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August <\/a> 1 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Linda Chavez-Thompson, union leader, born (1944)<\/b>.<\/span> Chavez-Thompson, the daughter of a sharecropper, grew up working in the cotton fields of West Texas. She served as a staff organizer for the North Texas Laborers District Council at the age of 23. Since that time she has served in many positions, including Executive Vice President of the AFL-CIO, a post she held from 1995 to 2007. Thompson was first person of color elected to an officer position in the AFL-CIO.<\/span><\/p>\n El Acto: Studying the Mexican-American Experience Through Farmworkers’ Theater<\/i><\/b>,<\/span><\/i> edited by Deborah Menkart, Alana D. Murray, and Jenice L. View. This unit in the book, <\/span>Putting the Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching<\/span><\/i>, uses the Delano Grape Strike organized by the UFW, as an entry point into understanding theater as political action. It provides scenes and context for student groups to act out various elements of the event as well as tools for evaluation of student work. (<\/span>M, H, TR<\/b>) <\/span>http:\/\/bit.ly\/16vQhW4<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Making Sense of the Employee Free Choice Act<\/i><\/b>,<\/span> by Teaching Tolerance. This lesson plan for middle and high school students will help students understand the issues at the heart of the debate over the Employee Free Choice Act. (<\/span>TR<\/b>) <\/span>http:\/\/bit.ly\/1blJEcC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Inside the Warsaw Ghetto<\/i><\/b>,<\/span> by the<\/span> Florida Center for Instructional Technology. This lesson plan is designed to guide students in evaluating the significance of the uprising and prompts discussion about other forms of resistance during the Holocaust. (<\/span>M<\/b>) <\/span>http:\/\/bit.ly\/1afurpv<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Warsaw Uprising 1944<\/i><\/b>. This interactive website provides information on the operation, including an FAQ, timeline, eyewitness accounts, photos, movie clips, patriotic songs and other resources. (<\/span>TR<\/b>) <\/span>http:\/\/bit.ly\/HkaUed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n The Diary of Anne Frank, Teacher’s Guide<\/i><\/b>,<\/span> by PBS. This guide is a detailed resource on the book, <\/span>The Diary of Anne Frank<\/span><\/i>,<\/span> and the historical and social context of the time in which it was written. There is a list of additional resources at the end of the guide. (<\/span>E, M, H, TR<\/b>) <\/span>http:\/\/bit.ly\/1igZMuB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n The Story of Anne Frank, Lesson Plan<\/i><\/b>,<\/span><\/i> by Scholastic. This lesson plan will introduce students to Anne Frank and the time period during which she lived. The lesson goal is for students to be able to articulate that certain groups of people dislike others because of their affiliation (or non-affiliation), with certain social groups. (<\/span>E<\/b>) <\/span>http:\/\/bit.ly\/17hKLtb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n James Baldwin: Art, Sexuality and Civil Rights<\/i><\/b>, by Teaching Tolerance. This high school lesson plan from Teaching Tolerance explores the connection between civil rights and gay rights and helps students develop an awareness of James Baldwin\u2019s life, activism and art. Students gain a deeper understanding of James Baldwin and the intersections between race and sexuality in this lesson. (<\/span>H<\/b>) <\/span>http:\/\/bit.ly\/1e5LfFf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Still Burning<\/i><\/b>, by Priscilla Chan and Javaid Khan, The Learning Network, <\/span>The New York Times<\/span><\/i>. In this middle school lesson, students read various articles to learn about the crime and take into consideration the verdict from different perspectives. (<\/span>M<\/b>) <\/span>http:\/\/nyti.ms\/1e07oQY<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Librotraficante<\/i><\/b>. The Librotraficante Movement’s homepage offers visitors numerous resources, including a list of banned books that reflect Chicano heritage and history, information about underground libraries and lists of events that are occurring during Chicano Heritage Month. (<\/span>H, TR<\/b>) <\/span>http:\/\/bit.ly\/1buJEBN<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Chicano Identity in the Poetry of Lorna Dee Cervantes and Ramon Del Castillo<\/i><\/b>,<\/span> by the Alma Curriculum and Teacher Training Project, Denver Public Schools. In this unit, students explore the works of Colorado poets Lorna Dee Cervantes and Ramon Del Castillo, using them to identify and understand poetic