Booker T. Washington

Read Booker T. Washington's inspiring story about arriving at his name with a short reading passage from his autobiography, Up From Slavery. After class members read the excerpt, they answer two reading comprehension questions about the...

Class members use the think-pair-share strategy to compare the views of W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington and to consider how each man's backgrounds influenced his philosophy.

Students reflect on what life was like in the 1800's for Native Americans.  In this U.S. History lesson, students work in small groups to complete numerous activities that reflect on the role of Booker T. Washington and DuBois in African...

Who was Jim Crow? How did state and local governments restrict the freedoms and rights of African Americans? As you hold up a series of documents illustrating racial discrimination, your class members will identify rights that were...

Students examine the philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois. In this political lesson plan students analyze the philosophies of two prominent African Americans in history. They look to see who's strategy for equal...

Slave, educator, orator, philosopher. Booker T. Washington is the subject of a mini-biography that provides an overview of the life and achievements of this remarkable man.

An overview Marcus Garvey's life and his Pan-African philosophy are introduced in this short mini-biography of this controversial figure.

Protest and uplift, the key elements in his philosophy, are introduced in a brief, mini-biography of civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois.

Introduce readers to Mark Twain with a mini biography that details Twain's life and works.

Students examine the Booker T. Washington commemorative coin and listen to a biography of Washington's life. They develop a list of reasons why his life was commemorated with a coin. They examine other coins and the lives and work of...