Lesson Plans: Race and Civil Rights

The following lesson plans, books, and resources offer ideas for discussing race and civil rights in the classroom, looking at both historic and contemporary events.

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Lesson Plans & Booklists: Race and Civil Rights

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• Civil Rights Lesson Plans (PBS Learning Media)
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Lesson Plans: Charlottesville, VA

• Resources For Educators To Use In The Wake Of Charlottesville (NPR)
• #CharlottesvilleCurriculum (Twitter discussion)
• Charlottesville Curriculum (Share My Lesson)
• #CharlottesvilleCurriculum Helps Educators Respond to Tragic Events (International Literacy Association)
• The first thing teachers should do when school starts is talk about hatred in America. Here's help. (The Washington Post)
• United States Holocaust Museum: Education Resources