Smithsonian's History Explorer Resources Related To "History Explorer Podcast: Harlem Globetrotters and Early Professional Basketball"

Sports: Breaking Records, Breaking Barriers

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:48:15 GMT

This online exhibition highlights artifacts from the Smithsonian's sports collection, and will introduce students to the pioneering men and women who dominated their sports; championed their country, race, or sex; and helped others to achieve. Both on and off the playing field, these undaunted individuals broke records for themselves and broke barriers for us all. Sports: Breaking Records, Breaking Barriers portrays athletes from more than a dozen sports.

Brown v. Board of Education: A Landmark in American Justice Lesson

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:53:17 GMT

In this classroom activity, students will examine both the integrationist and segregationist arguments from Brown v. Board of Education through role play and begin to explore the impact of the Supreme Court's decision through a primary source photographic analysis activity. This lesson accompanies the online exhibition entitled Separate is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education.

Brown v. Board of Education Electronic Field Trips

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:52:26 GMT

In these electronic field trips produced by the National Museum of American History, viewers are given a 20 minute tour by the curators of the exhibition Separate Is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education, followed by a 30 minute videotaped question and answer session about the Brown v. Board of Education case and its legacy.

Brown v. Board of Education: Segregated America Lesson

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:52:05 GMT

In this classroom activity, students will identify and discuss the condition and aspirations of free African Americans in the years following the Civil War, identify the social factors that led to the rise of Jim Crow segregation and evaluate the effects of segregation. This lesson is part of the online exhibition entitled Separate is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education.