elements as well as gain a better understanding of the Chicano experience. (<\/span>TR<\/b>)<\/span>http:\/\/bit.ly\/KbNASi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Rethinking the Teaching of the Vietnam War<\/i><\/b>, by Bill Bigelow. This role playing activity exposes students to a side of the Vietnam War that is left out of traditional textbooks. (<\/span>H<\/b>) <\/span>http:\/\/bit.ly\/16FZE3i<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Media Construction of War: A Critical Reading of History<\/i><\/b>, by Project Look Sharp. This 125-page kit includes an analysis of Newsweek coverage of the Vietnam War, the Gulf War and the War in Afghanistan. Students learn core information about the wars, develop an understanding of how media influence public opinion of current events and learn how to ask key media literacy questions and identify bias in the news. (<\/span>M, H, TR<\/b>) <\/span>http:\/\/bit.ly\/bKAvnb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Watergate and the Constitution<\/i><\/b>,<\/span> from the National Archives Teaching with Documents. Using primary resources this lesson asks students to use the Constitution to analyze the memorandum that outlines the reasons for indicting Richard Nixon. (<\/span>H, TR<\/b>) <\/span>http:\/\/1.usa.gov\/17z5bdJ<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Watergate at 40<\/i><\/b>. This webpage from <\/span>The Washington Post<\/span><\/i>, the newspaper that broke the Watergate scandal, provides a thorough introduction with video, articles and analysis. (<\/span>H<\/b>) <\/span>http:\/\/wapo.st\/1aOeefM<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Women\u2019s Suffrage: Why the West First?<\/i><\/b>,<\/span><\/i> by EDSITEment. This lesson focuses on the efforts made in support of women’s suffrage in Western states. It can be used either as a stand-alone unit or as a more specialized sequel to the EDSITEment lesson, Voting Rights for Women: Pro- and Anti-Suffrage, which covers the suffrage movement in general. (<\/span>H<\/b>) <\/span>http:\/\/1.usa.gov\/1e3ffld<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Where’s Your Shirt From? Second Graders Use Data to Change the World<\/i><\/b>, by Mary Cowhey. This narrative account of an exploration of clothing done by second-graders offers teachers of young children tools to explore labor issues in the garment industry, incorporating geography and math along the way. (<\/span>E<\/b>) <\/span>http:\/\/bit.ly\/1aMolRW<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Shop ‘Til You Drop on a Maquila Wage<\/i><\/b>,<\/span> by the Cross Border Network for Justice and Solidarity, adapted by STITCH. This lesson plan helps students to understand the budget and daily struggles of garment workers and workers in other maquilas by asking them to create a budget based on real-world prices in New Laredo, Mexico. (<\/span>M, H<\/b>) <\/span>http:\/\/bit.ly\/167sWFT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Constitutional Amendments and Gay Marriage: Background, Activities, and Critical Analysis<\/i><\/b>, by Doug DuBrin. In this lesson, the gay marriage debate is used as a means for introducing students to the history and process of amending the US Constitution. (<\/span>H, TR<\/b>) http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/extra\/lessons_plans\/constitutional-amendments-and-gay-marriage\/<\/span><\/p>\n Same-Sex Marriage Timeline<\/i><\/b>, from ProCon.org. An overview of same sex marriage from 1970 to the present, including a US map showing state-level equality. (<\/span>M, H, TR<\/b>) <\/span>http:\/\/bit.ly\/1jyLh61<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n African American Odyssey: Free Black in the Antebellum Period (Part 2),<\/i><\/b> Library of Congress online exhibition. This site features information and primary sources related to the contribution of free Blacks during the Antebellum Period, including the establishment of Liberia. (<\/span>M, H, TR<\/b>) <\/span>http:\/\/1.usa.gov\/17yUxDV<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n My Hindu Year (A Year of Religious Festivals)<\/i><\/b>, by Cath Senker. This children’s book explores events, customs and celebrations that Hindu children participate in throughout the calendar year. Readers can also look inside an 8-year-old Hindu boy’s diary to learn what it’s like to experience the different events. (<\/span>
