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Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights by Rob Sanders

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Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights by Rob Sanders

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Protesting. Standing up for what’s right. Uniting around the common good—kids have questions about all of these things they see and hear about each day. Through sparse and lyrical writing, Rob Sanders introduces abstract concepts like “fighting for what you believe in” and turns them into something actionable. Jared Schorr’s bold, bright illustrations brings the resistance to life making it clear that one person can make a difference. And together, we can accomplish anything.

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Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights by Rob Sanders - A primer for peaceful protest, resistance, and activism from the author of Rodzilla and Pride: The Story of...

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This bestselling ABC book is written and illustrated for the next generation of progressives: families who want their kids to grow up in a space that is unapologetic about activism, environmental justice, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, and everything else that activists believe in and fight for.

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A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

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This bestselling ABC book is written and illustrated for the next generation of progressives: families who want their kids to grow up in a space that is unapologetic about activism, environmental justice,...

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The Little Book of Activists by Penguin Young Readers

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The Little Book of Activists by Penguin Young Readers

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The Little Book of Little Activists is a child’s very first introduction to political activism, presented at a level that they can understand and relate to. Perfect for parents who want to raise their kids to become participatory members of a democracy.

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The Little Book of Little Activists by Penguin Young Readers | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

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A celebration of political activism by America's youngest citizens--our children. You're never too young to care about your community or to stand up for your beliefs. That's the empowering message of...

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The Youngest Marcher by Cynthia Levinson

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The Youngest Marcher by Cynthia Levinson

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Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, in this moving picture book that proves you’re never too little to make a difference.

Nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks intended to go places and do things like anybody else.

So when she heard grown-ups talk about wiping out Birmingham’s segregation laws, she spoke up. As she listened to the preacher’s words, smooth as glass, she sat up tall. And when she heard the plan—picket those white stores! March to protest those unfair laws! Fill the jails!—she stepped right up and said, I’ll do it! She was going to j-a-a-il!

Audrey Faye Hendricks was confident and bold and brave as can be, and hers is the remarkable and inspiring story of one child’s role in the Civil Rights Movement.

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The Youngest Marcher by Cynthia Levinson - Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, in this moving...

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She Persisted Around the World by Chelsea Clinton

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She Persisted Around the World by Chelsea Clinton

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She Persisted Around the World is a book for everyone who has ever aimed high and been told to step down, for everyone who has ever raised their voice and been told to quiet down, and for everyone who has ever felt small, unimportant or unworthy.

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She Persisted Around the World by Chelsea Clinton | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

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The companion to Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger's #1 New York Times bestseller, She Persisted. Perfect for tiny activists, mini feminists and little kids who are ready to take on the world. Women...

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Being a good citizen means standing up for what's right-and here's just the way to start. From the author of The Gutsy Girl, this kids' guide to activism is the perfect book for those with a fierce sense of justice, a good sense of humor, and a big heart. This guide features change-maker tips, tons of DIY activities, and stories about the kids who have paved the way before, from famous activists like Malala Yousafzai and Claudette Colvin to the everyday young people whose habit changes triggered huge ripple effects. So make a sign, write a letter, volunteer, sit-in, or march! There are lots of tactics to choose from, and you're never too young to change the world.

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Being a good citizen means standing up for what's right-and here's just the way to start. From the author of The Gutsy Girl, this kids' guide to activism is the perfect book for those with a fierce sense of justice, a good sense of humor, and a big heart.

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1) What do you know about Activism?  What do you want to learn? What have you learned about activism so far?

2) What are some ways that you can get involved in fighting or standing up for a cause you believe in?

3) What information about activism surprised you during this part of the unit? Why?

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If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement by Gwendolyn Hooks

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If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement by Gwendolyn Hooks

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Joyce Jenkins has recently moved to a new town with her family, and she will soon be attending a segregated school for the first time. Meanwhile, Connie Underwood is trying to figure out what her twin brothers are planning in secret. Follow along with the two girls as they find themselves in the middle of a civil rights demonstration, and find out how the fight for equality changed the country forever.

