was a white farmer who purchased an advertisement in the Arkansas Gazette about the Little Rock Integration Crisis.
Benjamin Fine’s and Grace Lorch’s Choices
Daisy Bates recounts how Benjamin Fine and Grace Lorch helped Elizabeth Eckford get to school safely.
The Impact of Upstanders Who Supported the Little Rock Nine
Upstanders like Daisy Bates and Davis Fitzhugh who supported the Little Rock Nine mattered, even if their impact wasn't obvious at first.
The Media’s Choices During the Little Rock Integration Crisis
Explore the conditions the media faced in documenting the situation in Little Rock and the impact of their reporting on the nation.
The Choices the Little Rock Students Made
In this two-day lesson, students will examine the range of choices made by students at Central High School and connect these choices to the project of strengthening democracy.
