For a “take action” I went on freedomtomarry.org and signed their “Majority for Marriage pledge” that supports marriage rights for all Americans. It felt good to think that I could make a difference for Americans who can’t marry who they want to just because of the law. It would be great to see anyone be able to marry whomever he or she wants. It would be a big accomplishment to see marriage of any kind not be discriminated against.

Here is a great video from their website. http://www.freedomtomarry.org/pages/roadmap-to-victory

I think it would be hard to teach younger children about social justice issues but that it needs to be done in some way. I don’t think they need to know about every issue however, they should know that everyone no matter, race, gender, beliefs, culture or size should have the right to anything. They should also know that this is not happening now and that children need to know that it has gotten better over the years but is certainly not fixed. 

I agree with the beginning of the quote, " Struggle for social justice is central to our nation's history...". Throughout our history, our world has had trouble with social justice. It has been hard for certain groups or people to live because there is struggle for social justice. I think that all of these topics and situations appear while teaching social studies. However, how to teach it would be a concern. You have to get your point across to the children without telling them all of the horrible details. however, you would still want them to know that people and groups went through terrible things and that people are still going through things today just to get social justice.