Warriors Don't Cry
Melba Pattillo’s autobiographical account of the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, explores not only the power of racism, but also ideas of justice, identity, and choice.
Chicano! Episode 1: Quest for Homeland
This episode of Chicano! examines the beginnings of a national movement for social justice by profiling Reies Lopez Tijerina and the 1966–1967 land grant movement in New Mexico.
Chicano! Episode 2: The Struggle in the Fields
This episode of Chicano! chronicles the efforts of farm workers to form a national labor union under the nonviolent leadership of César Chávez.
Know-Heard-Learned Chart
The Know-Heard-Learned Chart will ground students in the basic timeline of events in Ferguson and provide a place to take notes as they gain more information throughout the unit.
F.O.G. Analysis
Use this handout to help students identify and record the Facts, Opinions, and Generalizations in their news reports.
Verification Evaluation
Use this handout to explore the challenges of news and information verification with your students.
Inquiry Blueprint | Angel Island Immigration Station
This blueprint provides an at-a-glance view of the Angel Island Immigration Station inquiry.
The Chinese Exclusion Act
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A clip from a documentary that examines the origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens.
Gallery Walk Images: Angel Island Immigration Station
Students use these images to explore the concept of borders as social, economic, and political boundaries, as well as geographic ones.
Gallery Walk Images: Angel Island Immigration Station (en español)
Students use these images to explore the concept of borders as social, economic, and political boundaries, as well as geographic ones. This resource is in Spanish.
Chicano! Episode 3: Taking Back the Schools
This episode of Chicano! paints a picture of the struggle to reform an education system that failed to properly education Mexican American students.