Baseball and Social Change: The Story of Roberto Clemente

In this lesson designed to enhance literary skills, students explore how a culture changes as new groups of people enter it, focusing on the experiences of baseball player Roberto Clemente and the influence of Latino culture in the United States.

College, Inc.: The Sales and Marketing Story

From FRONTLINE College, Inc., explore the the aggressive marketing practices of for-profit colleges.

Desegregation in San Francisco

This audio excerpt from National Public Radio's All Things Considered examines policies designed to achieve racial diversity in San Francisco's schools and their impact on Chinese Americans.

Environmental Justice: Opposing a Toxic Waste Landfill

This video segment adapted from Earthkeeping: “Toxic Racism” talks about the early days of the environmental justice movement and how the health of minority communities can be compromised by the disproportionate numbers of hazardous waste facilities located there.

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Environmental Justice in Dallas

Follow a Dallas community's fight to receive federal Superfund status to clean up the damage from a high-polluting lead smelter, in this video segment adapted from Earthkeeping: "Toxic Racism."

Geospatial Revolution: Food Deserts

Food deserts refer to a lack of easy access to nutritious food. They exist all over America as an outcome of poverty. This video from Penn State Public Broadcasting’s Geospatial Revolution shows how geospatial technology can help change this reality.

Obama's Deal: The Deal Making Begins

From FRONTLINE Obama's Deal, explore the role of negotiations and compromise in passing major reform legislation

Reconsidering Brown

In the video segments presented in this activity, leading historians and legal scholars reflect on the promise of the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, and why it remains unfulfilled.

Roe v. Wade

In this video from The Supreme Court, learn about the Court's sweeping decision in response to police brutality and terror tactics.

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Sherman Oaks, a Model for Integration

This audio segment from National Public Radio's All Things Considered tells the story of a California school designed to end segregation.

What Does He Have to Say to Us Today?

This video segment from the documentary American Masters: Bill T. Jones: Good Man explores the creative process by examining the relationships between the artist and the work and between the artist and the audience.