UMA Academic Theme 2025-26 Guide

Teaching Tools & Course Integration

This section is designed to support UMA faculty as they incorporate the 2025–26 Civil Rights theme into their courses. Whether you're looking for inclusive classroom strategies, civil rights-focused course content, or tools to design accessible and engaging assignments, the resources below offer practical starting points.

Teaching Civil Rights Across Disciplines

Civil rights education extends beyond history and law, it invites exploration through literature, ethics, political science, sociology, art, philosophy, health sciences, and more.

Here are some best practices and resource hubs for integrating civil rights topics across disciplines:

• Facing History & Ourselves – Teaching Strategies - Offers classroom-ready civil rights content and discussion methods applicable across disciplines.
• Teaching Tolerance / Learning for Justice - Lesson plans, readings, and strategies for addressing civil rights, identity, equity, and justice.
• Zinn Education Project – Teaching People’s History - Civil rights-focused teaching materials for all levels, emphasizing marginalized voices.

Incorporate free, adaptable, and high-quality civil rights resources into your courses: