| Facing History and Ourselves

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Lessons and resources help you explore the sanitation workers’ strike and other events that brought Dr. King to Memphis in the spring of 1968. This lesson is part of our partnership with the National Civil Rights Museum's MLK50 initiative.

Photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. marching arm in arm with a crowd of men participating in the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Worker's Strike.

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This unit uses the 10 Questions Framework to explore two examples of youth activism: the 1963 Chicago schools boycott and the present-day movement against gun violence launched by Parkland students.

Facing History and Ourselves Bullying Summit September 29th 2012 in Los Angeles CA

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Use this rich collection of Reconstruction era primary sources, videos, and a 3-week unit to engage your students in this pivotal period in US history and its legacies today.

African American and Radical Republican members of the South Carolina Legislature in the 1870s.

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Enrich your teaching on the Reconstruction era with these primary source documents and images.

Portraits superimposed on an image of the American flag

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Address today's global challenges with lesson plans focused on current events including the refugee crisis and contemporary antisemitism.

Large crowd of citizens gathering in solidarity with refugees. Some are holding up UNHCR signs.

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Explore this collection of lesson plans that cover a wide range of themes related to democracy, including citizen power and civic participation, the rule of law, the role of a free press, and more.

A magnifying glass over the definition of democracy in a dictionary.

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Help students become informed and effective civic participants in today's digital landscape. This unit is designed to develop students' critical thinking, news literacy, civic engagement, and social-emotional skills and competencies.

Peaceful protestor speaks to police officer in Ferguson.

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Teach a 3-week study of the Reconstruction era guided by the essential question "What can we learn from the history of Reconstruction as we work to strengthen democracy today?"

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Intentionally designed for middle school classrooms, this unit explores themes of identity and community by using students' knowledge of the Memphis, Tennessee, community.

Students participate in a group activity.

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Explore South Africa’s tumultuous history from the early interactions between white European settlers and native African tribes to the implementation of apartheid and the long struggle for democracy.

Group of people waving South African flags in back lit.

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Find the videos, images, readings, handouts and strategies you will need to teach the lesson plans in the unit My Part of the Story: Exploring Identity in the United States.

An illustrated collage of silhouettes in bright colors.

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Help students understand that their voices are integral to the story of the United States with six lesson plans that investigate individual and national identity.

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Memphis 1968

10 Questions for Young Changemakers

The Reconstruction Era and the Fragility of Democracy

The Reconstruction Era Primary Sources

Standing Up to Hatred and Intolerance

What Makes Democracy Work?

Facing Ferguson: News Literacy in a Digital Age

The Reconstruction Era 3-Week Unit

Identity & Community: An Introduction to 6th Grade Social Studies

Confronting Apartheid

Materials for My Part of the Story

My Part of the Story: Exploring Identity in the United States