Together in a collaborative partnership, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and OutVote offer a Campus Organizing Guide to the 2024 Election. This resource provides information and a step-by-step guide for college students to participate in the election as active voters. If a student is not yet registered to vote, the Campus Organizing Guide also provides information on how to do so.
The Human Rights Campaign represents a force of more than 1.5 million members and supporters nationwide. As the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization, HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ people are ensured of their basic equal rights, and can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community.
This Human Rights Day Toolkit created by the Human Rights Watch Student Task Force is designed to empower students and teachers to educate their communities about Human Rights Day. Here you will find background information, basic human rights vocabulary, videos, activities, lesson plans, and event planning ideas.
Human Rights Watch is a nonprofit, nongovernmental human rights organization made up of roughly 400 staff members around the globe. Its staff consists of human rights professionals including country experts, lawyers, journalists, and academics of diverse backgrounds and nationalities. Established in 1978, Human Rights Watch is known for its accurate fact-finding, impartial reporting, effective use of media, and targeted advocacy, often in partnership with local human rights groups.
Here are some activities that are good for exploring prejudice and discrimination.
Participate in this Hurricane Warning Scavenger Hunt to learn about hurricanes.
I Can Afford College is a website sponsored by the California Community Colleges to increase awareness about financial aid opportunities at community colleges. The program provides students with information regarding various aid programs, terms of eligibility, and how to begin college applications.
Ready-made online lesson plans for teachers to use in their classrooms, just register and the rest is free!
Activities teachers can have elementary students complete to instill compassion and gratitude in their character.
Iwannaknow.org offers information on sexual health for teens and young adults. This is where teens will find the facts, the support, and the resources to answer your questions, find referrals, and get access to in-depth information about sexual health, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), healthy relationships, and more.
This app has anything a student needs to know about American History.
Here students can play games and enter into simulations that teach them civics lessons.
From iCivics Election Headquarters: The best way to strengthen our democracy is to teach it. Presidential elections provide one of the most visible teachable moments for civic education.
By discussing the election, the processes surrounding it, and the role of the people, we have the opportunity to build young people’s confidence in our country.
With free election-focused games and nonpartisan teaching resources specific to high school, middle school, and elementary students, you can help young people understand the power of their voice and vote, learn about state, local, and federal election processes, and become informed and engaged participants.
The IDEA Partnership reflects the collaborative work of more than 50 national organizations, technical assistance providers, and organizations and agencies at state and local level.
A volunteer resource center that lists volunteering opportunities.
This report was produced under U.S. Department of Education with the American Institutes for Research. It discusses how to identify and treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as well as what causes ADHD. It explains the three components (behavioral, educational, and medical evaluations) of the individual evaluation that is conducted if a child is being considered for special education and related services. And, lastly, this report highlights some evidence-based hints for addressing the specific learning needs of children with ADHD.
Violence and abuse affect women from all kinds of backgrounds every day. Sometimes, women are attacked by strangers, but most often they are hurt by people who are close to them. Violence and abuse can cause terrible physical and emotional pain. Here is resource center to help deal with this issue.
In this lesson, Identity and Intersecting Perspectives: Between the World and Me | MacArthur Fellows Program, students explore how our complex identities shape our understanding and experience of our world.
The Identity Youth Center helps kids who are stuggling with their identities and gives them resources to find out more about LGBTQ identification.
iEmily provides girls with respectful, in-depth information about physical health and emotional well-being. All articles, columns, and questions and answers are reviewed by prominent and highly credentialed physicians, psychologists, and educators.