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Supporting Question 1: Defining Educational Justice
Students explore the supporting question, “How did African American, Latinx, and Chinese American Bostonians envision educational justice for their children in the 1960s and 1970s?”
Supporting Question 2: The Pursuit of Educational Justice in the 1960s and 1970s
Students explore the supporting question, “How did African American, Latinx, and Chinese American Bostonians envision educational justice for their children in the 1960s and 1970s?”
Supporting Question 3: Responding to Morgan v. Hennigan
Students explore the supporting question, “What impact did the 1974 decision in Morgan v. Hennigan have on Boston’s children and parents, and how did they respond?”
Supporting Question 4: Pursuing Educational Justice Today
Students explore the supporting question, “What does the pursuit of educational justice in Boston look like today?”
Staging the Compelling Question
Students are introduced to the compelling question by annotating the question and completing an anticipation guide about educational justice.
Congressman John Lewis on Bringing the Country Together (and His Aunt's Shotgun House)
U.S. Representative John Lewis tells a story about his past to highlight citizens’ efforts to unite the U.S.
The Road to Brown
This film shows the legal case against segregation that launched the civil rights movement.
Eleanor Roosevelt’s Cold War Dilemma
Carol Anderson discusses Eleanor Roosevelt’s struggle to balance her support of civil and human rights with domestic and international politics and policy during the Cold War.
American ID: Three Words
Individuals from around the world share three words that describe the United States.
‘63 Boycott: Today is Freedom Day
During the 1963 Chicago Public Schools Boycott, 225,000 students protested racial segregation and unequal conditions in Chicago's schools. This video features footage of the boycott and student participants' eyewitness accounts.
As American as Public School: 1900-1950
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This program recalls how massive immigration, child labor laws, and the explosive growth of cities fueled school attendance and transformed public education.