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.
Black History
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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.
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Lesson Plan: The Geography of Racism
Students will explore how segregationist laws and policies manifest and have affected the development of urban areas by comparing the United States and South Africa.
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Lesson Plan: School Integration – Political Cartoon Analysis
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court Case that declared that school segregation was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court announced its unanimous decision on May 17, 1954. It held that school segregation violated the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. The following year the Court ordered desegregation “with all deliberate speed.” This lesson, or set of two possible lessons, uses the Library of Congress protocol for analyzing political cartoons as a means for examining integration efforts after the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court Case. The activities are designed for students to complete on their own or in small groups.
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Lesson Plan: Ida B. Wells and the Long Crusade to Outlaw Lynching
Students will learn about the work Ida B. Wells did as an investigative journalist and activist, and her efforts to outlaw lynching.
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Lesson Plan: Double V and Black Americans’ Fight for Equality
Students will learn about the learn about the Double V campaign, which advocated for dual victories: over fascism abroad, and racial injustice in the United States.
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Lesson Plan: Citizen Nation: How the Media Shaped the Narrative of Civil Rights and Disobedience
Students will analyze how photos and videos of the civil rights movement affected public perception.
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Lesson Plan: Shirley Chisholm Was a Trailblazer for Change
Students will learn about Shirley Chisholm and evaluate the significance of her time in Congress and her 1972 presidential campaign
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Lesson Plan: The Lasting Impact of a Lynching
Students will learn about the lynching of Cleo Wright, then analyze maps and data to draw conclusions.
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Lesson Plan: How Racial Propaganda Was Used Against the United States in World War II
Students will learn about the lynching of Cleo Wright and examine the roles racism, discrimination and justice played in the battle over ideas and ideology during World War II
