Free online materials for educators from the In Their Own Words series
These special editions of the In Their Own Words series feature new materials geared toward teachers and students. They’re perfect for classrooms and for inspiring our leaders of today and tomorrow. These materials include:
- Background Information teachers can share with students
- Research and Discussion topics
- Connections to Social Emotional Learning
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: In Her Own Words: Young Reader Edition and Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words: Young Reader Edition are the first two titles specially edited for students. More titles will be announced in 2022-2023.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: In Her Own Words
Explore the thoughts of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, history’s second woman to serve as a United States Supreme Court justice.
This collection of quotes has been curated from Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s numerous public statements—interviews, court opinions, oral arguments from her time as a lawyer, speeches, and more. It’s a comprehensive picture of her legacy and her impact on American history, specifically geared toward middle and high school readers. The quotes in the collection touch on equality, the law, feminism, the United States justice system, education, and more.
These educational materials and resources for lesson plans are designed to provoke discussion and thought for readers in grades 7-12 about Ginsburg’s ideas.
Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words
Delve into the speeches and interviews of Michelle Obama: author, lawyer, humanitarian, and the trailblazing first Black woman to serve as First Lady of the United States.
This collection of quotes has been carefully curated from Michelle Obama’s numerous public statements—interviews, books, social media posts, television appearances, and more. It’s a comprehensive picture of her legacy as one of America’s most recognizable and influential women, specifically geared toward middle and high school readers. The quotes in the collection touch on education, friendship and community, life lessons, America, the role of First Lady, making change, inequality and injustice, and more.
These educational materials and resources for lesson plans are designed to provoke discussion and thought for readers in grades 7-12 about Michelle Obama’s ideas.