Environmental Justice in Dallas
Grades: 6-12
Follow a Dallas community’s fight to receive federal Superfund status to clean up the damage from a high-polluting lead smelter, in this video segment adapted from Earthkeeping: “Toxic Racism.”
What’s In a Name?
Grades: 6-12
In this lesson plan drawing on material from Latino Americans, students examine place-names around North America that tell the story of Indigenous, Spanish and Mexican settlements that pre-date the United States’ presence.
The President’s Photographer
White House photographers serve as archivists for our democracy, capturing the day to day aspects of presidents’ lives, as well as history-changing moments.