Recent publications

Separate ≠ Equal: Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education

Separate ≠ Equal examines the history and the continuing impact of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision in Florida through the use of interviews, newspapers and other primary sources.

Separate ≠ Equal
Separate ≠ Equal teacher guide
Separate ≠ Equal supplemental interviews
Separate ≠ Equal teacher webinar recording
Separate ≠ Equal teacher webinar presentations
Separate ≠ Equal student pre/post test

Research shows that students using the newspaper as an educational resource score more highly on standardized tests, develop the habit of lifelong reading and are more likely to become engaged citizens and regular voters. This guide for teachers and families presents 80 ideas for using the newspaper in the classroom and at home.

Using the Newspaper: A Living Textbook

Genocide in the 20th and 21st Centuries examines the cultural, religious, societal, historical, economic and political factors that lead to genocide through the lens of survivors.

Genocide in the 20th and 21st Centuries
Genocide teacher guide
Genocide student pre/post test
Genocide student art/poetry contest winners

What does it take for a free people to govern themselves? Are we up to the task? Learn about the origins of the American experiment and what it takes to be an engaged citizen in Democracy Reignited.

Democracy Reignited
Renacimiento de la Democracia (Spanish)
Demokrasi Byen Klere (Haitian Creole)
Democracy Reignited updated standards (2021)
Democracy Reignited teacher guide
Democracy Reignited student pre/post test

Celebrate Freedom

What would Thomas Jefferson say if he could see the United States today? Each year, students in the state of Florida are expected to recite a key passage from the Declaration of Independence and to spend at least three hours in the classroom studying this important document. Celebrate Freedom carefully examines this key passage, helping students better understand its meaning and why it is still important to us today.

Celebrate Freedom
Celebrate Freedom student pre/post test

Wildfire Safety

More than 17.3 million acres of Florida is covered with forests. Although the state’s abundant rain and sunshine are vital to the survival of Florida’s forests, another element is necessary to maintain them … fire. For thousands of years, Florida’s forests have developed because of the presence of fire. In fact, many of Florida’s ecosystems require fire in order to exist. Wildfire Safety focuses on learning more about Florida’s forests and learning the difference between good fires and bad fires, and how students can protect Florida’s forests.

Wildfire Safety

Be Food Safe 2016

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year 48 million illnesses, 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths in this country can be traced to foodborne pathogens. ­That is why food safety is a serious matter. Be Food Safe will enhance your awareness of foodborne illnesses and how you and your family can stay healthy.

Be Food Safe