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\nKensington Mansion: Plantation, Sharecroppers, Tenants\n

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\nEleventh graders investigate the significance of the Kensington Mansion. In this South Carolina history lesson, 11th graders take field trips to the mansion and research primary and secondary sources about plantations, sharecropping, and...\n
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\nAlabama Department of Archives and History\n
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\nAlabama Tenant Farmers and Sharecroppers, 1865 to Present\n

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\nThe tenant farming and sharecropping systems that developed in the South after the Civil War, the reasons for their development, and the eventual decline of these systems are the focus of this two-day plan.\n
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\nAfrican American Life After the Civil War - Sharecropping\n

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\nWhat is the sharecropping system? What role did it play in the post-Civil War economy of the South? Who were the sharecroppers? Who employed them? How were they paid? To answer these questions, kids examine a series of sharecropper...\n
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\n\"Relief-Print\n\n
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\nRelief-Print Portraits\n

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\nStudents use Elizabeth's Catlett's Sharecropper for inspiration to create relief-print portraits. After a lecture/demo, students attempt a portrait painting of one of their peers.\n
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\n\"Reconstruction\n\n
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\nReconstruction (1865-1876)\n

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\nEasily broken into pieces for several class sessions, this presentation is a great way to transition your class out of a Civil War unit and closer to the 20th century. Engaging photographs, including relevant maps and humorous political...\n
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\n\"Cotton\n\n
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\nCotton in My Sack\n

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\nAs part of a study of saving choices and opportunity costs, class members listen to a reading of Lois Lenski's Cotton in My Sack, and then evaluate the spending choices made by the Hutley family.\n \n
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\nThe Art of Description\n

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\nStudents apply descriptive language to identify the five elements of art and the basic lines, geometric shapes, and angles in Marie Hull's, Sharecropper. They explain how the elements of a piece of work contribute to the story it tells....\n
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\nThe Rise of Segregation\n

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\nEleventh graders 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...\n
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\n\"Dust\n\n
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\nDust Bowl Story\n

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\nStudents compose narratives describing the difficulties faced by those living in the Dust Bowl. They use resource sheets and photos in this small group activity. Their stories include plots, settings, and characters either taken...\n
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\nSummer of the Monkeys: Novel Study\n

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\nThere are more than 260 types of monkeys in the world. With the novel study for Wilson Rawls' Summer of the Monkeys, pupils research interesting facts about the banana-loving primates. They also practice exaggeration, write...\n
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\nIntegration of Education\n

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\nStudents explore the history of Civil Rights and how the struggle for Civil Rights and the Second Reconstruction, transformed society and politics in the United States in the 1950s. Then they identify why American Schools are integrated...\n
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\nInvisible Man\n

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\nA crossword puzzle based on Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man provides readers with an opportunity to test their knowledge of the novel's events.\n
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\nTeaching Guide: Exploring To Kill a Mockingbird\n

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\nHarper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, considered by many to be a seminal piece of American literature, contains many complex literary themes that carry through United States history. Use a series of discussion questions and classroom...\n
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\nCenters of the Storm: The Lyceum and the Circle at the University of Mississippi\n

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\nGreek Revival architecture and the Civil Rights Movement? Sure! Examine how the Lyceum and Circle, two historic buildings located on the campus of the University of Mississippi, relate to integration and the 1962 riot on the university...\n
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\nLanguage Arts, African Americans, Oral Tradition and the Blues\n

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\nWhen slavery took Africans from their land, they were separated from the rich musical and oral traditions native to each country and region. While working as slaves, Africans found they had two places where they could use these musical...\n
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\nHistory, African Americans, The Blues\n

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\nThis lesson enables teachers to use blues music to explore the history of African Americans in the 20th century. By studying the content of blues songs, students can learn about the experiences and struggles of the working-class...\n
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\n\"Migrant\n\n
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\nMigrant Workers Through the Lens of Dorothea Lange\n

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\nStudents explore the lives of migrant workers during the Great Depression. In this Great Depression lesson, students examine photographs and song lyrics to gain an understanding of the conditions for people living in the era. Students...\n
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\nI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings\n

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\nLearners view examples of Depression era images and relate them to chapters from Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In this Maya Angelou lesson, students discuss chapters 8 and 9 from the text and define setting. Learners...\n
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\nRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Chapter 9\n

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\nIn this Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 16 short answer questions covering chapter 9 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor in order to help them better understand the chapter...\n
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\nDust Bowl Exodus: How Drought and the Depression Took Their Toll\n

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\nHigh schoolers examine the migration of refugees. In this California history activity, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the details of how the Dust Bowl and Great Depression led to a California population...\n
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\nPOETRY LESSON ON LANGSTON HUGHES AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE\n

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\nEighth graders read the short biographical sketch and selected poems of Langston Hughes, 8th graders examine the hardships historically faced by Black Americans through class discussion, interpretation, and journaling.\n
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\nWHERE DO I COME FROM?\n

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\nMiddle schoolers analyze the struggle for racial and gender equality and for the extension of civil liberties, the social and economic impact of the Great Depression, and the economic boom and social transformation of post-World War II...\n
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\nJackie Robinson\n

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\nLearners describe contributions made by Jackie Robinson.\n
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\nThe Wealth In Poverty\n

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\nStudents investigate the social problem of poverty. They view a film in order to create context for the lesson. Students evaluate different quotations about the issue. Classroom discussion is used to find the definition of being...\n
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