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DBQuest: The Nashville Sit-In Movement

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What was it like to be a part of the sit-ins during the Civil Rights Movement? Learners consider the question and whether the protests were effective using an online documents-based investigation. The program allows for virtual navigation of documents and practice for the steps to writing an analytical essay. 

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CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts
primary source analysis, primary source images, primary sources, historical documents, the civil rights movement, civil rights, protests
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Additional Tags
social studies
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Instructional Ideas
  • Offer as independent exploration of the Civil Rights Movement
  • Use as a scaffolded approach to teaching documents-based questions
Classroom Considerations
  •  Interactive requires a free iCivics account
Pros
  • Virtual tutors are diverse 
  • Inquiry is pupil-driven
Cons
  • Program won't allow learners to exit without getting correct answers, or allow them to progress, but doesn't give helpful hints
  • Interface is slow to respond