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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The Rhode Island Historical Society
60-Second Civics is a daily podcast that provides a quick and convenient way for listeners to learn about our nation’s government, the Constitution, and our history. The podcast explores themes related to civics and government, the constitutional issues behind the headlines, and the people and ideas that formed our nation’s history and government. The daily podcast is accompanied by a quiz question.

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Center for Civic Education

Students will engage with the Constitution and the events on September 11, 2001 to analyze American values and ideals. Students will examine the most fundamental American values and evaluate progress made to close the gap between ideals and reality.

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Center for Civic Education

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.
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The Rhode Island Historical Society
This unit invites students to consider the student activism of the Civil Rights Movement and how its lessons apply today.
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The Rhode Island Historical Society
Students will learn about Dr. Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson through viewing primary sources and participating in reading and visual arts activities while working collaboratively. Students will be required to showcase their learning through a pictorial representation of Dr. Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson.

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

This lesson explores the role of the judiciary in relation to the legislative and executive branches to help students know how judicial independence has evolved since the founding.

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Annenberg Classroom

Argue real Supreme Court cases, and put your lawyering skills to the test.

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iCivics, Inc.

Students explore the connection between art and activism by analyzing a painting about the Gold Rush from the Autry Museum. Students are also invited to participate in activism by creating their own painting.

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Autry Museum of the American West

In this lesson, students consider the impact of the poll tax as a barrier to voting by examining four primary sources.

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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

Students use primary sources focused on baseball to explore the American experience regarding race and ethnicity.

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The Library of Congress
