Same-Sex Marriage Lesson Plan

Why America Stopped Making Its Own Clothes

Try this on for size: In 1960, an average American household spent over 10 percent of its income on clothing and shoes – equivalent to roughly $4,000 today. The average person bought fewer than 25 garments each year. And about … Read More
Who Made Your T-Shirt? The Hidden Cost of Cheap Fashion
Lesson Plan: An Educator's Guide to Teaching Gun Control Issues

10 of the Biggest Government Leaks in U.S. History

Edward Snowden, who leaked information to reporters earlier this month about the U.S. National Security Administration’s classified surveillance program, follows in the footsteps of a long line of government informants who have shared top secrets with the press and helped … Read More
Explaining the NSA Spy Plan: A Media Roundup
Censorship, Creative Resistance and Giant Ducks Mark Tiananmen Square Anniversary

Lesson Plan: An Educator's Guide to Teaching Gun Control Issues

As part of a collaboration with the National Writing Project, this is the first in a series of teacher-created educator guides on key topical issues. Written by two NWP-affiliated high school English and media arts teachers – Kirsten Spall of … Read More
History of Immigration in America: A Turbulent Timeline
May Day Explained: An Overlooked Milestone in the Fight for Workers' Rights

I Do ... I Think? Making Sense of Gay Marriage in the Golden State

or the better part of the past decade, California has been engaged in an epic battle over, well, getting engaged. The multiple court cases, votes, legal victories, reversals, protests, celebration and more protests have kept same-sex couples in an ongoing … Read More
The 12 Nations of Same-Sex Marriage
Same-Sex Marriage Laws by State

The Supreme Court Ended Mixed-Race Marriage Bans Less than 50 Years Ago

he last time the Supreme Court took up a case on marriage equality was 46 years ago when about one-third of all states in the country still had laws that banned people of different races from marrying each other. This … Read More
I Do ... I Think? Making Sense of Gay Marriage in the Golden State
The 12 Nations of Same-Sex Marriage

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