Grades 6-8
Surviving Justice: America’s Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated Curriculum
The lesson plans for Surviving Justice explore the flawed and complicated nature of the U.S. criminal justice system through the first-person stories of wrongfully convicted and exonerated individuals.
Underground America: Narratives of Undocumented Lives Curriculum
The lesson plans help students explore aspects of the “American Dream,” myths and facts about immigration, and encourage students to develop their own responses to this human rights issue.
Cultural and Personal Identity • Economic Justice • Environmental Justice • Migration & Displacement • Political Oppression & Civil Rights
Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice Curriculum
These accompanying lesson plans bring home these realities in a personal and relatable way, allowing students to grapple with the human costs that lie at the heart of this pertinent contemporary issue.
Advocacy • Criminal Justice • Cultural and Personal Identity • Political Oppression & Civil Rights • Racial Justice
Nowhere to be Home: Narratives from Survivors of Burma’s Military Regime Curriculum
In this corresponding curriculum, students will examine the rights of political prisoners in Burma, making personal connections and connections to political prisoners around the world.
Cultural and Personal Identity • Economic Justice • Migration & Displacement • Political Oppression & Civil Rights
Throwing Stones at the Moon: Narratives From Colombians Displaced by Violence Curriculum
These accompanying lesson plans explore the cultural, political, and emotional realities of being forced from one’s home or country of origin.
Advocacy • Cultural and Personal Identity • Economic Justice • Migration & Displacement • Political Oppression & Civil Rights
High Rise Stories: Voices From Chicago Public Housing Curriculum
This corresponding curriculum guides students in exploring themes of community, displacement, and poverty in the wake of gentrification, all through a lens of listening to voices that have long been ignored.
Advocacy • Criminal Justice • Cultural and Personal Identity • Economic Justice • Migration & Displacement • Political Oppression & Civil Rights • Racial Justice
Invisible Hands: Voices From the Global Economy Curriculum
These lesson plans provide students a point of entry for understanding economic systems from a human perspective, creating an opening for critical exploration of the ethical, moral, and legal issues connected to these systems.
Advocacy • Economic Justice • Environmental Justice • Gender Justice • Migration & Displacement • Political Oppression & Civil Rights • Racial Justice
Chasing the Harvest: Migrant Workers in California Agriculture Curriculum
The lessons in this unit explore oral history narratives from the men, women, and children working in California’s fields who grow and harvest the food many Americans eat every day.
Cultural and Personal Identity • Economic Justice • Environmental Justice • Migration & Displacement
