Teachable Instant

In this brief lesson, students consider competing rights, including the right not to be discriminated against vs. the right of religious freedom.  

Francis Perkins would not agree to become FDR's secretary of labor until he met nine bold demands.  

This 10-15-minute activity touches on key arguments for and against the XL Pipeline proposal President Obama just vetoed.  

The nation's largest private employer just raised its wages. This short activity has students consider the significance of Walmart's move and what motivated it.  

This brief activity focuses on the African American girl who refused to give up her seat on the bus, months before Rosa Parks touched off the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott. Please also see the segment about Colvin in this Teachable Moment lesson.  

A brief activity on the movement to get colleges, cities, churches and other entities to divest from fossil fuels, pegged to Global Divestment Day on Feb. 13-14, 2015.  

This brief activity kicks off Black History Month by examining King's letter from a Birmingham jail in light of current events.   

A short activity has students consider President Obama's proposal for free community college.  

Students consider responses to the attack on Charlie Hebdo from multiple points of view by examining tweets containing different expressions of solidarity, and create their own tweets.