Designed for a K-12 curriculum, this curriculum guide provides 18 lessons on the causes, effects, and resolution of violence and disruption. The series of lessons are divided into three categories of six lessons written for kindergarten through grade 4, grades 5 through 9, and grades 9 through 12. Each lesson includes educational objectives,…

The accomplishments of three leaders who struggled for freedom and equality in their own countries are outlined in this unit of study for elementary and secondary school students. These leaders include the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Chief Albert John Luthuli, and Mahatma Gandhi. The unit emphasizes the principles these men stood for in…

This unit on economic decision-making is the fourth of five units in a ninth grade social studies course (see SO 010 891). Major objectives are to help students (1) explain how dissent and protest may be used as effective means of change and to consider the consequences of such actions; (2) examine the judicial branch of government in order to…