Helpful Sources (Optional)

• Carol Anderson, One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy, 2018 (book)
• Gilda R. Daniels, Uncounted, 2020 (book)
• Rick Hasen, Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat to American Democracy, 2020 (book)
• Darryl Pinckney, Blackballed: The Black Vote and U.S. Democracy, 2014 (book)
• Ida B. Wells, The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader, 2014 reprint (book)
• The Washington Post - Perspective | A lesson on voting rights — and suppression — during a pandemic that students won’t learn in textbooks

Resource List

Voter Rights and Registration Advocacy Groups

• The New Georgia Project: Non-partisan group featured in And She Could Be Next that directs its efforts towards registering and civically engaging the rising electorate in the state of Georgia.
• Mijente: Political organization dedicated to bringing attention to and addressing the lack of political organization in Latinx and Chicanx communities.
• National Domestic Workers Alliance: Advocacy group working to advance labor protections for domestic workers, the majority of whom are immigrants and women of color.
• Black Futures Lab: Organization that supports progressive Black candidates, Black-run political campaigns, and legislative advocacy on issues that impact Black communities.
• Project South: Works to advance and cultivate social movements in the South that contend with state repression directed towards immigrants, migrants without documentation, Muslims, and young Black people.
• Campaign Legal Center: Non-partisan legal non-profit that works to support fair elections and unrestricted access to voting.
• Asian Americans Advancing Justice: Non-profit that uses legal advocacy and political outreach to influence civil rights issues that have a strong impact on Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and immigrant communities.

Standards

RH.6-8.7 Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.

W.9--10.2d Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic.

SL.11--12.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 11-12 topics, texts and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.