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Civil Rights Historical Investigations Unit The three units we have developed require students to "do" history—to gather evidence from primary documents, use that evidence to make claims about the past, and then apply what they learn to their own lives today. In the first unit, students learn... |
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Choices in Little Rock Unit Choices in Little Rock is a teaching unit that focuses on efforts to desegregate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957—efforts that resulted in a crisis that historian Taylor Branch once described as "the most severe test of the... |
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Education and Civil Rights Lesson 4 Lesson Plan This lesson is part of the following unit: Education and Civil Rights: School Desegregation in Boston In this lesson, students will watch an excerpt from the Eyes on the Prize... |
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Education and Civil Rights Lesson 3 Lesson Plan This lesson is part of the following unit: Education and Civil Rights: School Desegregation in Boston While Lesson Two helped students identify de facto causes of school segregation,... |
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Education and Civil Rights Lesson 2 Lesson Plan This lesson is part of the following unit: Education and Civil Rights: School Desegregation in Boston In this lesson, students learn about the root of Boston's school segregation- residential... |
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Education and Civil Rights Lesson 1 Lesson Plan This lesson is part of the following unit: Education and Civil Rights: School Desegregation in Boston Students begin this lesson by thinking about the concept of education as a civil right-as something... |
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Nonviolence as a Tool for Change Lesson 4 Lesson Plan This lesson is part of the following unit: Nonviolence as a Tool for Change: The March for Voting Rights One of the main purposes of this lesson is to help students connect the struggle for voting rights in the... |
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Nonviolence as a Tool for Change Lesson 3 Lesson Plan This lesson is part of the following unit: Nonviolence as a Tool for Change: The March for Voting Rights In this lesson, students will draw on their understanding of voter discrimination and the philosophy of nonviolence... |
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Nonviolence as a Tool for Change Lesson 2 Lesson Plan This lesson is part of the following unit: Nonviolence as a Tool for Change: The March for Voting Rights In this lesson, students develop an understanding of the theory that was most influential in guiding the actions of civil... |
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Nonviolence as a Tool for Change Lesson 1 Lesson Plan This lesson is part of the following unit: Nonviolence as a Tool for Change: The March for Voting Rights Students begin this lesson by completing the Voting Profile Anticipation Guide in Step One that asks them to reveal their thoughts... |
