Case background and primary source documents concerning the Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education. Dealing with the principle of Equal Protection, this lesson asks students to assess the role played by the Court as the protector of individual rights against the tyranny of the majority.

In 1968, Cesar Chavez led a boycott that resulted in a collective bargaining agreement guaranteeing field workers the right to unionize. Learn more about how Chavez grew from migrant farm worker to civil rights champion in this video

In this lesson, developed by and included with the permission the LBJ Presidential Library, students will use primary source documents to investigate the disappearance of three civil rights workers during the Freedom Summer of 1964.

When most people think of the Civil Rights Movement in America, they think of Martin Luther King, Jr. Delivering his "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. But "the Movement" achieved its greatest results due to the competing strategies and agendas of diverse individuals.

Primary Source Analysis of the Proclamation of the Delano Grape Workers for International Boycott Day

A newspaper article from the San Franciso Chronicle summarizing the results of the Delano Grape Strike in 1970.

A flyer summarizing the issues that farm workers were protesting in the Delano Grape Strike which lasted 5 years.

This resource is a Social Studies student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically, Gale's Reference Collection Grades 9-12 (Power Search and Topic Finder) to help students learn about Nelson Mandela. 

This is a unit plan for the "Roaring" 1920's. Included is a lecture powerpoint from google slides, student samples on project based learning, and Utah Standards.

This resource is a Social Studies student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically, Gale's Kids InfoBits Grades K-6, Gale's Research in Context 6-8, Gale's Reference Collection Grades 9-12, EBSCO's History Reference Center and Biography Reference Center to help students learn about Rosa Parks. 

An article written by Cesar Chavez that appeared in the farm workers' underground newspaper, El Malcriado, on January 16, 1965, at the beginning of the Delano, California grape strike.

This lesson provides an opportunity to analyze written texts and political cartoons in order to both understand the
participation of Black soldiers in World War I and sharpen literacy skills related to the distinction between imply
and infer, an essential skill tied to both historical thinking and literacy.

This resource is a Social Studies student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically, Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context, Gale Discovering Collection, Gale Global Issues in Context, Gale InfoTrac Student Edition, and Gale Student Resources in Context to help students learn about World War II Japanese-American Internment. 

A song documenting the strategies that farm workers use to gain civil rights such as picketing, fighting, striking, and organizing.