Educator Portal

The Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California (CRIISC) strives to connect educators with resources to bring local history into the classroom and further engage students in their learning. We believe that stories about civil rights, historic and current, will inspire our youth to be the champions of tomorrow.

Ethnic Studies Lesson Plans

I.E. Stories is a collaboration between organizations and teachers to create authentic, rigorous, place-based Ethnic Studies lessons which will serve as models for other Ethnic Studies educators in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Use these lessons to bring local history into your classroom.

More lessons will be released September 2025

I.E. Stories is a collaboration between scholars in the Inland Empire, community groups, educators, A People’s History of the I.E., the Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California, UCR’s Relevancy & History Project, and the UCLA History-Geography Project.