Andrew McGill
Posted inCivics and Government
Lesson Plan: How Geography Drove M.L.K.’s Fight for a Ferry in Alabama
Students will learn the history of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s fight for voting rights in Gee’s Bend, Ala., a town whose status today shows both the achievements and unfinished work of King’s movement.
Posted inU.S. History
Lesson Plan: Watts Uprising and the Militarization of Policing
Students will learn how racial discontent in the 1960s led to the creation of the nation’s first SWAT team, how the War on Drugs of the 1980s caused SWAT teams to be repurposed for drug raids, and how, in recent years, the SWAT approach to policing has fueled a nationwide trend: the militarization of local police departments.
Posted inCivics and Government
Lesson Plan: Jimmy Carter and the Rise of Evangelical Voters
Students will learn how the cultural and political trends of the 1960s and 1970s led to heightened political engagement among evangelical Christians and the emergence of a powerful new conservative movement.