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If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement by Gwendolyn Hooks | Scholastic

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Follow along with two girls as they find themselves in the middle of a civil rights demonstration, and find out how the fight for equality changed the country f

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Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paua Young Shelton

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Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paua Young Shelton

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In this Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year, Paula Young Shelton, daughter of Civil Rights activist Andrew Young, brings a child’s unique perspective to an important chapter in America’s history. Paula grew up in the deep south, in a world where whites had and blacks did not. With an activist father and a community of leaders surrounding her, including Uncle Martin (Martin Luther King), Paula watched and listened to the struggles, eventually joining with her family—and thousands of others—in the historic march from Selma to Montgomery.

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Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton | PenguinRandomHouse.com

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In this Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year, Paula Young Shelton, daughter of Civil Rights activist Andrew Young, brings a child’s unique perspective to an important...

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In November 1960, all of America watched as a tiny six-year-old black girl, surrounded by federal marshals, walked through a mob of screaming segregationists and into her school. An icon of the civil rights movement, Ruby Bridges chronicles each dramatic step of this pivotal event in history through her own words.

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Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges | Scholastic

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This autobiographical book reveals the character of the first black child to attend the William Frantz Public School in Louisiana in 1960.

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Now a classic, Freedman’s book tells the dramatic stories of the heroes who stood up against segregation and Jim Crow laws in 1950s Alabama.  A master of succinct historical narratives Freeman explains the contributions of and sacrifices made by Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin, who refused give up their seats, to Jo Ann Robinson, who began the boycott, to Martin Luther King, Jr., whose leadership was instrumental is carrying it through, and others.

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Freedom Walkers by Russell Freedman | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

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A riveting account of the civil rights boycott that changed history by the foremost author of history for young people. Now a classic, Freedman's book tells the dramatic stories of the heroes who...

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An in-depth account of Rosa Parks, and the changes that sparked because of her courage.

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Mrs. Rosa Parks is one of the mportant figures in the civil rights movement. This picture-book celebrates her courageous action in Montgomery, Alabama.

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1) Students will complete a KWL chart Padlet in small groups that captures the ideas of everyone in their small group.

2) Students compile and publish a showcase of artwork and nonfiction writing addressing issues found during their exploration of activism. The result is a creative representation of student learning, opinions and ideas.

3) Students produce original art (visual art, music, drama or poetry) that conveys an anti-bias or social justice message. Students then plan a public showcase of their work.

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Rad Women Worldwide tells fresh, engaging, and amazing tales of perseverance and radical success by pairing well-researched and riveting biographies with powerful and expressive cut-paper portraits. The book features an array of diverse figures from 430 BCE to 2016, spanning 31 countries around the world, from Hatshepsut (the great female king who ruled Egypt peacefully for two decades) and Malala Yousafzi (the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize) to Poly Styrene (legendary teenage punk and lead singer of X-Ray Spex) and Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft (polar explorers and the first women to cross Antarctica).  An additional 250 names of international rad women are also included as a reference for readers to continue their own research.

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Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History

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The of the Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History by Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl

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Herstory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up the World by Katherine Halligan

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Herstory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up the World by Katherine Halligan

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In this uplifting and inspiring book, follow the stories of fifty powerhouse women from around the world and across time who each managed to change the world as they knew it forever. Telling the stories of their childhood, the challenges they faced, and the impact of their achievements, each lavishly illustrated spread is a celebration of girl power in its many forms. From astronauts to activists, musicians to mathematicians, these women are sure to motivate young readers of all backgrounds to focus not on the can’ts and shouldn’ts, but on what they can do: anything!

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Herstory by Katherine Halligan - Move aside history-it's time for herstory. Celebrate fifty inspiring and powerful women who changed the world and left their...

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Bold & Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote by Kirsten Gillibrand 

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Bold & Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote by Kirsten Gillibrand 

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Here are the stories of ten leaders who strove to win the right to vote for American women--a journey that took more than seventy years of passionate commitment. From well-known figures, such as Susan B. Anthony and Sojourner Truth to lesser known women such as Alice Paul and Mary Church Terrell, these are heroes who dreamed big and never gave up. Senator Gillibrand highlights an important and pithy lesson from each woman's life--from "dare to be different" to "fight together."

