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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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Racism
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?"
Motivations for the Delano Grape Strike: Supporting Question 2
This lesson explores the question, “What motivated farm workers in Delano, CA, to go on strike in 1965?"
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.
Choices Students Made in Little Rock: Reading Set 1
Have students learn about the physical and psychological violence the Little Rock Nine experienced from first-hand accounts.
Choices Students Made in Little Rock: Reading Set 2
Have students learn about the physical and psychological violence the Little Rock Nine experienced from first-hand accounts.
Choices Students Made in Little Rock: Reading Set 3
Have students learn about the physical and psychological violence the Little Rock Nine experienced from first-hand accounts.
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.