The curated resources linked below are an initial sample of the resources coming from a collaborative and rigorous review process with the EAD Content Curation Task Force.
The Rhode Island Historical Society, in partnership with the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society and the Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission, was awarded a grant from the National Park Service* for a multi-phase project on African Americans’ Struggle for Civil Rights in Rhode Island: The 20th Century. The project consisted of conducting archival research, collecting oral histories, and documenting places of significance to civil rights in Rhode Island over the course of three years, 2017-2020. Public exhibits and school unit plans were also created thanks to this grant.
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Students are introduced to the 9/11 attacks and learn that the nation’s response created tension between the need for security and America’s tradition of liberty. They are then introduced to the Declaration of Independence and Preamble to the U.S. Constitution and learn that these documents describe fundamental values and principles that characterize the American political culture.

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Center for Civic Education

This lesson plan focuses on two prominent Supreme Court cases on the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII, and it asks students to consider the executive branch's authority regarding individual liberties during times of war.

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Annenberg Classroom

Students explore the democratic ideals and practices of the ancient Greeks and search for evidence of them in the U.S. Constitution.

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iCivics, Inc.

This learning resource looks at the impact of Japanese-American internment camps following the Pearl Harbor attacks. Students will engage with accounts from families impacted by these injustices and how past xenophobic actions manifest today with the rise of anti-Asian hate across the globe. Students will look at the location of these camps and the legacy these places still hold today.
New American History

In this lesson, students will examine some of the fundamental ideas about government that are contained in the Declaration of Independence and the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. When they have completed this lesson, students should be able to explain those ideas and identify which ideas the class holds in common.

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Center for Civic Education

Inspired by Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm’s famous words and life story, the Seat at the Table Project is a collaborative civic art and education project that encourages students to reflect on their own civics identity and agency as they consider bringing their own seat to the table of civic life. The lesson plan, resources, and companion digital exhibit guide teachers and student through participating the project.

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The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate

Inspired by Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm’s famous words and life story, the Seat at the Table Project is a collaborative civic art and education project that encourages students to reflect on their own civics identity and agency as they consider bringing their own seat to the table of civic life. The lesson plan, resources, and companion digital exhibit guide teachers and student through participating the project.

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The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate

A Visual History, 1940–1963: Political Cartoons by Clifford Berryman and Jim Berryman presents 70 political cartoons that invite students to explore American history from the early years of World War II to the civil rights movement. These images, by father-and-son cartoonists Clifford Berryman and Jim Berryman, highlight many significant topics, including WWII and its impact, the Cold War, the space race, the nuclear arms race, and the struggle for school desegregation.

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National Archives Center for Legislative Archives

This lesson helps dispel prevailing stereotypes and generalizing cultural representations of American Indians by providing culturally-specific information about the contemporary as well as historical cultures of distinct tribes and communities within the United States.

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National Endowment for the Humanities

These lessons supplement to the Civil Rights history already being taught in classrooms with a focus is on local events and people. Many lessons reference time periods earlier than the 1960s, while also drawing connections from those events up to today.
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The Rhode Island Historical Society
This unit plan invites students to learn about the Civil Rights movement in Rhode Island while thinking more broadly about how conceptions of race and ethnicity change over time.