In this lesson plan, students will explore opposition to past waves of U.S. immigrants and consider the current immigration debates in light of that history.

In this resource from PBS, students will discuss the factors that influence perceptions of the U.S. soldiers who served in the Vietnam War; understand why data and documentation about Latino service during the Vietnam War is so limited; examine the social, cultural, and economic factors that contribute to the high ratios of Latino military service; and compare/contrast the experiences of Latino soldiers in Vietnam with minority communities in the modern military.

Students compare and contrast the world, people and technologies of "1984" with those of today and create a treatment for a modern film, print or stage adaptation that revolves around current technologies.

In this lesson, students compare and contrast the world, people and technologies of “1984” with those of today and create a treatment for a modern film, print or stage adaptation that revolves around current technologies.

In this lesson plan, students will analyze Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" in light of current events in the United States. Students will discuss the case for nonviolent protest and examine the viewpoints of those who see it as ineffective.

This article discusses the events leading up to and the effects that followed the Brown v. Board of Education decision.

These discussion questions explore the impact of Brown v. Board of Education and the current state of segregation.

This article discusses the resurfacing of segregation in schools over 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education, in the wake of the Supreme Court decisions ending desegregation orders.

In this resource from PBS based on the documentary Children of Giant, students will understand the distinction between de-jure and de-facto segregation, as well as explore that the concept of education as a right is a relatively modern idea. Additionally, students will investigate the social issues that were prevalent in Marfa, Texas during the making of the film Giant and the lasting impact they had on the community members, as well as analyze the impact of segregation within the context of their school community.

In this resource from PBS based on the documentary Children of Giant, students will explore how Edith Ferber’s personal experience of discrimination, stemming from her intersecting identities as a Jewish woman, and her collaborative research into the lives and experiences of Mexican-Americans and Anglo-Americans in Texas, influenced her development of complex characters such as Juana and Leslie. It also reveals the Intersectionality of discrimination behind the lens through the experiences of the citizens of Marfa as well as the actor Elsa Cardenas, who played Juana.

In this 4 day lesson plan, students will investigate the roots of the Civil Rights movement through both song and primary sources, looking at the past and discussing current day events like Ferguson.

In this lesson, students will take a survey on white and male privilege that explores race and gender inequality. They will then compare and contrast the experiences of African American and white women facing discrimination in the 1950s and 1960s. In a culminating activity, students will then research current areas of discrimination and formulate an anti-discrimination campaign.

In this six lesson unit from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, students will focus on the impact of the civil rights movement in Mississippi. The lessons are as follows: Lesson One: Black and White Worlds; Lesson Two: Mississippi Civil Rights Timeline; Lesson Three: Protesting Violence Without Violence; Lesson Four: Integrating Higher Education in Mississippi; Lesson Five: Mississippi in 1964; A Turning Point; and Lesson Six: Civil Rights After the Civil Rights Movement. This unit includes close readings of autobiographies, fiction, and informational texts; the use of primary sources such as newspaper articles, images, and interviews; multi-media components such as documentaries, feature films, and music; and research and writing projects of various lengths completed both as individuals and within groups. Throughout the unit students are encouraged to both analyze and question the persons and events of the civil rights era and make connections between the civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s with those of minority groups today.

In this lesson students analyze three primary source documents from the African American Freedom Struggle of the 1950’s and 1960’s. The first document is from the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and encourages students to examine the goals of the march through a human rights framework. The second and third documents provide examples of the relationship between the human rights struggles in the United States and in South Africa.

In this structured discussion method, under the guidance of a facilitator, participants are encouraged to engage intellectually with challenging materials, gain insight about their own point of view and strive for a shared understanding of issues. In this conversation, students will focus their study on the "Syrian Refuge Crisis and U.S. Policy."

Students will view a brief video about a singular cultural event that occurred in a decade, in this case the 1990s, in the United States and annotate the event for the who, what, where, when of the event and the impact of the event in 2019.  Each day has a specific video that the students will view, and they will submit the completed packet on the last class of the week.

In this lesson students will define the terms community and activist, explore the “results of activism,” and determine a variety of characteristics and actions that would make someone a leader.

Students share opinions about obstacles to success. They then investigate equal rights legislation and develop mentoring plans that consider how some laws might benefit those who face unjust challenges finding success.

In this 2 week lesson plan from Voices Across Time: American History Through Music, students will explore how the role of women has changed over time, focusing on the Suffrage Movement, the Equal Rights Amendment, to the modern day women's movement.

In this lesson plan, students will study the 15th Ammendment and discover why there was still a need to fighrt for voting rights in 1965, as well as compare past efforts to suppress voting to current voter registration restrictions in the United States.