Children of Giant | Lesson Plan: Subverting and Reinforcing Stereotypes
In this lesson, students will learn about the social and cultural tensions in the story…
As Long as I Remember | Lesson Plan: Reclaiming Lost Histories
Throughout the Vietnam War, Latino and Hispanic soldiers were documented as “White” and as a…
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,…
Alaska Native Ways of Knowing
In this media-rich lesson, students prepare classroom science fair projects that demonstrate the application of…
Kendi on “The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America”
Ibram X. Kendi visited Yale on October 3 for a conversation about his book “Stamped…
Who Are Latinos?
Who are Latinos? What does the term Latino American reference? In this quick, introductory activity,…
A Cold Reception: Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in the United States
This media-enhanced lesson plan will use video from Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s PBS series…
How are We Defined as Americans?: Lesson Plan | And Then They Came for Us
In this lesson, the students will explore what it means to them to be an…