Subject: Civics
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Indigenous Voices in Global Environmental Protection
How do Indigenous perspectives contribute to international environmental protection policies?
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Riot or Rebellion? Asbury Park in the Summer of 1970
What factors led up to the Asbury Park Riots in New Jersey in the summer of 1970?
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The Water Walker: Indigenous Wisdom and Water Contamination
In what ways do Indigenous views of water align with scientific views, and how do Indigenous activists use artistic expression to advocate for water protection?
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Palm Oil – The Environmental Impact
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Palm Oil – The Environmental Impact
How have palm oil plantations impacted indigenous communities in Indonesia and the global climate as a whole, and how have activists and musicians spread awareness about the issue?
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The Water Walker: Indigenous Wisdom and Water Contamination
In what ways do indigenous views of water align with scientific views, and how do indigenous activists use artistic expression to advocate for water protection?
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Black Radio and the Civil Rights Movement
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Black Radio and the Civil Rights Movement
How did Black radio empower Black Americans, aid the Civil Rights Movement, and influence U.S. society?
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Contemporary Latin Artists and Activism
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Contemporary Latin Artists and Activism
How are contemporary Latin artists pursuing activism and promoting positive change in their communities?
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Student Activism and Music During the Civil Rights Movement
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Music of the Civil Rights Movement
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Student Activism and Music During the Civil Rights Movement
How did activism by Black students challenge Jim Crow segregation during the Civil Rights Movement, and what unique role did music play as an organizing tool?
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Music of the Civil Rights Movement
How did music advance the goals and inform the tactics of the Civil Rights Movement?
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Identifying and Resisting Jim Crow with Words and Songs
How have works of literature and music by Black Americans shared an empowering theme of identifying and resisting Jim Crow?
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Part 2: Riot or Rebellion? Asbury Park in the Summer of 1970
What factors led up to the Asbury Park "Riots" in New Jersey in the summer of 1970?
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Part 1: Segregation and the Founding of Asbury Park
What does the founding and early history of Asbury Park reveal about practices of segregation in the Northern United States?
Unit Plan:
Civic Environmentalism
Civic environmentalism is a collective action to address critical environmental issues and implement solutions through democratic processes that will result in an improved and sustainable community. Through six lessons, students identify, analyze, and explore specific details and events related to the origins of the environmental movement in the United States...
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Dolores Huerta and The United Farm Workers Movement
Who is Dolores Huerta, what role did she play in the United Farm Workers movement, and how is she recognized today?
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The United Farm Workers Movement through Music and Poetry
Who is Dolores Huerta, what role did she play in the United Farm Workers movement, and how is she recognized today?
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What is Cultural Appropriation?
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The Journey to Marriage Equality in the United States
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How a Bill becomes a Law: The Story of the MLK Holiday
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How a Bill Becomes a Law: Legislating the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
How does a bill become a law in the United States of America?
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The Science and Civics of the Flint Water Crisis
What is the Flint water crisis, and why did it occur?
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The Journey to Marriage Equality in the United States
How did same-sex marriage become legal in the United States?
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“Seneca Falls, Selma, Stonewall”: The Stonewall Riots in the Fight for Equality
What were the Stonewall Riots, and what role did they play in ongoing struggles for LGBTQ+ equality in the United States?
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Third Wave: Women’s Rights and Music in the 1990s
What was Third Wave Feminism, why did it occur, and how did musicians address some of the movement’s demands?
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“Glory” and the Continuing Civil Rights Movement
How does Common and John Legend's “Glory” signal Civil Rights movements of the past and the present?
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The Civil Rights Movement: A Document-Based Question
In what ways did the Civil Rights Movement mark a turning point in United States history?
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The Music and Poetry Behind the Red Power Movement
What was the Red Power movement, and what role did Folk and Country music play within it?
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Artists Protest McCarthyism
How were musicians and artists affected by McCarthyism in 1950s America?
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Music and Political Movements
How did Sixties Soul help give voice to the Civil Rights movement?
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Protest as Event
Since the 1960s, how have artists used musical events to promote change?
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The Impact of 1960s Antiwar Music
How did antiwar protest music provide a voice for those opposed to the Vietnam War?