Teach students about disability rights activist Judy Heumann and what work in schools and communities still remains.
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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 Joshua David Stein
Ages:3-7
By Liza Ferneyhough
Ages:4-8
By Michael G. Long
Ages:6-9
By Juan Pablo Iglesias Yacher
Ages:3-6
By Jane Breskin Zalben
Ages:3-7
By Heather Murphy Capps
Ages:10-13
By Winsome Bingham
Ages:4-8
By Leslea Newman
Ages:5-7
By Linda Glaser
Ages:4-7
By Laurel Goodluck
Ages:4-8
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…
By Frann Preston-Gannon
Ages:0-3
By Sonia Sotomayor
Ages:4-8
By Nikole Hannah-Jones
Ages:7-10
By Ibi Zoboi
Ages:5-10