Watch these trailers of films that have been used successfully in an adult education classroom. Explore the links to educational materials, including discussion guides, lesson plans, and background information.

Chisholm '72: Unbought and Unbossed (YouTube and PBS)

• Materials: Anti-Defamation League, City University of New York, PBS POV, Voice of Democracy

Girl Rising (YouTube)

• Materials: Girl Rising website, Random House

Pray the Devil Back to Hell (YouTube, ForkFilms, and NPR)

• Materials: Boston Public Schools, Columbia University's Teachers College, Influence Film Club, Women, War, and Peace

Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai (YouTube)

• Materials: ITVS, the Green Belt Movement, the Open Book blog, PBS Independent Lens, the Taking Root home page

Viva La Causa! (Vimeo)

• Full teaching kit (DVD + curriculum guide) available from Teaching Tolerance
• See also materials from the California Department of Education, the CBS interview with Dolores Huerta, the Cesar Chavez Foundation, Engage NY, list of links to good sites for learning about Chavez and the United Farm Workers Union, the National Museum of American History, PBS Learning Media, Scholastic

We Still Live Here (YouTube)

• Materials: MakePeace Productions, National Congress of American Indians, Native Americans of New England Summer Institute Lesson Plan Collection, Our Mother Tongues, PBS Independent Lens, Plimoth Plantation, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian