Websites
Audio
Songs of Social Significance: David Rovics
Website.
Hundreds of songs about social justice issues and people’s history.
Songs and Poems
Songs of Social Significance: David Rovics
Website.
Hundreds of songs about social justice issues and people’s history.
Union Songs
Website. Developed by Mark Gregory.
Over 700 union songs in an easy to search and regularly updated online collection with lyrics and audio.
Spanish/Bilingual
Democracy Now!
Website. Radio program hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Daily news radio program with voices rarely heard in corporate media.
Rights Matter: The Story of the Bill of Rights
Website. The Bill of Rights Education Project, ACLU of Massachusetts.
The site offers a downloadable 69-page student friendly booklet on the Bill of Rights, available in English and Spanish.
Websites
350.org
Website.
Building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis by pushing for policies that will put the world on track to get to 350 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere.
African American Involvement in the Vietnam War
Website.
Resources by and about African-Americans’ contributions in the Vietnam War, from the perspectives of those who served in the war to those who protested the war.
African American, Democracy & Citizenship, Racism & Racial Identity, Wars & Related Anti-War Movements
Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery
Website.
A companion site to the PBS documentary on the origins and legacy of American slavery, including episodes on the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
Alcatraz is Not an Island
Website.
The history of the 19 month occupation of Alcatraz by Indians of All Nations.
American Indians in Children’s Literature
Website. By Debbie Reese.
Critical perspectives of indigenous peoples in children’s books, the school curriculum, popular culture, and society-at-large.
Americans Who Tell the Truth
Website.
Portraits and bio of individuals who have taken a stand for justice.
Bread and Roses Centennial: 1912 – 2012
Website.
Comprehensive collection of digitized documents, news, and calendar of events regarding the historic 1912 Bread and Roses strike in Lawrence, Mass.
CFT Labor In The Schools Committee
Website.
Free downloadable teaching activities for pre-school to college to introduce labor history in the classroom.
Civil Rights Movement Veterans Website
Website.
Resources on the Southern Freedom Movement compiled by those who lived it. Includes a bibliography, timelines, photos, primary source documents, and lists of speakers.
The Collection: Oral Histories/Archives from The Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement
Website.
More than 100 oral histories with leaders and shapers of the disability rights and independent living movement.
Democracy Now!
Website. Radio program hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Daily news radio program with voices rarely heard in corporate media.
Disability Rights Movement
Website.
Descriptions and images of eras and movements within the U.S. Disability Rights Movement.
Education for Liberation Network
Website.
The network aims to help improve the practice of Education for Liberation by bringing people together to learn from each other’s experiences through an online database, listserve, conferences, and more.
Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Movement 1954-1985
Website.
Comprehensive companion website to PBS documentary series.
GLSEN – Gay, Lesbian and Straight Eduction Network
Website. Provides news on LGBT issues for teachers and students, as well as K-12 lesson plans, curricular tools and teacher training programs.
Haiti: Historical Analysis and Grassroots Perspectives
Website.
Historical analysis and grassroots perspectives on current issues in Haiti.
History Matters
Website. A clearinghouse of history resources for high school and college teachers and students.
Journey Up Coal River
Website.
Lesson plans for high school and college on creating a sustainable economy based on the example of the Coal River Valley in West Virginia.
Labor Heritage Foundation
Website.
Strengthens the labor movement through the use of music and arts.
Mario Savio: Memorial Lecture Fund
Website. Mario Savio: Memorial Lecture Fund and Young Activist Award.
This website provides information about the free speech activisit as well as information about nominating students for the Young Activist Award.
The Museum of disABILITY History: Disability Timeline
Website.
Timeline from Museum of disABILITY History that chronicles significant events in disability history from 400 B.C. to 1999.
Oral History Association
Website.
The Oral History Association is dedicated to collecting, preserving and disseminating oral testimonies to foster knowledge and human dignity.
Pacific Northwest Labor and Civil Rights Projects
Website.
Oral histories, primary documents, and more on labor and civil rights movements in the Pacific Northwest.
Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition
Website.
Coalition of groups dedicated to education and memorial events about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
Remembering 1882: Fighting for Civil Rights in the Shadow of the Chinese Exclusion Act
Website.
Primary documents, historical background, and more on the Chinese Exclusion Act and the history of Chinese American struggles for civil rights.
Asian American, Civil Rights Movements, Democracy & Citizenship, Immigration, Racism & Racial Identity
Ridenhour Prizes: fostering the spirit of courage and truth
Website.
Awards for individuals, books, films, and organizations for truth-telling and whistleblowing.
The Right Livelihood Award
Website.
The alternative Nobel Prize, an excellent place to learn about noted activists from around the world.
Rights Matter: The Story of the Bill of Rights
Website. The Bill of Rights Education Project, ACLU of Massachusetts.
The site offers a downloadable 69-page student friendly booklet on the Bill of Rights, available in English and Spanish.
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
Website. A companion to the PBS films series of the same title.
African American, Civil Rights Movements, Laws & Citizen Rights, Racism & Racial Identity
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Website.
Center for the study and promotion of the histories and cultures of peoples of African descent.
African American, Art & Music, Education, World History/Global Studies
Songs of Social Significance: David Rovics
Website.
Hundreds of songs about social justice issues and people’s history.
Speak Out
Website. A clearinghouse of over 150 speakers, performers, scholars, artists, exhibits and films, representing a wide range of social and political movements.
The Story of Stuff Project
Website.
Series of short films on environmental and economic issues that make complicated issues easy to understand for middle school to adult viewers.
Studs Terkel: Conversations with America
Website.
Life and work of Studs Terkel, prize-winning author, radio broadcast personality, and people’s oral historian.
This Week in History from PeaceButtons
Website.
Descriptions of historical events from the grassroots, organized by dates.
Tracked in America
Website.
Explores the historical context and stories of individuals who have been targets of U.S. government surveillance during the 20th century.
Training for Change
Website.
Workshops, tools and publications for social justice and activist training.
The Triangle Factory Fire
Website.
Extensive online collection of primary documents on the Triangle Factory Fire.
Union Songs
Website. Developed by Mark Gregory.
Over 700 union songs in an easy to search and regularly updated online collection with lyrics and audio.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Website.
Full text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and related information.
The Veterans of Hope Project
Website.
A multifaceted educational initiative that focuses on community building, non-violence and justice.
Voices of a People’s History
Website. Voices helps to stage public readings of primary-source materials on a people’s history.
The website also offers dozens of film clips of readings by well-known people for classroom use.
Voices of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Website.
Video interviews & articles telling the first hand stories of 27 individuals who participated in the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Civil Rights Movement.
African American, Civil Rights Movements, Democracy & Citizenship, Laws & Citizen Rights
WikiLeaks
Website.
Investigative journalism pieces and primary resource material archived from 2006-present to promote transparency of the world’s corporations, governments and other institutions.
Woody Guthrie: Official Website
Website.
Extensive and well-organized collection of Woody Guthrie’s songs, biography, archives, and more.
Youth Organizing! Disabled and Proud: Disability History Teaching Resources
Website.
Resources for teaching Disability History.
List of Resources
- Articles
- Audio
- Books: Fiction
- Books: Non-Fiction
- Films
- Picture Books
- Posters
- Profiles
- Songs and Poems
- Spanish/Bilingual
- Teaching Activity PDFs
- Teaching Guides
- Websites
