Subject: Civics

lesson:
Indigenous Voices in Global Environmental Protection

Grades: AP/Honors/101, High
Subjects: Civics, Geography, Social Studies/History

How do Indigenous perspectives contribute to international environmental protection policies?

Student Edition:
Riot or Rebellion? Asbury Park in the Summer of 1970

Grades: AP/Honors/101, High
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History

What factors led up to the Asbury Park Riots in New Jersey in the summer of 1970?

Student Edition:
The Water Walker: Indigenous Wisdom and Water Contamination

Grades: Elementary 4-6, Middle
Subjects: Civics, STEAM

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?

Student Edition:
Palm Oil – The Environmental Impact

Grades: Middle
Subjects: Civics, Science

lesson:
Palm Oil – The Environmental Impact

Grades: Middle
Subjects: Civics, Science

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?

lesson:
The Water Walker: Indigenous Wisdom and Water Contamination

Grades: Elementary 4-6, Middle
Subjects: Civics, STEAM

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?

Student Edition:
Black Radio and the Civil Rights Movement

Grades: High
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History

lesson:
Black Radio and the Civil Rights Movement

Grades: High
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History

How did Black radio empower Black Americans, aid the Civil Rights Movement, and influence U.S. society?

Student Edition:
Contemporary Latin Artists and Activism

Grades: High
Subjects: Civics, Ethnic Studies, Social Studies/History

lesson:
Contemporary Latin Artists and Activism

Grades: High
Subjects: Civics, Ethnic Studies, Social Studies/History

How are contemporary Latin artists pursuing activism and promoting positive change in their communities?

Student Edition:
Student Activism and Music During the Civil Rights Movement

Grades: High
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History

Student Edition:
Music of the Civil Rights Movement

Grades: High
Subjects: Civics, General Music, Social Studies/History

lesson:
Student Activism and Music During the Civil Rights Movement

Grades: High
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History

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?

lesson:
Music of the Civil Rights Movement

Grades: High
Subjects: Civics, General Music, Social Studies/History

How did music advance the goals and inform the tactics of the Civil Rights Movement?

lesson:
Identifying and Resisting Jim Crow with Words and Songs

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: Civics, ELA, Social Studies/History

How have works of literature and music by Black Americans shared an empowering theme of identifying and resisting Jim Crow?

lesson:
Part 2: Riot or Rebellion? Asbury Park in the Summer of 1970

Grades: AP/Honors/101, High
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History

What factors led up to the Asbury Park "Riots" in New Jersey in the summer of 1970?

lesson:
Part 1: Segregation and the Founding of Asbury Park

Grades: AP/Honors/101, High
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History

What does the founding and early history of Asbury Park reveal about practices of segregation in the Northern United States?

Unit Plan:
Civic Environmentalism

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History, STEAM

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...

lesson:
Dolores Huerta and The United Farm Workers Movement

Grades: Elementary 4-6, Middle
Subjects: Art/Design, Civics, ELA, Social Studies/History

Who is Dolores Huerta, what role did she play in the United Farm Workers movement, and how is she recognized today?

lesson:
The United Farm Workers Movement through Music and Poetry

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: Civics, ELA, Ethnic Studies, Social Studies/History

Who is Dolores Huerta, what role did she play in the United Farm Workers movement, and how is she recognized today?

Student Edition:
What is Cultural Appropriation?

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: Civics, ELA, Social Emotional Learning, Social Studies/History

Student Edition:
The Journey to Marriage Equality in the United States

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History

Student Edition:
How a Bill becomes a Law: The Story of the MLK Holiday

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History

lesson:
How a Bill Becomes a Law: Legislating the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History

How does a bill become a law in the United States of America?

lesson:
The Science and Civics of the Flint Water Crisis

Grades: Elementary 4-6, Middle
Subjects: Civics, Science, Social Studies/History, STEAM

What is the Flint water crisis, and why did it occur?

lesson:
The Journey to Marriage Equality in the United States

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History

How did same-sex marriage become legal in the United States?

lesson:
“Seneca Falls, Selma, Stonewall”: The Stonewall Riots in the Fight for Equality

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History

What were the Stonewall Riots, and what role did they play in ongoing struggles for LGBTQ+ equality in the United States?

lesson:
Third Wave: Women’s Rights and Music in the 1990s

Grades: AP/Honors/101, High
Subjects: Civics, General Music, Social Studies/History

What was Third Wave Feminism, why did it occur, and how did musicians address some of the movement’s demands?

lesson:
“Glory” and the Continuing Civil Rights Movement

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History

How does Common and John Legend's “Glory” signal Civil Rights movements of the past and the present?

lesson:
The Civil Rights Movement: A Document-Based Question

Grades: AP/Honors/101, High
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History

In what ways did the Civil Rights Movement mark a turning point in United States history?

lesson:
The Music and Poetry Behind the Red Power Movement

Grades: AP/Honors/101, High
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History

What was the Red Power movement, and what role did Folk and Country music play within it?

lesson:
Artists Protest McCarthyism

Grades: High
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History

How were musicians and artists affected by McCarthyism in 1950s America?

lesson:
Music and Political Movements

Grades: High
Subjects: Civics, ELA, Social Studies/History

How did Sixties Soul help give voice to the Civil Rights movement?

lesson:
Protest as Event

Grades: High
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History

Since the 1960s, how have artists used musical events to promote change?

lesson:
The Impact of 1960s Antiwar Music

Grades: High
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History

How did antiwar protest music provide a voice for those opposed to the Vietnam War?