Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Niagara Movement

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the Niagara Movement and the Declaration of Principles manifesto. After a class discussion on the societal norms during the 1900's, students role play a specific individual. During the simulation, students depict civil...
Interactive
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Progressivism (5)

For Students 10th - 12th
In this online interactive American history learning exercise, students answer 14 fill in the blank questions regarding the Progressive Movement. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Lesson Plan
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Alphabet, Vegetable, and Chicken Noodle Parachute Soup

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students throw in their letter or vegetable when the said object or letter is said by the teacher. They also explore how to make a parachute ripple and make waves.
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Niagara Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Niagara Movement, a black civil rights organization formed in 1905 formed by W. E. B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter.
eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Progressive Movement: New Voices for Women and African Americans

For Students 11th - 12th
Examines how the women's rights movement began and how it evolved over time, followed by a look at the development of the African American civil rights movement and the different leaders that emerged during the Progressive Era.
Unit Plan
University of Massachusetts

U Mass Amherst: Du Bois Central

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of resources about W.E.B. DuBois, founder of the NAACP, who committed his life to opposing racial and social injustices. Includes photographs, papers, information on the Niagara Movement, exhibits, timeline, and a biography...
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: African Americans, the Gilded and the Gritty: 1870 1912

For Students 9th - 10th
A speech by Mary Church Terrell, a letter by Booker T. Washington, a letter by W.E.B. DuBois, and the Niagara Movement's Declaration of Principles describe African American civil rights strategies in the early-twentieth century.
Handout
Duke University

Duke University: Ida B. Wells Barnett(1862 1931) and Her Passion for Justice

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this brief biography of Ida B. Wells, who used her pen and the force of her personality to fight against lynching and other injustices against African Americans.
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Social Realism: W. E. B. Du Bois

For Students 9th - 10th
W. E. B. DuBois is featured here for his writings which advocated human rights for all, but particularly for African Americans in the early twentieth century. Click "W. E. B. DuBois Activities" for related materials.
Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: William Monroe Trotter

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features William Monroe Trotter, an African American journalist and vocal advocate of racial equality in the early 20th century. From the pages of his weekly newspaper, The Guardian, he criticized...
Graphic
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Mary Church Terrell

For Students 9th - 10th
A speech by Mary Church Terrell, a letter by Booker T. Washington, a letter by W.E.B. DuBois, and the Niagara Movement's Declaration of Principles describe African American civil rights strategies in the early-twentieth century.
Graphic
Curated OER

Booker T. Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
A speech by Mary Church Terrell, a letter by Booker T. Washington, a letter by W.E.B. DuBois, and the Niagara Movement's Declaration of Principles describe African American civil rights strategies in the early-twentieth century.
Graphic
Curated OER

W. E. B. Du Bois

For Students 9th - 10th
A speech by Mary Church Terrell, a letter by Booker T. Washington, a letter by W.E.B. DuBois, and the Niagara Movement's Declaration of Principles describe African American civil rights strategies in the early-twentieth century.