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Bold & Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote (Hardcover) | The Book Table

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From United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand comes an inspiring picture book about ten suffragists who fought for women's right to vote.Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was inspired by her own great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother to be bold and brave--to stand up and fight for what she believes in. But who inspired them?

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Throughout American history, there have always been women who have spoken out for what’s right, even when they have to fight to be heard. In early 2017, Senator Elizabeth Warren’s refusal to be silenced in the Senate inspired a spontaneous celebration of women who persevered in the face of adversity. In this book, Chelsea Clinton celebrates thirteen American women who helped shape our country through their tenacity, sometimes through speaking out, sometimes by staying seated, sometimes by captivating an audience. They all certainly persisted.

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When Clara Lemlich arrived in America, she couldn't speak English. She didn't know that young women had to go to work, that they traded an education for long hours of labor, that she was expected to grow up fast.

But that did not stop Clara.

She went to night school, spent hours studying English, and helped support her family by sewing in a factory.

Clara never quit. And she never accepted that girls should be treated poorly and paid little.

So Clara fought back. Fed up with the mistreatment of her fellow laborers, Clara led the largest walkout of women workers in the country's history.

Clara had learned a lot from her short time in America. She learned that everyone deserved a fair chance. That you had to stand together and fight for what you wanted. And, most importantly, that you could do anything you put your mind to.

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Brave Girl, By Michelle Markel , Illustrated by Melissa Sweet: HarperCollins Children's Books

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Brave Girl, By Michelle Markel , Illustrated by Melissa Sweet, a Hardcover title from Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

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As the first Latina Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor has inspired young people around the world to reach for their dreams. But what inspired her? For young Sonia, the answer was books! They were her mirrors, her maps, her friends, and her teachers. They helped her to connect with her family in New York and in Puerto Rico, to deal with her diabetes diagnosis, to cope with her father’s death, to uncover the secrets of the world, and to dream of a future for herself in which anything was possible.

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Turning Pages has 207 ratings and 60 reviews. Amanda said: Turning Pages is a lovely homage to books and literature by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotoma...

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For the Right to Learn:Malala Yousafzai's Story by Rebecca Langston-George

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For the Right to Learn:Malala Yousafzai's Story by Rebecca Langston-George

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She grew up in a world where women were supposed to be quiet. But Malala Yousafzai refused to be silent. She defied the Taliban's rules, spoke out for education for every girl, and was almost killed for her beliefs. This powerful true story of how one brave girl named Malala changed the world proves that one person really can make a difference.

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For the Right to Learn book. Read 166 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. She grew up in a world where women were supposed to be quie...

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Malala Yousafzai was a girl who loved to learn but was told that girls would no longer be allowed to go to school. She wrote a blog that called attention to what was happening in her beautiful corner of Pakistan and realized that words can bring about change. She has continued to speak out for the right of all children to have an education. In 2014 she won the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Malala Yousafzai was a girl who loved to learn but was told that girls would no longer be allowed to go to school. She wrote a blog that ...

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Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Méndez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregationby Duncan Tonatiuh

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Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Méndez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregationby Duncan Tonatiuh

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Almost 10 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Sylvia Méndez and her parents helped end school segregation in California. An American citizen of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage who spoke and wrote perfect English, Méndez was denied enrollment to a “Whites only” school. Her parents took action by organizing the Hispanic community and filing a lawsuit in federal district court. Their success eventually brought an end to the era of segregated education in California.

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Separate Is Never Equal has 2,814 ratings and 780 reviews. Betsy said: If I blame my childhood education for anything I suppose it would be for instillin...

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Remember: The Journey to School Integrationby Toni Morrison

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Remember: The Journey to School Integrationby Toni Morrison

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Toni Morrison has collected a treasure chest of archival photographs that depict the historical events surrounding school desegregation. These unforgettable images serve as the inspiration for Ms. Morrison’s text—a fictional account of the dialogue and emotions of the children who lived during the era of “separate but equal” schooling. Remember is a unique pictorial and narrative journey that introduces children to a watershed period in American history and its relevance to us today.

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Remember has 593 ratings and 127 reviews. Bionic Jean said: This is an outstanding book, whose images and words may haunt you, as they do me.Remember: ...

