Bring Choosing to Participate to your classroom using the Choosing to Participate study guide or explore more resources based on the central themes of Choosing to Participate.

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Choosing to Participate engages students in conversations about civics and democracy, choices and community, empathy and respect. The exhibition focuses on times in American history when people were struggling to expand democratic traditions and strengthen democratic ideals, with stories drawn from the 1950s, early 1960s, 1980s and 1990s.

The stories and themes of Choosing to Participate connect to a number of Massachusetts curriculum frameworks in both History and Social Science and English Language Arts, as well as to broad learning goals in each of these disciplines. For more details, please download the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks document.

 

 

 

Download the Choosing to Participate Study Guide [2]

Lesson Plans [3]
Ideas and classroom activities based on the Choosing to Participate exhibition, study guide and other key Facing History resources.

Choosing to Participate Online Module [4]
A teaching tool that uses audiovisual material from stories in the exhibition as well as "Be The Change," a student-focused website based on the incredible stories of five Reebok Human Rights award winners from around the world.

Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks [5]