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\nBlack Americans in Congress\n

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\nSeven lessons make up a unit about African Americans who served in the United States Congress from 1870 to 2007. Young historians read contextual essays, engage in activities, examine primary source images, and artifacts to gain an...\n
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\nAfrican Americans in World War II: Staging a Double V Campaign in the Classroom\n

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\nThe feelings and attitudes of African-Americans during World War II are examined by high schoolers. After watching various clips from \"The War,\" they answer comprehension questions for each section. In groups, they create their own...\n
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\nContinuity or Change? African Americans in World War II\n

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\nWhile World War II was a pivotal moment in history, historians debate its importance to the civil rights movement. Class members consider the implications of segregation and the war using a series of documents and a jigsaw activity....\n
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\nThe Physicist's War: Dr. Herman Branson and the Scientific Training of African Americans during World War II\n

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\nThe mobilization of soldiers for World War II resulted in a worker shortage in the defense industries, especially in the fields of physics and other sciences. The Engineering, Science, and Management War Training program (ESMWT) was...\n
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\nTo What Extent Were Women's Contributions to World War II Industries Valued?\n

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\nWomen rose to the challenge when the nation's war effort called them—but were sent home when the GIs came back from World War II. Young historians consider whether the United States valued women's contributions during the war using a...\n
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\nWorld War II Home Front\n

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\nEleventh graders examine the political demands put on one of four groups living in America during WWII. Each class member is asked to research and write a paper describing the homefront experience for women, Hispanics, African-Americans,...\n
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\nWorld War II through the Radio Waves\n

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\nYoung historians channel the very medium used to convey news during World War I. They create and present a five-minute radio broadcast on a particular topic from the war, such as the roles of African Americans and women, war bonds,...\n
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\nAfrican American Pioneers in Aviation\n

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\nBessie Coleman. William Powell. Willa Brown. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. While these names may not be familiar to many Americans, they are African American pioneers in aviation history. Class members have an opportunity to research the...\n
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\nTo Be Black and American: World War II\n

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\nTwelfth graders research wartime conditions African American had to endure during World War II. They explain what role African Americans played in World War II and describe what life was like for African Americans in the United States...\n
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\nWhat Would You Do? Scenario: Segregation\n

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\nYoung African American men at the start of World War II faced a dilemma: they could fight the racism of the Nazis but only by enlisting in a racist Army. Scholars consider this situation as they study the life of a man who in 1941 was...\n
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\nWorld War II\n

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\nStudents research World War II and discuss how conflicts in the war lead to change. In this World War II lesson plan, students read books, watch movies, complete activity sheets, and answer questions all researching the war.\n
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\nJazz and World War II: A Rally to Resistance, A Catalyst for Victory\n

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\nStudents examine the impact of WWII on the development of jazz music and consider how jazz music helped to boost morale of both soldiers and those left at home. They identify the function of jazz as a cultural export and discuss its...\n
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\nContinuity or Change? African Americans in World War II\n

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\nStudents examine the experience of African Americans during World War II by analyzing primary sources and formulating historical questions. They evaluate if the African American experience during World War II represents continuity or...\n
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\nAfrican American Soldiers and Civil Rights During WWI\n

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\nYoung scholars analyze primary source documents and images to determine how African American soldiers were denied their civil rights during World War I.\n
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\nAfrican Americans and the Military of World War II\n

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\nFifth graders view a news reel of African Americans in World War II. In this World War II lesson plan, 5th graders discuss the newspaper clippings they get to view and hypothesize about why the African Americans use military news clips....\n
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\nConfronting Work Place Discrimination on the World War II Home Front\n

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\nBefore the Civil Rights Movement was in full swing, FDR's executive order helped promote fair employment. The activity uses primary documents to explore FDR's executive order to help minorities gain equal employment and pay during the...\n
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\nFifth Grade Social Studies\n

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\nIn this social studies activity, 5th graders answer multiple choice questions about World War II, the transcontinental railroad, slavery, and more. Students complete 25 questions.\n
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\nLearning Guide to: Schindler's List\n

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\nTake your history class through Schindler's List with a learning guide, which offers an introduction to the film and a variety of discussion questions and related assignments. There are several useful resources in the...\n
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\nAfrican Americans and the Manhattan Project\n

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\nA activity about the Manhattan Project will explode young physicists' understanding of the racial attitudes in the United States during and after World war II. Groups select an African American scientist or technician that worked on the...\n
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\nThe Red Ball Express: Statistics as Historical Evidence\n

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\nHistorians use all kinds of information to make conclusions ... including statistics. Young scholars examine how two historians evaluate The Red Ball Express—a supply line staffed primarily by African Americans—using numbers. The...\n
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\nAfrican American History: Honored as Heroes\n

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\nTo gain an understanding of the treatment of African American soldiers during World War I, class members watch an excerpt from the History Detectives film, Our Colored Heroes, and then examine three recruitment posters from that...\n
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\nKeeping the Faith: African Americans Return to Congress, 1929–1970\n

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\nThe third lesson in a unit that traces the history of African Americans serving in the US Congress examines the period from 1929 through 1970. After reading a contextual essay that details the few African Americans elected to Congress...\n
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\n\"A Costly Prosperity\", South Carolina during World War II\n

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\nEleventh graders study the history of South Carolina during World War II.  In this American History lesson, 11th graders analyze the economic growth of this state through primary sources.  Students interpret many different...\n
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\nAfrican Americans and the Democratic Party\n

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\nWhy did African American voters switch from the Republican Party to the Democratic party during the Depression Era? That is the question young historians attempt to answer as they study primary source documents from the period. The focus...\n
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