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Mary Church Terrell | Unladylike2020 Instructional VideoMary Church Terrell | Unladylike2020 Instructional Video
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PBS
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Grade
7th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
11:53
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Duration
15 mins
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2020
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Mary Church Terrell | Unladylike2020

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Catalytic events wake people up. For Mary Church Terrell the lynching of her friend Thomas Moss lead to her involvement in the catalytic events of suffrage, anti-lynching, and desegregation. Learn more about this amazing woman and her influence on modern-day activist Brittany Packnett Cunningham is a short but powerful PBS video.

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suffrage, the suffrage movement, women's suffrage, the nineteenth amendment, women's history, women's history month, women's movements, women's rights, famous women, the voting rights act, voting rights, civil rights, civil rights leaders, the civil rights movement, famous african americans, racism, lynching, emmett till, justice, social justice, desegregation, segregation

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Include in unit studies of Women's Suffrage, Women's History Month, the 19th Amendment, the Civil Rights Movement, and/or Black History Month

Classroom Considerations

  • Part of the PBS Unladylike2020 Collection: Unsung Women Who Changed America 
  • Comes with a warning that the material may be sensitive for some students; therefore, preview the resource to determine if appropriate for your classroom
  • Presumes a protocol is in place that permits the safe, respectful discussion of sensitive issues

Pros

  • Support materials include discussion questions, a primary source analysis worksheets, teaching tips, a vocabulary list, and activities
  • Also included is a list of black feminists for class members to research
  • The support materials may be downloaded and printedSuffrage, anti-lynching

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  • None

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