Lessons

Students will understand difference and community by exploring a special place in their lives.

This shortest month of the year is typically filled with history reports, pageants, guest speakers, cultural fairs and the like. Seldom a day goes by that we don't hear the names of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Madame C.J. Walker, George Washington Carver, and so on.

In this lesson, students will read a short biography of César Chávez—one of our nation’s greatest labor leaders. They will examine how much of the success attributed to Chávez was the result of the efforts of thousands of other people helping and supporting him. Students will learn about labor unions and reflect on how powerful it can be to speak up with others for change.

In this upper-grades activity, students use basic news reporting skills to explore the impact of environmental racism.

Draw on your students' prior knowledge to help them understand the importance of the labor movement.

In this activity, students in the middle and upper grades will explore whether Obama's selection as the president of the United States marks a new era in America, one where race doesn't matter.

Lesson on 'unbranding' guides students toward diversity appreciation

Period songs give students an understanding of early 19th century labor conditions