Research topics
Below is a collection of resources that many students have asked for as they explore issues they care about. If you find something that you think is worth including, let me know in the Contact Form under the More Tab.
Taking Action
Free The Children carries the power of WE globally, empowering communities to lift themselves out of poverty through our holistic, sustainable international development model, Adopt a Village. You can visit their website by clicking here.
Rock Your World inspires students to ask brave questions about the challenges they see in their neighborhoods, communities and the world around them and positions them to work positively to overcome those challenges. You can visit their website by clicking here.
Creative Visions is committed to the power of arts and media as powerful tools for change. If you are looking for inspiration and examples of how to mix your love of art and activism, visit this site.
U.S. History.org has a good section on the rise of early American industry. Click here
Free The Children carries the power of WE globally, empowering communities to lift themselves out of poverty through our holistic, sustainable international development model, Adopt a Village. You can visit their website by clicking here.
Rock Your World inspires students to ask brave questions about the challenges they see in their neighborhoods, communities and the world around them and positions them to work positively to overcome those challenges. You can visit their website by clicking here.
Creative Visions is committed to the power of arts and media as powerful tools for change. If you are looking for inspiration and examples of how to mix your love of art and activism, visit this site.
U.S. History.org has a good section on the rise of early American industry. Click here
The Environment
Climate Central is an independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the American public. The site has some great interactive pages. Would you like to see how rising sea levels might affect you community? You can visit their website by clicking here.
Food waste is a huge problem globally. The Think/Eat/Save movement website is a great place to explore how people from all over the world are trying to deal with this issue. Click here
One of the best explanations of environmental racism and environmental justice is published by the United Church of Christ. You can read their report here.
Surging Seas has a very good interactive site about rising sea levels. Click Here
How will climate change affect you? Your community? The environment around you? Click Here
The Natural Resources Defense Council site is full of great information on a number of environmental issues. Click Here
NOAA, a federal government agency published a short history of pollution. Click here
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Corporate Watch is an independent research group. They investigate the social and environmental impacts of corporations and corporate power. They have an interesting perspective on CSR. You can visit their website by clicking here.
In 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council unanimously endorsed the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, a set of guidelines for States and companies to prevent and address human rights abuses committed in business operations. This document summarizes the content of the UN Guiding Principles and describes the mandate of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, which has been established to aid in their implementation. You can read their summary by clicking here.
BSR is a global nonprofit organization that works with its network of more than 250 member companies to build a just and sustainable world. You can visit their website by clicking here.
The International Labor Rights Forum is a human rights organization that advocates for workers around the world. They publish a list of who they think the 14 worst corporate evildoers are. You can read their list by clicking here.
Human Trafficking
The Blue Campaign is the unified voice for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) efforts to combat human trafficking. Working in collaboration with law enforcement, government, non-governmental and private organizations, the Blue Campaign strives to protect the basic right of freedom and to bring those who exploit human lives to justice. You can visit their website by clicking here.
The National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) is a national anti-trafficking hotline and resource center serving victims and survivors of human trafficking and the anti-trafficking community in the United States. You can visit their website by clicking here.
The United Nations on Drugs and Crime looks at human trafficking around the world. You can visit their website by clicking here.
A21 is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting human trafficking. You can visit their website by clicking here.
Overseas Sweatshops Are a U.S. Responsibility is an interesting article that examines both sides of the issue. Click here
Social Action
DoSomething makes the world suck less. One of the largest global orgs for young people and social change, our 3.6 million members tackle campaigns that impact every cause, from poverty to violence to the environment to literally everything else. Any cause, anytime, anywhere.
Border Crossers utilizes creative tools to encourage educators in explorations of race and racism with young students. We believe that if educators are prepared to have meaningful conversations about equity, students will be better equipped to interrupt patterns of structural racism and injustice in their own lives and thrive in a multicultural society.
Latino History and Issues
Paul Espinosa is an award-winning Filmmaker and Producer and currently a Professor of Chicano/a Studies at Arizona State University. His website has lots of great information.
On May 3, 1954, the Supreme Court in its landmark decision Hernandez v. Texas ruled that Mexican Americans (and all other racial groups) were due equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The University of North Carolina has a rich summary of this case and a number of great links. Click here.
Scholastic has a great website on Hispanic Heritage. You can find information on Hispanic history, famous Latinos, personal stories, and Latinos through history.
