Browse and adapt hundreds of standards-aligned lesson plans for K–12 classrooms. Lessons encourage students to make local connections to global news stories, while strengthening skills such as critical thinking, media literacy, and communication. Click here to send feedback to our team.
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1619 Project Humanities: Research Extension
Students apply analysis of The 1619 Project texts and podcasts, Born on the Water, and their own research to complete a project that demonstrates their learning.
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Fostering Radical Hopefulness
Students explore personal connections to national and local histories, gain an understanding of connections between oppressive systems in the past and present, and create original artistic works.
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Students examine the origins of slavery and its effect on mass incarceration and convict leasing through engagement with multiple news stories and primary source documents.
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Evaluating The 1619 Project's Claims
In this unit, students will evaluate key claims made in essays from The 1619 Project as well as writing that criticizes the project in order to write a research paper explaining the impact of slavery.
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The Birth of American Music
Students explore the influence of Black Americans on national identity and culture by examining the roots of American music and engaging in a Socratic seminar.
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1619 Project Humanities: Building Background
Students explore the five podcast episodes from The 1619 Project and apply annotation skills while closely reading the paired essays.
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The '20 and Odd' Who Built the United States
This unit introduces the “20 and odd” who built the United States and focuses on themes of conflict, human rights violations, and power.
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School Curriculum and the Government
Students draw upon personal experiences, current events, news articles, and materials that could be banned in school to respond to the compelling question: Should the government mandate curriculum?
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In this introduction to the concept of laws and justice, students will evaluate the ideals put forth in the Constitution, and analyze to which extent they have been accorded to all people.
