The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.” Marian Wright Edelman

A Sense of Community explores social justice resourses for K-12 students.

CSLA Workshop November 21, 2008 Sacramento, CA

Overview 

• Need a Latino Civil rights timeline?

• Examples of historic social justice murals?
• Opposing viewpoints on environmental justice issues?

   

Objectives

Discover extensive primary source collections: images and documents to enrich social justice lessons from the American Memory and Calisphere. Examine K-12 lessons. Explore community resources that support social justice learning.

Team

• K.E. Hones, Stevenson Library K-5
• Terry Lai, Giannni Library 6-8
• Eileen O'Neill Marshalll Library 9-12

Timeline

• Introduction
• Constitution Lessons K-5
• Collaborative Native American Lesson 3rd Grade
• Middle School Calisphere and iPod Touch
• Juvenile Justice High School research
• Selected digital primary and weblink resources
• Reflection and Next Steps

Selected Links

3Plus-U: Rights to Work Child Labor, Forced Labor

Tolerance.org One World Mural

Digital Primary Sources

     * Calisphere University of California

     * American Memory

     * Zapatistas Documents Collection, University of Texas

     * Library of Congress

     * SFPL Historical Photography Collection

Equity and Social Justice Quiz

SFPL Article and Databases, including Ethnic NewsWatch