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Sheg: Reading Like a Historian: Booker T. Washington vs w.e.b. Du Bois Lesson PlanSheg: Reading Like a Historian: Booker T. Washington vs w.e.b. Du Bois Lesson Plan
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Sheg: Reading Like a Historian: Booker T. Washington vs w.e.b. Du Bois

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[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read primary source documents to solve a problem surrounding a historical question. This document-based inquiry lesson allows students to read a speech of Booker T. Washington's and a selection from W.E.B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk to consider who was a stronger advocate for African Americans.

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civil rights, equality, booker t. washington

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historical claim, historical inquiry, racial justice, african american struggles, dbq, document based, du bois, reading like a historian, sheg, w. e. b., w.e.b. dubois, primary source, w. e. b. dubois

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