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The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Canby Tererai Trent

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The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Canby Tererai Trent

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All the girl ever wanted was an education. But in Rhodesia, education for girls was nearly impossible.

So she taught herself to read and write with her brother’s schoolbooks and to count while watching cattle graze.

When the girl became a young wife and mother, she wrote her goals on a scrap of paper and buried them in a can—an ancient ritual that reminded her that she couldn't give up on her dreams.

She dreamed of going to America and earning one degree; then a second, even higher; and a third, the highest. And she hoped to bring education to all the girls and boys of her village.

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The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Can has 108 ratings and 28 reviews. Nancy said: Text: 3 starsIllustrations: 3 starsTrue story of a girl from an Af...

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Miss Moore Thought Otherwise: How Anne Carroll Moore Created Libraries for Childrenby Jan Pinborough

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Miss Moore Thought Otherwise: How Anne Carroll Moore Created Libraries for Childrenby Jan Pinborough

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Once upon a time, American children couldn’t borrow library books. Reading wasn’t all that important for children, many thought. Luckily Miss Anne Carroll Moore thought otherwise! This is the true story of how Miss Moore created the first children’s room at the New York Public Library, a bright, warm room filled with artwork, window seats, and most important of all, borrowing privileges to the world’s best children’s books in many different languages.

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Miss Moore Thought Otherwise has 1,888 ratings and 284 reviews. Eve said: Many early libraries were not free and open to the public. Sometimes a wea...

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NewsELA - What is Activism?

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Activism is people joining together to fight for change.

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NewsELA - Dream Jobs: Animal Rights Activist

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Newsela | Dream Jobs: Animal rights activist

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Gene Baur talks about his work as an animal rights activist and shares why it is important to find a career you like.

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TED Talk: Natalie Warne

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Natalie Warne: Being young and making an impact

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At 18, Natalie Warne's work with the Invisible Children movement made her a hero for young activists. She uses her inspiring story to remind us that no one is too young to change the world.

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TED talk:Maya Penn

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Maya Penn: Meet a young entrepreneur, cartoonist, designer, activist ...

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Maya Penn started her first company when she was 8 years old, and thinks deeply about how to be responsible both to her customers and to the planet. She shares her story -- and some animations, and some designs, and some infectious energy -- in this charming talk.

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TED talk: Adora Svitak

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Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kids

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Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups' willingness to learn from children as much as to teach.

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NewsELA - Birth of the Civil Rights Movement

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Birth of the Civil Rights Movement, 1941-1954

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Newsela | Civil rights icon Huerta has advice for a new generation of activists

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NewsELA - Civil Rights Activist, Ruby Bridges

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Malala Yousafzai: "I can bring the change that I want to see”

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Newsela | Malala Yousafzai: "I can bring the change that I want to see"

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Malala Yousafzai is juggling life as a college student, writer and peace messenger.

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NewsELA - Modern Feminism

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Newsela | U.S. teen "unstoppable" in fight for girl power in Africa

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U.S. teen is an advocate for girls' education reform in Africa.

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NewsELA - Feminism

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Newsela | Feminism is word of the year, and its meaning has evolved over time

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BrainPop - Civil Rights

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Thank you, sister Rosa! Ms. Parks, that is! This movie is all about the civil rights movement, from segregation trials to freedom marches. Plus a few words from Dr. Martin Luther King!

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PBS "Freedom Riders"

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Freedom Riders: Freedom Riders Challenge Segregation | PBS LearningMedia

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In this video segment adapted from American Experience: "Freedom Riders," watch newsreel footage, archival photos, and interviews to explore how Freedom Riders made efforts to end the segregation of African Americans in the Southern United States. Even after the U.S.

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PBS - Ruby Bridges and Education Equality

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Civil Rights Movement: Educational Equality | PBS LearningMedia

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Historians reflect on the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision and how many communities in the south deliberately delayed or refused integrating its public schools. The Little Rock Nine and Ruby Bridges are examined as examples of heroism when it came to integrating white schools in the South.

