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Papalotzin and the Monarchs: A Bilingual Tale of Breaking Down Walls

A large red butterfly blows other butterflies over a pile of stones.

When a wall is built between the Great North and the Great South, nothing can pass by it, not the clouds or the wind or even the monarch butterflies. When both sides begin to suffer, Papalotzin, Royal Butterfly, breaks down the Great Wall.

Rigoberto González

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Immigration Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

July 2, 2014

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Bullying

Pat Bagley says he created this cartoon "for all those who are cruelly made to feel out of place in this world."

Pat Bagley

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Bullying & Bias

July 2, 2014

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Informational

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the opinion for Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, a groundbreaking case that overturned the "separate but equal" standard set forth in Plessy v. Ferguson. The Supreme Court decided this case unanimously on May 17, 1954.

Earl Warren

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

July 2, 2014

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Visual

Boys in a Cigar Factory

This 1908 photograph by Lewis Hine depicts young children at work in an early 20th century factory.

Lewis Hine

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

Subject

History

Economics

July 2, 2014

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Informational

Always Running

In this excerpt from his memoir, Rodriguez provides a stirring recollection from his adolescence: the first time he experienced racism as a result of being an immigrant in America. As he says, the experience "stays with [him] like a foul odor."

Luis J. Rodriguez

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Class Immigration Race & Ethnicity

July 2, 2014

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Informational

Beyond the Barbed Wire

Helen Tsuchiya, born a U.S. citizen, tells what it was like to move from her home to an internment camp surrounded by barbed wire after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Helen Tsuchiya and Larry Long

Grade Level

3-5

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Immigration Rights & Activism

Subject

History

July 2, 2014

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Multimedia

Ben DeSoto 'Understanding Poverty' exhibit

In this video, photojournalist Ben DeSoto discusses "Understanding Poverty," an exhibit featuring images of people and communities affected by poverty and homelessness.

Ben Tecumseh DeSoto

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Class

Subject

Economics

July 2, 2014

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Informational

Beauty and Body Image in the Media

This article presents facts and statistics pertaining to the media's negative influence on female body image, the diet industry's booming numbers, and the link between media and peer pressure to look younger and stay thinner.

Media Awareness Network

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Gender & Sexual Identity

Subject

History

Economics

July 2, 2014

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Informational

Alien and Sedition Acts

The Alien and Sedition Acts were passed by a Federalist Congress and signed into law by President John Adams in 1798 at a time when Adams feared the possibility of war with France.

5th Congress of US

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Immigration

July 2, 2014

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Informational

Alabama Sanctity of Marriage Amendment

The Alabama Sanctity of Marriage Amendment, or Alabama Constitution Amendment 774, was ratified by voters in 2006.

Alabama State Legislature

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

Subject

History

July 2, 2014

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