One of our strongest desires as humans is to know our roots – where we came from, and why we are the way we are. In recent years, we have been able to discover more information about ourselves than ...

The Thousand Words Project is intended for use with students in grades 6-12. The project utilizes art from the Bates College Museum of Art’s collections and conversations with artists and writers to ...

In this lesson, students begin by analyzing quotations about activism and social change, and rewriting them in their own words. Students view video segments from The African Americans: Many Rivers to ...