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Perseverance

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine how the failure of Reconstruction led to the systematic passage of Jim Crow laws in states across the South and the negative impact these laws had on the growth and development of the US.
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C¿¿sar Ch¿¿vez, Organizes the Farm Workers Association - Act I, Scene I "The House Meeting"

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders analyze the development of federal civil and voting rights for minority groups. In groups, they discuss how Cesar Chavez organized the farm workers and the techniques he used when protesting. They define and practice...
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CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners use events of the time to illustrate the significance of the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March.
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JUSTICE

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze the role that Alabama played in three major events of American History and how those roles contributed to Alabama being dubbed the "Cradle of the Confederacy" and the "Birthplace of the Modern Civil Rights Movement."
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Episode # 158A

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and determine how they can contribute to community projects.
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To Tell the Truth: Will the Real Warren G. Harding Please Step Forward!

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders play the role of historians, working to become experts on Warren G. Harding's private and public life. They become contestants in a simulation of the popular 1970s television show "To Tell the Truth".
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Apartheid and Segregation

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students view a television program that depicts the history South African Apartheid and the United States' system of segregation. They discuss how laws were used to uphold these institutions and compare and contrast racism and...
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders explore desegregation as it occurred at various stages in United States history. They specifically chronicle the role of South Carolina in the desegregation case of Brown v. Board of Education.
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ESL Holiday Lesson: Racial Discrimination Day

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ESL holiday worksheet, students read or listen to a passage about Racial Discrimination Day and complete a variety of vocabulary and comprehension activities.
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Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Advocate

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Learners examine the life of Jackie Robinson and the ways in which he and they can influence government policy.
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The Battleground: Separate and Unequal Education

For Teachers 5th - Higher Ed
Students investigate the history of unequal education in the United States and the impact on African American history. In this unequal history lesson, students discuss the purpose of education and describe an ideal school. Students...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Fighting for Gender and Racial Equality

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson middle schoolers will examine the lives of key leaders and events in the fight for gender and racial equality at the turn of the 20th century. Through this inquiry study students will choose one of these leaders or events...
Handout
Stanford University

Mlk and Global Freedom Struggle: Congress of Racial Equality

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia entry explores the involvement of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in America's civil rights struggle throughout the late 1950s and into the mid-1960s.
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University of Chicago

Mts: Chicago Chapter, Congress of Racial Equality Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Chicago Chapter of CORE, or the Congress of Racial Equality, one of the most important civil rights organizations in the United States.
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Other

Congress of Racial Equality: Facts About Core

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains in-depth information about the Congress of Racial Equality, or CORE, and its purpose and history.
Website
University of Washington

University of Washington: Congress of Racial Equality (Core) Actions 1942 1970

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)with maps and charts showing the geography of CORE activism.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Themes: Justice, Freedom & Equality: What Is Fair?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, Justice, Freedom & Equality: What is fair?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account...
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Other

In Pursuit of Freedom & Equality: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

For Students 9th - 10th
Teachers and students can find a comprehensive summary of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case. Learn about the myths and find out the truth. The activities offered are especially meaningful. Students can perform a...
Article
Made From Media

Made From History: Was the 88th Congress' Racial Split Regional or Partisan?

For Students 9th - 10th
Several infographics illustrate the racial distribution of the 88th United States Congress from the 1960s.
Primary
NBC

Nbc Learn: Finishing the Dream: 1962 1963: Standoffs

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of archival video clips highlighting the efforts of African Americans to fight racial segregation in education. Looks at the struggle of James H. Meredith to attend the University of Mississippi in 1962, and the resulting...
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NBC

Nbc Learn: Finishing the Dream

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of archival video clips along with town hall discussions on racial equality and the civil rights struggle by African Americans. The discussion participants include civil rights leaders, activists, religious leaders,...
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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum

Jfk Presidential Library & Museum: James Farmer

For Students 9th - 10th
Letters and telegrams from the co-founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), James farmer, help tell the story of his fight against segregation during the Kennedy years.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Concerned White Citizens of Alabama Scrapbook

For Students 9th - 10th
These materials document the philosophy and activities of the Concerned White Citizens of Alabama, who fought for racial equality and voting rights for African Americans; from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Separate Is Not Equal: White Only

For Students 9th - 10th
This section from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History's exhibition Separate Is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education gives the history of Jim Crow laws and how they affected not only the voting rights of...

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