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PBS - Malala Yousafzai

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Malala Yousafzai Answers Students' Questions | PBS NewsHour | PBS LearningMedia

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Show your students the story of an extraordinary young Pakistani education activist with this video and educational material from PBS NewsHour from September 16, 2014.

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NY Times - Women's March

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Susan Chira, the senior correspondent for gender issues at The New York Times, reflects on last year's Women's March. Published On

A year ago, when millions of people stormed the streets in women's marches to proclaim their outrage and despair at the inauguration of Donald J. Trump, no one knew whether it was a moment or a movement.

Now the answer is coming into focus. Women have become the foot soldiers and emerging leaders of a two-pronged effort: sustained political resistance to the Trump presidency, as they run for office in unheard-of numbers; and a broader cultural challenge to men's power and privilege, embodied by the #MeToo uprising.

"Everyone kept saying people are going to burn out; don't highlight all the terrible things that are happening," said Fatima Goss Graves, chief executive of the National Women's Law Center. "But I haven't seen a weakening."

Marchers once more took to the streets this weekend, gathering in hundreds of cities across the country and around the world, from Osaka and Rome to New York and Chicago. But even with the show of strength, the movement faces several hurdles.

Leaders in the United States say it is no small task to sustain enthusiasm and plot strategy in the face of policy defeats on a range of issues. President Trump has appointed conservative judges and empowered federal agency leaders who have approved work requirements for Medicaid, religious exemptions for providers who oppose abortion, and changes to campus guidelines for sexual assault. Gender - and the charged issue of sexual harassment - has proved a resonant rallying cry, but it has also stoked a backlash. The movement has largely become synonymous with progressive causes, alienating some who may dislike Mr. Trump but part ways on abortion, economic policy or other issues.

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People gathered on the Washington Mall on Saturday for the Women's March. As the movement has grown, its challenges have, too. Credit Andrea Bruce for The New York Times

The #MeToo moment and allegations of men sexually harassing women, in particular, has resonated more with some women than with others. Nancy Isenberg, the author of "White Trash," an expansive look at class in America, said the working-class women she has studied are far more skeptical of claims of sexual harassment that do not involve violence.

"Unlike the MeToo crowd, they do not see all women as facing the same kind of abuse, and reject the idea that all women suffer from sexism in the same way," she wrote in an email. "Conservative women often want to protect the privileges they have (which often means enforcing traditional gender roles, not eliminating them)."

Yet organizers said they were putting aside their divisions, even as some groups disagree over who can claim the mantle of the Women's March. "What we saw in 2017 was that women are prepared to carry more than their share of weight for defending our democracy," said Ai-jen Poo, the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, one of the many advocacy groups that were partners in the original march and provided resources and training to women throughout the year. "I think that women are driving and leading a transformation in American and civic life and culture that is unendingly hopeful."

Marchers in New York on Saturday. Credit Andrew Kelly/Reuters

Ms. Poo herself embodies the merging of these strands of the movement. For years she worked in relative anonymity championing domestic workers, but walked the red carpet as Meryl Streep's guest during the Golden Globes as celebrities sought to make common cause with less privileged women in the wake of the uproar over sexual abuse.

While the marches were the first tangible demonstration of women's anger and resolve, the health care fight proved the first test of how to channel that energy. Women took the lead, spurred by advocacy groups that married traditional community organizing tools with online templates.

With Congress poised to end Obamacare, women deluged their representatives with calls and letters, and confronted them at town halls. In one survey conduced by Celinda Lake, the veteran Democratic pollster, women placed 86 percent of 28,000 calls and texts to Congress on health care through Daily Action, another postelection resistance group. Planned Parenthood funneled more than 350,000 such calls, according to Kelley Robinson, its national organizing director. T he Women's March estimates that its participants sent 250,000 postcards to senators. And at town halls during congressional recesses, women offered vivid accounts of what would happen to them or their families without affordable health care.

The furor about health care crossed usual partisan lines, and along with internal fractures within the Republican Party, prompted enough Republican defections to thwart repeated attempts to end Obamacare through legislation.

