Explore with young people the experiences of people with disabilities, the bias and discrimination they face, and the struggle to continue fighting for their rights.
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Teach students about disability rights activist Judy Heumann and what work in schools and communities still remains.
Teach students about what disability means, and the tools and accommodations that people with disabilities need.
Engage in a family conversation about accommodations are and why people with disabilities need them.
Use the short evocative videos and films in this lesson plan to engage young people in conversations about identity, diversity, bias and social justice.
Civics Lesson
GRADE LEVEL: High School How Were Youth Involved in the Civil Rights Movement?
Throughout history, young people have stepped up and into leadership roles during different civil rights and social movements. This was never more evident than in the Civil Rights Movement, where young people were on the frontlines of the Montgomery bus boycotts, Freedom Rides and sit-ins. Given that student activism is on the rise again across the U.S., understanding how those young voices…
By Shaina Rudolph
Ages:4-8
By Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Ages:6-9
By Frank Murphy
Ages:5-8
By Michael G. Long
Ages:6-9
By Heather Murphy Capps
Ages:10-13
By Tiffany Hammond
Ages:5-8
By Winsome Bingham
Ages:4-8
By Linda Glaser
Ages:4-7
By Kelly Fritsch
Ages:6-9
By Nancy Bo Flood
Ages:4-8
By Kelly Yang
Ages:8-12
By Nancy Churnin
Ages:8-12
The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950’s and 1960’s came about out of the need and desire for equality and freedom for African Americans and other people of color. Nearly one hundred years after slavery was abolished, there was widespread segregation, discrimination, disenfranchisement and racially motivated violence that permeated all personal and structural aspects of life for black people. “Jim Crow” laws at the local and state levels barred African Americans from…