LJCS Curriculum

Explore lesson plans, educational resources, and learning materials developed by the Land Justice Community School. Whether you’re an educator, student, organizer, or lifelong learner, these resources are designed to deepen understanding, spark critical thinking, and support collective action for land justice.

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Environmental Justice 101

An introduction to environmental justice principles, history, and frameworks for organizers and educators.

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Organizing Toolkit

Practical tools and templates for building grassroots power and running effective campaigns.

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Political Education

Foundational lessons on power, systems, and strategy for movement building.

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Food Justice 101

Exploring the intersections of food systems, land, and community health.

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Individual Lesson

A standalone lesson ready to drop into any classroom or workshop.

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Short Activities

Quick, engaging activities for warm-ups, icebreakers, and reflection.

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Zines

Illustrated zines that make land justice concepts accessible and fun.

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Texas Curriculum

A regionally grounded curriculum built for Texas organizers and educators.

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New York Curriculum

A regionally grounded curriculum built for New York organizers and educators.

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Nevada Curriculum

A regionally grounded curriculum built for Nevada organizers and educators.

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Education by and for our communities

Since 2019 we have worked with teachers, youth, Indigenous leaders, and frontline communities to co-create 100+ lesson plans and resources incorporating justice, learning standards, social emotional learning, traditional ecological knowledge, and green workforce development. This curriculum suite was created under the leadership of Alexia Leclercq by the Start:Empowerment team, the processor org to Land Justice Community School and Earth Convergence. For any feedback, corrections, or edit request email info.startempowerment@gmail.com

Zines

Community-created zines exploring sacred water, foraging, land, culture, and environmental justice through art and storytelling.

Political Education

Justice-centered curriculum building critical consciousness, organizing skills, and systems analysis for community action.

Environmental Justice 101

Foundational K–12 lessons introducing environmental justice, climate impacts, and community solutions.

Food Justice 101

Lessons exploring food systems, land access, sovereignty, and the right to healthy, culturally rooted food.

Short Activities

Short 10–30 minute activities designed for classrooms, workshops, and community learning spaces.

Texas Curriculum

Place-based climate justice lessons grounded in Texas history, industry, and frontline community experiences.

Nevada Curriculum

Region-specific climate justice lessons focused on land, water, extraction, and community resilience in Nevada.

New York Curriculum

Region-specific climate justice lessons exploring land, water, housing, labor, and environmental inequity across New York.

Organizing Toolkit

Mobilizing for Change: Your Guide to Community Action – Digital Toolkit in Partnership with World Wildlife Fund.

Curriculum Resources

Land Justice Community School

Browse our growing collection of lesson plans, readings, multimedia resources, activities, and teaching tools. Use the filters below to explore materials by topic, resource type, audience, or learning area and discover content that best fits your needs.

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LJCS Curriculum

Education by and for our communities

Zines

Political Education

Environmental Justice 101

Food Justice 101

Short Activities

Texas Curriculum

Nevada Curriculum

New York Curriculum

Organizing Toolkit

Curriculum Resources

Intro to Native American Struggle

Tenant Organizing

Forces and Energy in the garden (Part 2)

Mixtures & Solutions in the Garden (Part 2): Water is Life

Mixtures & Solutions in the Garden (Part 1)

Properties of matter (Part 2): Compost, Changes in Matter

Properties of matter (Part 1): Intro to matter and mass

Intro to the Allison Garden, Austin

Spring: Cycles and Patterns

Spring weeds and plants, Central Texas (PART 1)

Soil Exploration + Soil in a Jar Lab

Intro to TX Wildflowers

Herbs of the garden + DIY garden tea

Cuentos on Shadows

Four Seasons: Cycles & Patterns

3 Sisters

Seeding Sovereignty: Seeds of Knowledge to Seeds in the Garden

The History of Bananas: Naw, Naw, Naw (Social Studies)

Linking Food with Identity (ELA)

Food Justice through Art (ELA)

Food and Community Care (ELA)

Youth Action with LJCS

The Food Waste Cycle

Sorting 101 New York City's Waste

Experimenting with Compost

Compost & Activism

Artivism

Youth Action LJCS Fellows

Land Justice

Campaign Building

Intro to Indigenous Rights

Native American Reservations

Public Health & Environmental Health

History of Redlining and Environmental Racism

Movement Milestones

Intro to Environmental Justice

Place Making & The Building Blocks of Food Justice: a grounding session

Land Justice

Public & Environmental Health

History of Redlining and Environmental Racism

Movement Milestones lesson three

Introduction to the Environment lesson one

Community Organizing in NYC

Earth: Plants & Food

Fire: Fire in the Forest

Climate Storytelling: Art & Writing Part 2

Climate Storytelling: Art & Writing Part 1

Envisioning Nevada's Future

EJ Movements in Nevada

Air Pollution

Water Part 2: Access to Clean Water

Water Part 1: Water Pollution

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