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\n<\/span>1 \u00a0 \u00a0 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising<\/b>.<\/span> The Warsaw Uprising was an attempt by Poland to liberate itself from the Nazis. The Germans foiled the attempt and executed around 150,000 Polish civilians.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>1 \u00a0 \u00a0 70th anniversary of Anne Frank’s last diary entry<\/b>. Three days later after the entry, Frank was arrested by Nazis in Amsterdam, deported to the Westerbork transit camp and then on to Auschwitz. She died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in March, 1945.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>2 \u00a0 \u00a0 James Baldwin, writer and social critic, born (1924-1987)<\/b>. Baldwin was a prominent poet, essayist and novelist during the Harlem Renaissance. An openly gay African American man, he spent much of his life as an expatriate in France. He explored racial, sexual and class issues in his writing. Baldwin was also active in the Civil Rights Movement.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>4 \u00a0 \u00a0 50th anniversary of the discovery of three slain civil rights workers<\/b>. After investigating the burning of an African American church, three members of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, both of whom were White men, and James Chaney, a Black man, were murdered and buried by the Ku Klux Klan. Their disappearance helped spur the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>6 \u00a0 \u00a0 Lorna Dee Cervantes, poet, professor and activist, born (1954)<\/b>. Cervantes, who is of Native American (Chumash) and Mexican descent, has continually championed the voices of those who are marginalized. She teaches ethnic studies courses at the University of Colorado, Boulder, edits <\/span>MANGO<\/span><\/i>, a literary review of works by Chicano authors and participates in the Librotraficante Movement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>7 \u00a0 \u00a0 50th anniversary of the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution<\/b>. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave President Lyndon Johnson authority to use military force in Southeast Asia without formally declaring war. The Johnson Administration used this authority to rapidly escalate the US military involvement in Vietnam.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>8 \u00a0 \u00a0 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon\u2019s resignation<\/b>. Investigations into the break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex revealed a White House cover-up and other illegal activities. The House Judiciary Committee began impeachment proceedings. However, before Congress could vote on impeachment, President Nixon resigned. Nixon was the first, and to date only, US president to resign.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>8 \u00a0 \u00a0 Esther Morris, suffragist and public official, born (1814-1902)<\/b>. Morris was involved in the abolitionist and women’s rights movements. She was instrumental in securing the vote for women in Wyoming and was the first White female Justice of the Peace in the US.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>10<\/b> \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Dorothy Jacobs Bellanca, labor leader, born (1894-1946)<\/b>. Bellanca, who began working in the garment industry in Baltimore at the age of 13, became active in the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA). In 1916 she became a vice-president and in 1917, a full-time organizer, the first White woman to hold these posts. Bellanca continued her union activism throughout her life and was involved in municipal, state and federal politics.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>12<\/b> \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>10th anniversary of California Supreme Court voiding nearly 4,000 same-sex marriage licenses in San Francisco<\/b>. In 2004, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsome directed the city clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, in violation of state law. In August, the Supreme Court of California annulled the marriages. Newson’s actions brought national attention to the issue of gay marriage. Later a federal court ruling made gay marriage legal in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>15<\/b> \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>190th anniversary of freed African Americans establishing Liberia<\/b>. In 1820, free Blacks from the US began to immigrate to West Africa. With the support of the American Colonization Society, they established the colony of Liberia. On July 26, 1847, a Declaration of Independence and a Constitution were published. The Liberians of American descent made up a ruling elite in Liberia that oppressed the majority indigenous Liberians.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>17 \u00a0 \u00a0 Janmashtami (Hinduism)<\/b>. The celebration of Sri Krishna’s birthday, the 8th Divine Incarnation.<\/span><\/p>\n