democracy education
Journeys in Film: Educating for Global Understanding offers free resource access to film curriculum for students, grades 3-12, and educators to guide understanding. Organized in subjects and themes, educators sign up for a free account, add curriculum to their cart (for free), and download resources to engage learning.
The National Museum of African American History & Culture offers educators and community activists a resource centered on Martin Luther King Jr. and his dream for not only his community, but the world. This resource offers activities, information, as well as links to alternative resources to discuss big topics with children including racism and activism.
Learning to Give has created a toolkit that offers resources for educators to create meaningful voting and civic participation lessons for students. The toolkit guides participants to investigate issues surrounding engagement and includes definitions, key questions, lessons, activities, and community resources while offering project ideas/guides to service-learning.
Additional resources for literature guides are suggested for further reading.
Generation Citizen has created a resource designed to inform, support, and empower youth voices in the act of civic engagement and voter registration. Specific state-by-state information is also provided for the following locations: California; Kentucky; New York; Massachusetts; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; Oklahoma; Texas; and Washington. A mini-lesson plan on voter registration is included.