Soc. Studies Gr. 8

The elusive Alabama Slave Codes lesson that John had found.

short, to the point nice review of the LMG reading visually...

a virtual 'teacher tour' of Gettysburg

"Real Cost of a Denim Shirt"

"Good and Evil in the Presidency"

This is actually some good stuff from the Dept of State, nice short easy to read (with some exceptions of word choice -- granary...)

Kind of amazing 3 minute montage of Ted Cruz's filibuster...

When you want kids to create comics, this site has different templates that can be printed that vary the number and spacing of boxes per page.

AG Eric Holder's 2011 speech announcing the Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) at the famous Pine Ridge Reservation.

Lots of different issues presented in this Nat Geo article.

From Teaching tolerance, this is a lesson that describe the Case of Hernandez vs. Texas in 1954. In this case, the court noted that even that even thought latinos are considered white, they are still a "group" that has to be treated equally under the law based on 14th amendment. In texas, Latinos had unofficially been barred from jurt service, making the trial of Latinos unfair under the 14th amendment.

Awesome footage of the first day of the occupation, from KQED in SF. Nov 20, 1969 -- great raw video...wonder how you could use this as a hook? interview does a great job 'pan-indian' unity...

powerful video, less than 3 minutes long about the challenges of living on island for the occupiers of Alcatraz -- KQED news report, 11/25/1970 -- a full year into the occupation

great interview with John Trudell in August 1970, he articulates very well the issues the indians have with the Federal govt.

1900 era order to cut natives hair

Great entry level piece about Syria

Syria conflict in 5 minutes

An Australian Prof talks about the origins of historical bias and what we need to look for to spot it. Interesting piece and some connections to topics that they have learned about already. + his accent.