Black History
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Lesson Plan: Dr. Martin Luther King at Gee’s Bend
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.
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Lesson Plan: What Jesse Owens’s Story Tells Us About Sports and Politics – Mini Lesson
Students will discuss the impact of Jesse Owens’s achievements on the perceptions of race on the national and international stages.
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Lesson Plan: Black Activism – M.L.K., the Olympics and the N.F.L.
Students will learn about the raised fist protest of Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympic Games and the 2016 activism of Colin Kaepernick, the San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback, as a way of examining nonviolent protest.
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Lesson Plan: Protests for Racial Justice – A Long History
Students will learn how current protests against police violence and racial inequality are connected to the past, and about the White House commission that released a report in the aftermath of the major urban disorders of 1967.
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Lesson Plan: How Black Women Fought Racism and Sexism for the Right to Vote
Students will learn how Black women have often been at the forefront of activism and advocacy relating to ballot access, voter suppression, and the right to vote.
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Lesson Plan: American Reckoning
Students will learn about a little-known story of the civil rights movement told using excerpts from “American Reckoning,” a Retro Report and PBS Frontline collaboration.