The Teaching Tolerance web site has a great Latino Civil Rights Timeline with plenty of links for you explore.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Méndez v. Westminster helped end racist policies in California’s school districts. It also was the basis for later Supreme Court rulings ending the "separate but equal" laws in the southern states. A good summary of this case can be found on the National Parks Service site. The Texas Bar Association also has comprehensive site on this case.
The Pew Research Center’s Hispanic Trends Project, launched in 2001 as the Pew Hispanic Center, seeks to improve public understanding of the diverse Hispanic population in the United States and to chronicle Latinos’ growing impact on the nation. Click here.
DoSomething makes the world suck less. One of the largest global orgs for young people and social change, our 3.6 million members tackle campaigns that impact every cause, from poverty to violence to the environment to literally everything else. Any cause, anytime, anywhere.
Border Crossers utilizes creative tools to encourage educators in explorations of race and racism with young students. We believe that if educators are prepared to have meaningful conversations about equity, students will be better equipped to interrupt patterns of structural racism and injustice in their own lives and thrive in a multicultural society.
Latino History and Issues
Paul Espinosa is an award-winning Filmmaker and Producer and currently a Professor of Chicano/a Studies at Arizona State University. His website has lots of great information.
On May 3, 1954, the Supreme Court in its landmark decision Hernandez v. Texas ruled that Mexican Americans (and all other racial groups) were due equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The University of North Carolina has a rich summary of this case and a number of great links. Click here.
Scholastic has a great website on Hispanic Heritage. You can find information on Hispanic history, famous Latinos, personal stories, and Latinos through history.
The Teaching Tolerance web site has a great Latino Civil Rights Timeline with plenty of links for you explore.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Méndez v. Westminster helped end racist policies in California’s school districts. It also was the basis for later Supreme Court rulings ending the "separate but equal" laws in the southern states. A good summary of this case can be found on the National Parks Service site. The Texas Bar Association also has comprehensive site on this case.
The Pew Research Center’s Hispanic Trends Project, launched in 2001 as the Pew Hispanic Center, seeks to improve public understanding of the diverse Hispanic population in the United States and to chronicle Latinos’ growing impact on the nation. Click here.
Woman's Rights History and Issues
The Office of the Historian for the House of Representatives has a very good summary of the Woman's Rights Movement. Click here.
The Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division has a site devoted to portraits of women who campaigned for women's rights, particularly voting rights. It also contains suffrage campaign scenes, cartoons, and miscellaneous images related to Woman's Suffrage. Click here.
The National Portrait Gallery has a great page about the Seneca Falls Convention. Click here. You can read The Declaration of Sentiments by clicking here.
The Office of the Historian for the House of Representatives has a very good summary of the Woman's Rights Movement. Click here.
The Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division has a site devoted to portraits of women who campaigned for women's rights, particularly voting rights. It also contains suffrage campaign scenes, cartoons, and miscellaneous images related to Woman's Suffrage. Click here.
The National Portrait Gallery has a great page about the Seneca Falls Convention. Click here. You can read The Declaration of Sentiments by clicking here.
Children's Rights
Human Rights Watch has a very good site devoted to informing people about children's rights around the world. Click here.
UNICEF has a wonderful site that explores the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Click here. To read the Convention click here.
Humanium, an organization that works to promote children's rights across the world, has an informative history of children's rights. The site also has lots of information about children's rights across the globe. Click here.
Understood is a site dedicated to informing children and their parents of their rights regarding learning and attention issues. Lots of great information. Click here.
Frontline offers some compelling data about children living in poverty. Click here.
Human Rights Watch has a very good site devoted to informing people about children's rights around the world. Click here.
UNICEF has a wonderful site that explores the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Click here. To read the Convention click here.
Humanium, an organization that works to promote children's rights across the world, has an informative history of children's rights. The site also has lots of information about children's rights across the globe. Click here.
Understood is a site dedicated to informing children and their parents of their rights regarding learning and attention issues. Lots of great information. Click here.
Frontline offers some compelling data about children living in poverty. Click here.
Human Rights
The United States criminal justice system could be improved if we sell poor people convicted of crimes into slavery, according to Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. You can read about it and listen to the interview by clicking here.
The Human Rights Resource Center by Amnesty International published a short History of Human Rights with lots of great links. Click here
The United States criminal justice system could be improved if we sell poor people convicted of crimes into slavery, according to Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. You can read about it and listen to the interview by clicking here.
The Human Rights Resource Center by Amnesty International published a short History of Human Rights with lots of great links. Click here