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.
What would you do to support what you believe in? Through an interactive and movement-based activity, students investigate this question and examine how in many instances there are no black-or-white answers.

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Smithsonian National Museum of American History

What does the right to vote mean to you? Through an interactive and movement-based activity, students investigate this question and examine how in many instances there are no black or white answers.

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Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Explore the National Constitution Center's Article I: How Congress Works module for everything you need to know about Article I of the Constitution!

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National Constitution Center

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

This lesson introduces students to the importance of building a constituency to support or oppose public policies, using the case study of the Montgomery Bus Boycott as an example. Students read primary documents related to the boycott and discuss how the documents illustrate strategic efforts by boycott leaders to build public support.

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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Students will examine Alabama’s past practice of convict leasing, discussing the parties in favor of and against the work process, and they will analyze a persuasive pamphlet urging the end of convict leasing.

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

In this lesson, students will think about the definition of democracy and then consider how it might relate to the communities and culture in which they live and participate.

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Facing History and Ourselves

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Document-Based Question: The March on Washington
This activity and resource collection guides students through answering a document-based question about the March on Washington. Using 6 supporting documents/images and a page of historical background, students answer the question, "Is the March on Washington evidence of the power of grassroots organizing or of charismatic leadership?"

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Smithsonian National Museum of American History

In this lesson, students will examine the final speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and deepen their understanding of the text by illustrating and summarizing Dr. King’s main ideas and imagery, and they will then use excerpts to create a class poem and later reflect on how they might “choose to participate” in creating of a more just community, nation, or world.

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Facing History and Ourselves

These distance learning activities create opportunities for civic engagement when federal judges bring the rule of law, separation of powers, judicial independence, and jury service into students’ daily life. Student voice is incorporated into every activity.

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Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts

FIRE's First Amendment Curriculum guides students in learning why their free speech rights are so valuable, how they are essential to learning and to democracy, and about their proven history in securing justice and fairness for disempowered and marginalized populations. Centered in social and emotional learning, these lessons demonstrate how basic rights can be threatened and illustrate ways to protect them.

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Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)
