Through engaging activities, video, and small-group discussion, students consider the Montgomery Bus Boycott and how they might stand up against injustice in their own lives

This activity teaches students a strategy for being assertive when problems come up with friends and family.

In this lesson plan, students will analyze a primary source and explore the effectiveness of strikes and boycotts in achieving their objectives. This lesson focuses on the New York Taxi Workers Alliance and the #DeleteUber action and Uber boycott.

In this lesson plan, students will explore two readings and their accompanying discussion questions in order to understand the history of Labor Day and the Labor Movement's past accomplishments and the current "alt-labor" movement.

In this resource marking the 50th anniversary of the landmark 1967 Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia, students will read two different resources and then complete and discuss accompanying questions that explore both the background and details of the case that went to the Supreme Court as well as the decision's lasting impact.

In this lesson plan, students will explore the Poor People's Campaign and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s fight to end poverty in the US. Students will then consider the current struggles to end poverty in the US, focusing on the efforts of minimum wage workers to be paid a living wage.

In this lesson plan, students will read a 1957 comic book detailing the Montgomery Bus Boycott and explore the roles of both Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks.

This lesson is divided into two readings designed to have students explore the ideas of mass incarceration and the New Jim Crow. Questions follow each reading.

In this lesson plan, students will investigate what escalates and de-escalates conflict, consider nonviolent action as an assertive response to conflict, and learn about Occupy Wall Street's use of nonviolence as a strategy.

In this lesson plan, students will consider the unsanitary and difficult conditions--often illegal--faced by nail salon employees. Students will explore different points of view on the issue and consider how they view the issue as well.

In this lesson plan, students will learn about Chester Nez, the Navajo code talker who helped the US War effort in World War II. Students will consider the complex relationship between duty and loyalty in the context of discrimination.

In this lesson plan, students will investigate how love combined with nonviolent action can be a powerful tool in the fight against injustice and working toward what Dr. Martin Luther King referred to as "the beloved community." Students will work in small groups and participate in a class discussion.

In this lesson plan, students will explore two different readings to gain insight into U.S. farmworkers, past efforts at farmworker organizing, and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers rallying for justice. Questions accompany each reading.

In this lesson plan, students will explore an opening exercise and two readings to learn about the Patriot Act and to grapple with some of its controversial provisions.

Students consider the importance of understanding another person's point of view in solving a conflict.

In this lesson plan, students will explore how the growing power of Latino voters may spur comprehensive immigration reform in the United States. Students will explore the political and economic ramifications of immigration.

In this lesson, students will explore whether the idea of racial inequality in the film industry. Students will learn about the controversy at the Oscars, identify different viewpoints, take a stand, and support their views.

Students will participate in activites that teach them to value diversity and respect one another. They start off by recognizing their preferences for "favorite time of the year." This lesson is adaptable for younger students.

In this lesson plan, students will learn about the deompgraphics and experiences of fast food workers and consider how raisng the minimum wage might affect consumers and the economy. This lesson includes two readings with accompanying discussion questions.

This resource provides two student readings concerning the Sunni-Shia conflict in Iraq. The first reading describes the growing sectarian violence in Iraq, and the second offers background on the historic split between Sunnis and Shiites.