About This Lesson
Aligned with NYS Common Core Learning Standards. Students will be able to: know who Van Jones is and why he is a human rights defender; understand the issue of police brutality within the U.S. and internationally; understand the impact media has in advancing a position or perspective on an issue; understand the connection between policies and financing policy positions; and examine the roles of oppression and repression and police brutality. This lesson plan was produced by New York State United Teachers in partnership with the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.