As for #MeToo, the pink hats that became the emblem of the marches offered an early clue to the persistence of an issue many women believed was buried by Mr. Trump's election. The hats were a reference to Mr. Trump's comments, caught on an Access Hollywood tape, bragging about kissing women and grabbing their genitals without their consent. The emergence of the tape just before the election provoked an outpouring of women testifying about sexual harassment. It was not until this most recent wave, though, that men lost jobs - and in some cases, women are taking their places.

The broader cultural conversation that #MeToo is generating will lend the movement additional momentum, its organizers contend. "The words 'patriarchy' and 'misogyny' have probably been used more in the past two months than over the past two decades," said Kathy Bonk, long active in the women's movement.

Ms. Lake said an overview of current polling, as well as focus groups and polls her own firm has conducted, suggest that health care and sexual harassment are the issues that matter most to women, and give female candidates the most traction.

Galvanized by the election, women are proclaiming their intent to run for office at record levels - a trend that began right after the election and has only intensified since.

Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers, has tallied 390 women who say they will run for seats in the House of Representatives - 314 are Democrats and 184 of them are running for seats held by Republicans. Nineteen Democratic women are challenging incumbents in their own party in primaries. That fervor extends beyond the federal level: 79 women say they are running for governor. Ms. Walsh thinks it's possible that 15 women, a record, could withstand primaries and run for governor in general elections.

Caitlyn MacGregor at the Women's March in Cambridge, Mass. The #MeToo moment, and the national conversation on sexual harassment and coercion, has resonated more with some women than with others. Credit Brian Snyder/Reuters

Mustering money and support for women who run, as well as concerted efforts to increase voter registration and turnout, are explicit aims not only of the Women's March organizers but virtually every group mobilizing for elections at all levels of government. On Sunday in Las Vegas, a march will culminate in a voter-registration drive called Power to the Polls; parallel efforts abound.

Inspired by the women's march last year, Megan McCarthy, who lives in a solidly Republican suburb of St. Louis, organized a "huddle" - mostly women and some men devoted to sustaining political involvement. One member of the group is running for state office for the first time - and the group is also rallying behind efforts to flip the district's longstanding Republican House seat.

Ellen Bravo, a director of Family Values at Work, said she was recently in a small general store in Spring Green, Wis., and learned that the store clerk was going to make her first run for local office.

Money is flowing to Democratic women who are running, said Sarah Bryner, the research director of the Center for Responsive Politics. They are raising as much as their male counterparts, and even in the first nine months of 2017, the center saw double the number of Democratic women who donated money compared with 2016.

Democrats are particularly emboldened because of the role women have played, as voters and organizers, in recent victories over Republican candidates in Wisconsin, Virginia and particularly in the defeat of Roy Moore in Alabama.

The Alabama contest showcased another demographic for the movement: Black women, so outraged by exit polls suggesting that the majority of white women voted for Mr. Trump, are playing leading roles. Racial tensions that flared among some organizers before the first women's march appear to have ebbed.

A strong gender gap continues to play out in approval ratings for Mr. Trump. While trends fluctuate, Ms. Lake said recent polls show that independent women, who broke for Mr. Trump at the last minute in the election, now largely oppose him, while independent men still approve of him. Majorities of rural women and women without college educations still support him, but Ms. Lake said she had seen some softening in those groups.

Gender can alienate as well as energize. Emily Ekins, director of polling for the libertarian Cato Institute, said that in general, gender issues do not seem to galvanize Republican women to the degree they do Democratic ones. And her polling found many conservatives and even some liberals still feel inhibited and resentful discussing issues like gender and race, which can lead to election surprises.

As the marchers rally this weekend, they are girding for battles - and an increasing number of legal challenges - on a vast range of fronts: abortion rights, changes to Medicaid and Medicare, and environmental regulations. Many expect setbacks at the federal level, so they will turn to states and localities.

"Last year, I just felt kind of angry and impassioned," Ann Dee Allen of Wauwatosa, Wis., said at the march in New York on Saturday. "This year, I just feel like I'm in it for the long haul."

Sean Piccoli contributed reporting.

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3) Imagine you were an African American living in the Civil Rights era. You were given the chance to talk to a group of people about the bus boycotts during the Civil Rights movement. Write a speech that you will deliver to the class highlighting your thoughts and opinions on the strike, and how people can come together to make this more effective.

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