Children of Giant | Lesson Plan: Intersectionality On Screen and Off
In the summer of 1955, Hollywood movie crews rolled into the small, West Texas town…
Children of Giant | Lesson Plan: Subverting and Reinforcing Stereotypes
In this lesson, students will learn about the social and cultural tensions in the story…
Faces of America | I Dream of Genome
This lesson, using segments from the PBS series Faces of America, explores the various types…
Finding Your Roots | Tradition & Identity
In this lesson, using video segments from the PBS series Finding Your Roots, students explore…
The Road to Representation – Creating the Crunchy Life
In this blog, Glen Mourning, an elementary reading teacher and author talks about his reasoning…
Identifying the Social and Cultural Contexts of a Time Period – The Journey of the Jewish Americans
This resource is a lesson plan in which students watch a video segment that presents…
The Quest for Religious Freedom
In this lesson, video segments from the PBS series Finding Your Roots are used to…
Identity and Intersecting Perspectives: Between the World and Me | MacArthur Fellows Program
In this lesson, students will explore how our complex identities shape our understanding and experience…
Memories of a Penitent Heart | Lesson Plan: Miguel and Michael – Restoring and Reconciling Lost Histories
Combining home movies, video and written documents with artfully shot contemporary interviews and vérité footage,…
Minding the Gap | Lesson Plan
Minding the Gap is a coming of age film by Bing Liu. Starting in high school,…