Historical Context and Excerpts from the Purim Story
Students use this handout to complete a Purim text study.
![Queen Esther Accuses Haman Before King Ahasuerus](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-03/iStock-693362992.jpg?h=262493cb&itok=CyJCstUG)
How Social Media Users Help and Harm
A CNN article explores the strengths and weaknesses of, and interplay between, professional news and amateur social media.
![Darnell Taylor marches with his daughter, Lauren, 4, on his shoulders down Market Street to Kiener Plaza as part of a march against police violence downtown St. Louis, Mo., on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Cristina Fletes-Boutte)](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/2014_PoliceShootingMissouriProtests_FH259331.jpg?h=40d6a7d7&itok=hl3b_gIx)
Officer Kills Ferguson Teen
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch article summarizes what was known in the first 24 hours after Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson, Mo.
![Peaceful demonstrators gather in Ferguson, Missouri, in the aftermath of Michael Brown’s death.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/2016_PeacefulProtestinFerguson_FH224149.jpg?h=c4842d71&itok=6lE2ICT0)
Police Press Conference in Ferguson
Read a transcript of the press conference that took place ten days after Michael Brown’s death and several days after responsibility for security in Ferguson was transferred from local police to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
![Peaceful protestor speaks to police officer in Ferguson.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/2016_PoliceOfficerinFerguson_FH231304.jpg?h=f3a37c6e&itok=IhwjQkzh)
Boston Educational Justice, 1945-1973
A timeline of significant dates and events of the fight for educational justice in Boston from 1945–1973.
![ca. May 1954, Washington, DC, USA --- Nettie Hunt and her daughter Nickie sit on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court. Nettie explains to her daughter the meaning of the high court's ruling in the Brown Vs. Board of Education case that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/brown__v_board_BE048007.jpg?h=a2c2cdfd&itok=NfTipnEa)
Movements for Boston Educational Justice, 1972-1979
Teachers can use or adapt this timeline of movements for educational justice in Boston to provide students with additional context as they explore Supporting Question 3.
![Mural of Fredrick Douglass painted on the side of a brick building with three African American men standing alongside it](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-02/22_09_000112_image_access_full.jpg?h=700d0e64&itok=SthP-AGL)
Boston Educational Justice, 1980–2022
A timeline of significant dates and events in the movements for educational justice in Boston from 1980–2022.
![School buses parked next to one another inside of a fenced in parking lot.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-02/22_09_000067_image_access_full.jpg?h=fa7efe91&itok=hBGHujrh)
Background on the Chicano Movement
Learn about the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and 1970s with this historical overview.
![Members of MEChA protesting for free college tuition at the Colegio César Chávez in Mt. Angel, Oregon.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/2022_AyudaparacolegioCesarChavez_FH2169889.jpeg?h=239f2d90&itok=odDoZGQP)
Student Demands from the East LA Walkouts
Explore excerpts from the demands of the mostly Latinx students who led a series of school walkouts in Los Angeles in 1968.
![Students protest during a walkout at Roosevelt High School](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/1968_StudentsProtestDuringAWalkoutAtRooseveltHighSchool_FH2169891.jpg?h=c4842d71&itok=dh2CmJiH)