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Instructional Video3:46
Curated OER

Civil Rights Video

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Freedom, independence, liberty: the ideas the USA was built on. A string of images is connected with a freedom song and provides an opportunity for learners to really think about what civil rights are. Start and end your unit on civil...
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Instructional Video15:15
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Crash Course

The 1960s in America

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Discover the incredible change and volatility that was 1960s America with an engaging, informative video. It begins with an extensive overview of pivotal moments during the civil rights movement and the subsequent shift toward...
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Instructional Video5:00
PBS

Ralph Ellison and the Black Arts Movement

For Students 9th - 12th
The ideas of the leaders of the Black Arts Movement were in direct contrast to those of Ralph Ellison. A clip from the American Masters film Ralph Ellison: An American Journey clarifies these conflicts between Ellison and the younger...
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Instructional Video3:30
Biography

Booker Washington- Mini Biography

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Slave, educator, orator, philosopher. Booker T. Washington is the subject of a mini-biography that provides an overview of the life and achievements of this remarkable man.
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Instructional Video4:04
Biography

Marcus Garvey- Mini Biography

For Teachers 7th - 12th
An overview Marcus Garvey's life and his Pan-African philosophy are introduced in this short mini-biography of this controversial figure.
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Instructional Video4:13
TED-Ed

Notes of a Native Son: The World According to James Baldwin

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Why would the FBI have perceived James Baldwin as a threat to national security? Why did they consider this preacher, writer, thinker, expat, activist so dangerous while Robert Kennedy and other government officials considered him an...
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Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sonia Sanchez: The Meaning of Malcolm X

For Students 9th - 10th
Poet Sonia Sanchez, interviewed here for Eyes on the Prize, describes what the outspoken civil rights leader Malcolm X represented to African Americans in the 1960s. [1:52]
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Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise: Maya and Malcolm X

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the connection between Maya Angelou and Malcolm X, and their work in Ghana, in this video [3:13] from American Masters, Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise. Discussion questions are included.

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