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The WCTU and the Lynching Controversy Lesson PlanThe WCTU and the Lynching Controversy Lesson Plan
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The WCTU and the Lynching Controversy

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Eleventh graders analyze the writings of Frances Hard and Ida B. Wells and outline their positions and attitudes towards segregation and lynching. They utilize Wells' and Hard's arguments to explore lynching, racial attitudes in the North and South.

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11th
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Social Studies & History
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