This inquiry leads students through an investigation that explores the struggle for equality through social justice movements. Specifically, students explore the tension between the assumption that “all [people] are created equal,” a guiding principle from the Declaration of Independence , and the reality of legal and social structures that do not treat all people equally. By investigating the compelling question— What makes “equality” equal? —students problematize the concept of equality to consider a more nuanced definition that considers both legal equality ( de jure equality ) and social r