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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss the history of segregation in major league baseball and create a KWL chart. Working in pairs, they compare and contrast the Negro and white baseball teams and players. Using graphic organizers, they create simile and metaphor charts based on what they have learned. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students explain how a poster imbedded in this plan reflects the racial policies and attitudes in parts of the United States through the 1950's. They formulate a hypothesis about the social impact of racial segregation. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the prevalence of racism and statistical segregation in America's schools. They design a project to investigate how the racial makeup of their school compares to other schools. In addition, they evaluate their design and the validity of collected data. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students use vocabulary related to the history of segregation in the United States. They study about the history of segregation in America and recognize the challenges and prejudice that many African Americans faced in the 1950s. Students appreciate how the Little Rock Nine influenced the future of education for many African Americans. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze the film, "Freedom on My Mind." They view the film and discuss its points in small groups. They create a fictional southern state reflecting segregation in the 1960's. They present their states to the class. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students analyze the Plessy v. Ferguson decision and its effect on segregation in the United States. Students communicate the various interpretations of the fourteenth ammendment by writing an essay. As a group, students view images of segregation and discuss how they are conveyed through art. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th
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Students describe the foundation for legal segregation in the South and identify three key African American leaders' responses to discrimination. They also find and copy the definition of sharecropper and answer a variety of questions in their own words. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students engage in a lesson that is about the Jim Crow laws in the state of Virginia. They conduct research using a variety of resources and focus on defining the word "segregation" in context of the Reconstruction Period following the Civil War. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students study the effects that segregation and the Jim Crow laws had on life in Virginia after reviewing the Reconstruction period. They list the effects that the Jim Crow laws had on the lives of African Americans such as unfair polling taxes, separate schools and facilities, and difficulty voting. Using websites, they research the effects of segregation and write a paragraph on the topic. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students complete a unit about Jim Crow laws and segregation in the United States. They participate in a segregation role-play, conduct Internet research and complete an online Treasure Hunt, and create a narrative poster in pairs. Students read and compare the poems "Sympathy" and "Caged Bird," and create a persuasive poster about the use of propaganda. Full Review »
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