Social Justice & Human Rights

How do we help students to build a fair and just world?

Changing the Course of Dyslexia

by Bob Broudo

posted May 02, 2012

President and headmaster Bob Broudo of Landmark School passionately believes that we have a civic responsibility to help students with language-based learning disabilities discover who they are as learners and how they can learn.

Curriculum & Resources: Civil Rights Curriculum

posted Dec 21, 2011

In 1942, Fred Korematsu was arrested and convicted for refusing to go with other Japanese Americans to incarceration camps mandated under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order No. 9066. The Fred T. Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights and Education shares lesson plans, videos, and other classroom resources to teach students the importance of speaking up for civil rights for all.

Curriculum & Resources: The Innocence Project and Prison Food

posted Sep 22, 2011

Use the Innocence Project’s interactive resources to understand the causes of wrongful convictions and exonerations, and see how your school's cafeteria food measures up to prison food with this tell-it-like-it is infographic.

Visual Learning: "Out of many, one"

posted Sep 22, 2011

With this YES! lesson plan, try to truly understand an image, its message, and why it’s interesting (or not).

Horses as Healers

by Lorna Shepardson

posted Jun 09, 2011

What do you do with a teenager who’s angry, depressed, disconnected, or all of the above? Lorna Shepardson knows a magical gift horses possess that can help bring young people from the depths of darkness to a glimmer of self-confidence. This is Lorna’s story.

You Can’t Ignore Me Any Longer

posted Apr 14, 2011

Street artist JR brings art to improbable places, creating projects that force us to really see each other.

Waiting (or Not) for Superman

posted Feb 09, 2011

The documentary “Waiting for Superman” has stirred up conversation and debate about one of our nation’s biggest concerns—the state of public education. A follow-up campaign is under way to fix education. NOT Waiting for Superman, initiated by Rethinking Schools, says the film got the message all wrong.

YES! Recommends: Centre for Child Honouring, and Voices Education Project

posted Feb 06, 2011

If we made children our top priority, would we create a better world? The Centre for Child Honouring and Voices [Education Project] are helping create peaceful, sustainable societies.

Nathan Christensen Essay on “Heal the Warrior, Heal the Country”

by Nathan Christensen

posted Dec 22, 2010

Nathan Christensen, a student at Edmonds Community College in Edmonds, Washington, read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, "Heal the Warrior, Heal the Country" by Edward Tick. Read Nathan's essay on how he alleviated his conflict with soldiers.

Royce Baker Essay on “Heal the Warrior, Heal the Country”

by Royce Baker

posted Dec 22, 2010

Royce Baker, a student at Edmonds Community College in Edmonds, Washington, read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, "Heal the Warrior, Heal the Country" by Edward Tick. Read Royce's essay on why he doesn't support war, but does support the soldier.

YES! Recommends: Global Oneness Project

posted Oct 13, 2010

YES! recommends the Global Oneness Project for their inspiring and richly produced resources that explore how the radically simple notion of interconnectedness can be lived in our increasingly complex world.

Exemplary Essay on "Iraq Veterans, Activists for Peace"

by Eleanor Stevens

posted Jun 29, 2010

Eleanor Stevens, a student at Santa Fe Waldorf High School in New Mexico, read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, "Why Iraq Veterans Can’t Stay Silent" by Sarah Olson. Read Eleanor's essay on filling the void of war, from taxpayer to soldier.

YES! Recommends—Zinn Education Project

posted Apr 28, 2010

The Zinn Education Project helps make sense of race and the role it has played in shaping society.

Words That Inspire: A Mix of Books (finally) on Mixed-Race People

posted Apr 28, 2010

Multiracial persons are the fastest growing demographic group in the country, but still gaining recognition. Now mixed race people can see themselves in books and be proud of who they are.

Curriculum & Resources: Understanding Multiracial America

posted Mar 26, 2010

By the midcentury, people of color will make up the majority in the U.S. These resouces will help students understand race and the experiences of multiracial people.