The New Jersey State Bar Foundation (NJSBF) has released Unit 5 of Breaking Bias: Lessons from the Amistad. The unit is titled The Dawning of The Modern Civil Rights Movement and has six brand new lessons to teach about the Civil Rights Movement through an anti-bias lens.
The curriculum was developed for grades 3-12. New Jersey’s Amistad law was passed in 2002 and requires African American history to be taught as an integral part of American history throughout the school year, not just during Black History Month. The law takes its title from La Amistad, a ship where 53 enslaved people revolted against the ship’s captain and crew in 1839.
To find Breaking Bias: Lessons from the Amistad, visit njsbf.org. For more information about NJSBF, including professional development opportunities around the Breaking Bias units, visit njsbf.org.