Standards Index: D2.Civ.14.9-12.

Students will learn about and analyze the events surrounding the 1968 East Los Angeles student walkouts.

Students will examine the nomination and confirmation process for Supreme Court Justices and learn why the judges often reveal so little.

Students will learn how Southern voters, once loyal to the Democratic Party, elected Republican candidates in 1966 as the two parties began to sort themselves into distinctly partisan camps.

Students will learn how race-based federal lending rules from New Deal programs in the 1930s kept Black families locked out of suburban neighborhoods, a policy that continues to slow their economic mobility.

Students will learn how the midterm elections, often a referendum on the sitting president’s agenda, can set the stage for future policy debates.

Students will learn about the 2007 collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota and examine political decision-making as it relates to public works projects.

Students compare and contrast the rise of union membership in the 1930s with the union movement of the early 2020s

Students will learn about a little-known story of the civil rights movement told using excerpts from “American Reckoning," a Retro Report and PBS Frontline collaboration.

Students will learn about the case that set the precedent for racially motivated attacks against Asian Americans being prosecuted as hate crimes.

Students will learn about historical and contemporary demands for equality by transgender people.

Students will learn about how for generations, Native American children were removed from their homes and placed with white families. A recent Supreme Court ruling affirms the rights of Native families and tribes, giving them preference in adoption and foster care.

Students will examine primary and secondary sources related to voter intimidation to determine how integrity of elections can be ensured.

Students will explore the seeds of the extremist ideologies that continue to be influential today and the government’s failed attempts to stop the broader white supremacist movement.

Students will learn about the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan and how decades later, lawmakers and the American public continue a debate over gun control.