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
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

In the decades following the Civil War, the US military clashed with Native Americans in the West. The Battle of Little Bighorn was one of the Native Americans' most famous victories. In this lesson, students explore causes of the battle by comparing two primary documents with a textbook account.

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Stanford History Education Group

This resource probes some of the complex issues arising from the history of Japanese incarceration during World War II and invites students to explore difficult questions about national identity, institutional racism, and the boundaries of US citizenship.

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Facing History and Ourselves

The unit contains three case studies all focusing on immigration policies: Chinese Exclusion Act, Hart Celler Act and DACA

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Smithsonian National Museum of American History

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

While the Reconstruction Amendments were an important step in ensuring equal rights for all people regardless of race, racial injustices throughout the United States continued into the late 19th and 20th centuries, leading to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, and the passages of Supreme Court decisions and legislation, including Brown v. Board of Education, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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National Constitution Center

A curated collection of documents, documents-based resources and programs, lesson plans, and discussion questions related to the Civil Rights Movements of the 19th and 20th Centuries. Intended for teachers who are eager to get started using original documents, but are unsure of where to start.

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Ashbrook/TeachingAmericanHistory

The African-American Civil Rights movement is typically seen as having taken place mostly in the 1950s and 60s, when a confluence of social and economic factors enabled political change. The movement, however, has much deeper roots, and thus our toolkit starts in the 19th Century, some two generations before leaders like King, Parks, and others were born. Viewing the Civil Rights movement as a generational one provides a broader perspective on the ideas and people at the foundation of this work to achieve “a more perfect union” for all Americans.

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Ashbrook/TeachingAmericanHistory

In this Close Up in Class Controversial Issue in the News, we will examine the various methods of voting used in the United States, explore the idea of voting entirely by mail, and challenge students to consider the pros and cons of one of the paths forward.

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Close Up

This 12-lesson teacher's guide accompanies the Emmy-award winning documentary film, DAWNLAND, about the forced removal and coerced assimilation of Indigenous children and the first truth and reconciliation commission in U.S. history to focus on issues of importance to Indigenous Peoples. The compelling question of the guide is: What is the relationship between the taking of the land and the taking of the children?

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Upstander Project

This lesson explores desegregation in Arkansas. Through the use of primary and secondary sources, students will understand the story of desegregation in Arkansas.