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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders explore desegregation as it occurred at various stages in United States history. They specifically chronicle the role of South Carolina in the desegregation case of Brown v. Board of Education.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Women in United States History

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify and explain the significance of key terms, such as: 19th Amendment, Femisnism, Flappers, Immigration and Jobs in Wisconsin. They identify and analyze viewpoints, events, social classes, and people of various years.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Battleground: Separate and Unequal Education

For Teachers 5th - Higher Ed
Learners investigate the history of unequal education in the United States and the impact on African American history. In this unequal history lesson, students discuss the purpose of education and describe an ideal school. Learners...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

ESL Holiday Lesson: Racial Discrimination Day

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ESL holiday worksheet, students read or listen to a passage about Racial Discrimination Day and complete a variety of vocabulary and comprehension activities.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Fighting for Gender and Racial Equality

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson students will examine the lives of key leaders and events in the fight for gender and racial equality at the turn of the 20th century. Through this inquiry study students will choose one of these leaders or events to...
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Handout
Stanford University

Mlk and Global Freedom Struggle: Congress of Racial Equality

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia entry explores the involvement of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in America's civil rights struggle throughout the late 1950s and into the mid-1960s.
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Article
University of Chicago

Mts: Chicago Chapter, Congress of Racial Equality Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Chicago Chapter of CORE, or the Congress of Racial Equality, one of the most important civil rights organizations in the United States.
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Handout
Other

Congress of Racial Equality: Facts About Core

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains in-depth information about the Congress of Racial Equality, or CORE, and its purpose and history.
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Website
University of Washington

University of Washington: Congress of Racial Equality (Core) Actions 1942 1970

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)with maps and charts showing the geography of CORE activism.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Themes: Justice, Freedom & Equality: What Is Fair?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, Justice, Freedom & Equality: What is fair?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account...
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Website
Other

In Pursuit of Freedom & Equality: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

For Students 9th - 10th
Teachers and students can find a comprehensive summary of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case. Learn about the myths and find out the truth. The activities offered are especially meaningful. Students can perform a...
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Article
Made From Media

Made From History: Was the 88th Congress' Racial Split Regional or Partisan?

For Students 9th - 10th
Several infographics illustrate the racial distribution of the 88th United States Congress from the 1960s.
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Primary
NBC

Nbc Learn: Finishing the Dream: 1962 1963: Standoffs

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of archival video clips highlighting the efforts of African Americans to fight racial segregation in education. Looks at the struggle of James H. Meredith to attend the University of Mississippi in 1962, and the resulting...
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Website
NBC

Nbc Learn: Finishing the Dream

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of archival video clips along with town hall discussions on racial equality and the civil rights struggle by African Americans. The discussion participants include civil rights leaders, activists, religious leaders,...
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Handout
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum

Jfk Presidential Library & Museum: James Farmer

For Students 9th - 10th
Letters and telegrams from the co-founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), James farmer, help tell the story of his fight against segregation during the Kennedy years.
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Concerned White Citizens of Alabama Scrapbook

For Students 9th - 10th
These materials document the philosophy and activities of the Concerned White Citizens of Alabama, who fought for racial equality and voting rights for African Americans; from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Separate Is Not Equal: White Only

For Students 9th - 10th
This section from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History's exhibition Separate Is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education gives the history of Jim Crow laws and how they affected not only the voting rights of...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

For Students 10th - 12th
Selected (9) reading passages (grades 10-12) to pair with "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd. In this novel about family connections and racial equality, Lily Owens and Rosaleen, Lily's housekeeper, run away to Tiburon, South...
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Sncc and Core

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Congress for Racial Equality (CORE) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), two groups that played pivotal roles in organizing nonviolent protests during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
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Handout
Other

Congress of Racial Equality: Rosa Louise Parks (1915 2005)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Short biography of Rosa Parks.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs American Masters: Ralph Ellison

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A cross-curricular lesson plan from PBS on Ralph Ellison's novel, "The Invisible Man." Ties a U.S. History study of the struggle for equality and civil rights with an analysis of the novel.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Separate but Equal

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using a thorough Glossary of Terms, students discuss the idea of being separate but equal.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

National Park Service: The Struggle for Education Equality for African American

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"Canterbury, Connecticut, and Little Rock, Arkansas, are links in a chain of events representing the long struggle for equal educational opportunities for African Americans. This lesson plan highlights two important historic places and...
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Article
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Webisode 14: Let Freedom Ring

For Students 9th - 10th
Series episode covers the civil rights movement and the struggle for equality in post-World War II America.

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