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.
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
In this lesson, students consider the conflict over public memory of the Civil War in the United States as they investigate the 2015 controversy over the Confederate flag in South Carolina and then draw connections to the 2017 violence in Charlottesville.

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Facing History and Ourselves

This lesson invites students to explore how public monuments and memorials serve as a selective lens on the past that powerfully shapes our understanding of the present. In the lesson's final activity, students become public historians as they design their own memorial to represent a historical idea, event, or person they deem worthy of commemoration.

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Facing History and Ourselves

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

This lesson asks students to investigate the connections between constitutional principles, the United States founding documents, and their relationship to one another.

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Bill of Rights Institute

Students will discuss the importance of Civil Discourse and discuss challenging contemporary issues.

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Bill of Rights Institute

Students will examine arguments concerning the role of the government during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Bill of Rights Institute

This Teaching Idea uses the story of the Robert E. Lee monument to help students consider the power of symbols and explore the Movement for Black Lives protests through the lens of voice, agency, and solidarity.

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Facing History and Ourselves

Uncover the tools to hold constitutional conversations and civil dialogue.

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National Constitution Center

In this Close Up In Class Controversial Issue in the News, we will challenge students to weigh the pros and cons of the various paths that the United States could take to mitigate the effects of climate change.

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For generations, Americans have struggled to determine how the federal government should best regulate levels of immigration and most effectively control who crosses U.S. borders. In this Close Up in Class Controversial Issue in the News, we will examine several proposals to reform the immigration system and challenge students to weigh the pros and cons of the various paths forward.

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