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After this lesson, students will have learned about the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. reflected on a section of King’s „I Have a Dream“ speech become aware of inequities that still exist in the United States

Students will analyze the concept of procedural justice by: identifying in a play the unfair decisions by the ruler, stating the procedural guarantees that ought to be included in a Bill of Rights, comparing their list of procedural guarantees to…

Students will learn what it means to be a U.S. citizen and how citizenship is obtained. They will compare and contrast personal and political rights with social responsibilities and personal duties. Students will explore global citizenship, and the rights and…

An Introduction to 6th Grade Social Studies With Lesson 6, students move away from the study of individuals to the study of groups of people. An investigation of world history is ultimately an exploration of how groups of people formed…

Children’s literature, movies, and other media often perpetuate generalized stereotypes, whether positive or negative, in their representations of Native American peoples. Teaching children about the First Americans in an accurate historical context while emphasizing their continuing presence and influence within…

I love social studies, and with the constant press covering the presidential election, it gives me the additional opportunity to be able to dive a little deeper into civics with my kids this year. Although my kiddos are a little…