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Blog Post: Chef Lena Richard: Culinary Icon and Activist

Grade Range:

8-12

Resource Type(s):

Reference Materials

Date Posted:

12/30/2020

“Lena Richard was an African American chef who built a culinary empire in New Orleans during the Jim Crow era. She reshaped public understanding of New Orleans’ cuisine by showcasing and celebrating the black roots of Creole cooking in a time when pervasive racial stereotypes surrounded the food

Picturing the Civil Rights Movement: Photographs by Charles Moore

Grade Range:

6-12

Resource Type(s):

Reference Materials, Primary Sources, Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities

Duration:

60 minutes

Date Posted:

10/13/2016

This learner resource includes a 26 minute documentary where Charles Moore explains the context of many of his most famous civil rights images. Then, students examine the images and think about the importance of photojournalism to the civil rights movement. Finally, students are presented with An

Civil Rights

Grade Range:

9-12

Resource Type(s):

Reviewed Websites, Primary Sources, Lessons & Activities

Duration:

90 minutes

Date Posted:

10/11/2016

This historical investigation is aligned with the C3 Framework and is from C3teachers.org. This annotated inquiry leads students through an investigation of the civil rights movement using the lens of

Jazz Oral Histories as Primary Sources

Grade Range:

6-12

Resource Type(s):

Primary Sources, Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities, Worksheets

Date Posted:

3/27/2013

Introduce students to using oral histories as primary sources with these interviews with jazz musicians recorded by the Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities. The resource includes a guide for teachers and links to oral histories, and

Oral History Activity with Jazz Great John Levy

Grade Range:

6-12

Resource Type(s):

Primary Sources, Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities, Worksheets

Date Posted:

3/27/2013

In this lesson, students will learn about the Jim Crow era in American history through an oral history interview with jazz legend John Levy. The resource set includes photographs and newspaper clippings in addition to the oral history excerpts, a teacher guide, and a student worksheet.

Preparing for the Oath: The 1900s

Grade Range:

4-12

Resource Type(s):

Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities

Duration:

9 minutes

Date Posted:

3/1/2012

Use short videos, mini-activities, and practice questions to explore American history from the 1900s in this segment of Preparing for the Oath: U.S. History and Civics for Citizenship. The nine questions included in this segment cover topics such as World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, and Se

Preparing for the Oath: Voting

Grade Range:

4-12

Resource Type(s):

Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities

Duration:

7 minutes

Date Posted:

3/1/2012

Learn more about the American voting system using short videos, mini-activities, and practice questions in this segment of Preparing for the Oath: U.S. History and Civics for Citizenship. The seven questions included in this segment cover constitutional amendments about voting, political parties,

1920s Industrial America Classroom Activity Guide

Grade Range:

5-12

Resource Type(s):

Primary Sources, Lessons & Activities, Worksheets

Date Posted:

1/22/2011

In these classroom activities developed for the exhibition America on the Move, students will use visual, analytical, and interpretive skills to examine primary sources including historical maps and answer questions about them to learn more about railroads, transportation, raci

History Explorer Podcast: The Sioux City Ghosts

Grade Range:

5-8

Resource Type(s):

Interactives & Media, Worksheets

Duration:

16 minutes

Date Posted:

2/14/2010

In this episode of the History Explorer podcast series, listen as archivist Reuben Jackson discusses the Sioux City Ghosts, an African-American travelling baseball team and swing band from the 1930s. The teacher’s guide includes links to the podcast in two formats and related images.

Stories of Freedom & Justice: Learning Resources

Grade Range:

K-12

Resource Type(s):

Reference Materials, Lessons & Activities

Date Posted:

2/3/2010

With the right resources, learners of any age can engage with the topics of nonviolence and civil rights. This webpage is a gateway to lesson plans, videos, family activities, and instructional media related to the nonviolent civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. The content within these

Brown Girl Dreaming

Author:

Jacqueline Woodson

Reading Level:

Middle School

Genre:

Biography

Awards:

Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and power

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

Author:

Phillip M Hoose

Reading Level:

High School,Middle School

Genre:

Biography

Awards:

Presents the life of the Alabama teenager who played an integral role in the Montgomery bus strike, once by refusing to give up a bus seat, and again, by becoming a plaintiff in the landmark civil rights case against the bus company.

Clean Getaway

Author:

Nic Stone

Reading Level:

Middle School

Genre:

Fiction

How to Go on an Unplanned Road Trip with Your Grandma: Grab a Suitcase: Prepacked from the big spring break trip that got CANCELLED. Fasten Your Seatbelt: G'ma's never conventional, so this trip won't be either. Use the Green Book: G'ma's most treasured possession. It holds history, memories

Freedom Songs

Author:

Yvette Moore

Reading Level:

High School

Genre:

Fiction

A 14 year old girl experiences prejudice for the first time when she travels south to visit family.

Freedom Summer

Author:

Deborah Wiles

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School,Middle School

Genre:

Fiction

Awards:

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.

Remember: A Journey to School Integration

Author:

Toni Morrison

Reading Level:

High School

Genre:

Fiction

Awards:

A fictional story with historic background and photographs depicting students during the period of integration.

Separate But Not Equal: The Dream and the Struggle

Author:

Jim Haskins

Reading Level:

High School

Genre:

Non Fiction

A history of black education in the United States.

The Jim Crow Laws and Racism in American History

Author:

David K. Fremon

Reading Level:

High School

Genre:

Non Fiction

A look at racism between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement.

The Land

Author:

Mildred D. Taylor

Reading Level:

Middle School,High School,Adult

Genre:

Fiction

Awards:

In the stories Taylor tells the stories of her African American family in the Deep South during and after the Civil War, a time of ugly, painful racism.

Through My Eyes: Ruby Bridges

Author:

Ruby Bridges

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School,Middle School

Genre:

Non Fiction

A photographical memoir or Ruby Bridges' integration experience.

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Blog Post: Chef Lena Richard: Culinary Icon and Activist

Picturing the Civil Rights Movement: Photographs by Charles Moore

Civil Rights

Jazz Oral Histories as Primary Sources

Oral History Activity with Jazz Great John Levy

Preparing for the Oath: The 1900s

Preparing for the Oath: Voting

1920s Industrial America Classroom Activity Guide

History Explorer Podcast: The Sioux City Ghosts

Stories of Freedom & Justice: Learning Resources

Brown Girl Dreaming

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

Clean Getaway

Freedom Songs

Freedom Summer

Remember: A Journey to School Integration

Separate But Not Equal: The Dream and the Struggle

The Jim Crow Laws and Racism in American History

The Land

Through My Eyes: Ruby Bridges

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