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)

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

Girl Rising (YouTube)

• Materials: Girl Rising website

Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai (full-length film on Kanopy)

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

Viva La Causa! (Vimeo)

• See also materials from the California Department of Education, the CBS interview with Dolores Huerta, the Cesar Chavez Foundation, 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

We Still Live Here (YouTube)

• Materials: MakePeace Productions, National Congress of American Indians, Our Mother Tongues, PBS Independent Lens, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian