In this lesson, students take on the role of a politician to identify stakeholders on a controversial policy issue and craft a series of statements that address each group.

In this lesson, students will conduct interviews of friends and family members, as well as online and library research on what was happening internationally, nationally, locally, in sports, music, arts, commercial, TV, and publishing during the year that they were born. After they've gathered their research, they discuss how they will organize their information, typically in chronological order, and then create a rough outline. Students will then work in small groups to give feedback on their research and outlines. They then refine their outline into a paper that they publish as a newspaper or booklet using an online publishing tool.

This lesson, Young People Working for Justice, focuses on Dr. Martin Luther King and on the role of youth during the modern African American Freedom Struggle. The activities encourage students to envision their role in creating a just world.