Becoming Thurgood: America's Social Architect Classroom Resources

Explore the life and legacy of Thurgood Marshall, the visionary lawyer and civil rights leader who became the first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Featuring powerful clips from Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect and rare oral history interviews, students in grades 5–12 examine Marshall’s fight to expand constitutional rights through a first-person account of civil rights history. Standards-aligned resources bring focus through historical thinking skills, primary source analysis, and American history themes and topics.

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MPT in the Classroom

Discover a variety of lesson starters and interactive lessons paired with video clips from popular MPT programs. Explore topics in subject areas from STEM and the arts to social studies and civics for your K-12 students.

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