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Women's History Minute: Ida B. Wells

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Before Rosa Parks, there was Ida B. Wells. In 1884, Wells was arrested for refusing to leave the first-class women's car on a train to Chicago. Born into slavery, raised in the south, Wells became a newspaper publisher, an advocate for women's rights, and a protester against Jim Crow laws and lynchings. A short video introduces viewers to this amazing woman.

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Concepts
women's history, women's history month, african american history, african americans, famous african americans, slavery, jim crow laws, racism, lynching, newspapers, suffrage, the suffrage movement, segregation, black history month
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Instructional Ideas
  • Use the video to launch an in-depth study of Ida B. Wells
  • After watching the video, assign groups different topics to research, and report their findings to the whole class
  • Play the video during Women's History Month or Black History Month
Classroom Considerations
  • The video provides only a brief mention of the many activities in which Wells was involved
Pros
  • The video references the many causes Wells advocated
Cons
  • None