Lesson Plans
Mi María: Surviving the Storm | Voices from Puerto Rico Curriculum
The lessons reflect an Ethnic Studies framework and invite teachers and students to form a nuanced, empathy-based understanding of the issues facing Puerto Ricans today, and the social, cultural, and historical forces that inform their experiences.
Cultural and Personal Identity • Economic Justice • English Language Learners • Environmental Justice • Migration & Displacement • Political Oppression & Civil Rights • Racial Justice
Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives from Women’s Prisons Curriculum
These accompanying lesson plans allow students to examine intersectionality and gender bias as well as reproductive rights within the context of the U.S. criminal justice system.
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
Six by Ten: Stories From Solitary Curriculum
These lessons use the powerful narratives from Six by Ten: Stories from Solitary to support teachers and students in forming a deeper understanding of solitary confinement, mass incarceration, and the criminal justice system.
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
Hope Deferred: Narratives of Zimbabwean Lives Curriculum
These accompanying lesson plans for Hope Deferred create a point of entry for examining the past and present history of Zimbabwe, a Southern African country struggling with the legacy of colonialism, oppressive political leadership, and a collapsed economy.
Cultural and Personal Identity • Economic Justice • Migration & Displacement • Political Oppression & Civil Rights • Racial Justice
