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History Explorer Podcast: Zoharah Simmons

History Explorer Podcast: Zoharah Simmons

Grade Range: 6-12
Duration: 25 minutes
Date Posted: 12/12/2013

In this episode of the History Explorer podcast, students can hear from civil rights activist Zoharah Simmons about her experiences in the 1964 Freedom Summer project.  This interview is from a program presented at the Museum in 2000 called Fighting for My Rights. The resource includes a student worksheet and teacher guide.  


National Standards

United States History Standards (Grades 5-12)

Era 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s)

4: The struggle for racial and gender equality and the extension of civil liberties
 

Historical Thinking Standards (Grades 5-12)

Historical Thinking Standard 3: Historical Analysis and Interpretation

3A: Compare and contrast differing sets of ideas.
 
3B: Consider multiple perspectives.
 
3C: Analyze cause-and-effect relationships.
 
3D: Draw comparisons across eras and regions in order to define enduring issues.
 
3E: Distinguish between unsupported expressions of opinion and informed hypotheses grounded in historical evidence.
 
3F: Compare competing historical narratives.
 
3G: Challenge arguments of historical inevitability.
 
3H: Hold interpretations of history as tentative.
 
3I: Evaluate major debates among historians.
 
3J: Hypothesize the influence of the past.
 

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Related Artifact

March on Washington handbill with black lettering
March on Washington Handbill

The March on Washington, August 28, 1963, was the largest civil rights demonstration the nation h

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Keywords

Freedom Summer, Mississippi, civil rights, civil rights movement, Moses, Robert Parris, Moses, Bob, Lewis, John, SNCC, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, COFO, Council of Federated Organizations, NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Congress of Racial Equality, CORE, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, SCLC, African American, African American History, Black History Month, African American History Month, African-American, volunteer, civic participation, activism, activist, vote, voter, voting, voting rights

Related Book

Freedom Summer

Best friends, one black one white, experience the negatives of segregation during summer vacation when they are prohibited from doing what they love like swimming, and eating together.

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