PBS Learning video/Election Central Videos about the "why" behind the electoral college and the debate over it. Additional video about gerrymandering and it's impact on voting and people's voice.
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.
This documentary tells the story of Lilly Ledbetter, whose fight for equal pay for equal work eventually involved all three branches of government. Her U.S. Supreme Court case, Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., turned on the interpretation of the 180-day statute of limitations for filing a discrimination complaint under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After losing at the Supreme Court, Ledbetter urged Congress to start the 180-day clock for filing a complaint on the date an employee learned of the discrimination. The result was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.
Closed captions available in English and Spanish.
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.
INTERACTIVE. Frontline investigative document that examines how voting rights laws and access to voting have changed across the USA. Provides a state-by-state analysis.
This is a great explanation for teachers and students about the standards that governments need to meet before, during, and after an election to ensure that the election is "free and fair".
Various records and documents for elections from 1960-Present.
Great resource for historical Utah elections data. Also provides a link to elections data for elections before 1960.
A newspaper article from 2018 about the decline of the UFW.
State by state and federal approach to women's suffrage. Women's suffrage organizations. Tactics used to protect women's suffrage.
A flyer summarizing the issues that farm workers were protesting in the Delano Grape Strike which lasted 5 years.
After losing twice in the lower courts, Plessy took his case to the U.S. Supreme Court, which upheld the previous decisions that racial segregation is constitutional under the "separate but equal" doctrine. This resource includes teacher materials, guides, and activities for teaching about this Supreme Court case.
Library of Congress Primary Source set of Women's Suffrage Materials
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.
Explore the history of U.S. voting rights, from its early influences to constitutional amendments and landmark Supreme Court cases using an interactive timeline and associated resources.
Information from the Library of Congress about the timeline of voting rights for African Americans in the United States