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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIda B. Wells-Barnett and Her Passion for Justice
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis resource, from Professor Lee D. Baker at Duke University, features a brief biography of Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Born in 1862,...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOn the Front Lines With the Little Rock 9
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, United States History, Reading Comprehension, History-Social ScienceThis resource, from the PBS Kids WayBack feature, provides information about The Little Rock Nine. The page features informati...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink200,000 March for Civil Rights in Orderly Washington Rally; President Sees Gain for Negro
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, describes how 200,000 people participated in a peaceful civil...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink400 U.S. Marshals Sent to Alabama as Montgomery Bus Riots Hurt 20; President Bids State Keep Order
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, describes how a white mob attacked a busload of Freedom Ride...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAfrican American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Photos gathered for use in the American Negro Exhibit at the Paris Exposition, consisting of portraits and scenes of education, ...Contributor: Library of CongressViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWoman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment - Teaching Activities
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceThis lesson, provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, demonstrates the understanding of changing gender rol...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkArkansas Troops Bar Negro Pupils; Governor Defiant
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, describes how Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus called out the N...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBirmingham Bomb Kills 4 Negro Girls in Church; Riots Flare; 2 Boys Slain
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, describes how four children were killed when a bomb went off ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWorld War I and Postwar Society
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis resource, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, documents the lives of African Americans during and after World ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMartin Luther King Day Teaching Resources
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryMartin Luther King, Jr., is one of the United States most celebrated civil rights activists. A minister, Dr. King championed ca...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPoll Tax Abolished
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis page, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, focuses on significant events in American history and culture associ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMalcolm X
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, United States History, Reading Comprehension, History-Social ScienceThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the life of black nationalist leader Malcolm X. A classroom activity is featured in whic...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkResources for Teaching American History: Civil Rights
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryMultimedia site includes teacher-selected primary sources, a video on Medgar Evers, elementary-school lessons on Rosa Parks and ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHigh Court Bans School Segregation; 9-to-0 Decision Grants Time to Comply
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, describes the landmark Supreme Court Brown vs. Board of Educa...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJackie Robinson: Beyond the Playing Field
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Physical Education, United States History, Health & Physical Education, Psychology and 3 additional..Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) was the first black man to officially play major league baseball in the 20th century. This resource ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring the Power of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Words through Diamante Poetry
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, United States History, Reading Comprehension, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students explore the ways that powerful and passionate words communicate the concepts of fr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWomen of the West Museum: This Shall be the Land for Women - Timeline
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Electives, United States History, American Democracy, History-Social Science, SociologyThis Web page is part of a virtual exhibition entitled This Shall be the Land for Women: The Struggle for Western Women s Suffr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWe Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
Grades: 4, 12Subjects: Electives, Geography, Psychology, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis resource, from the National Park Service, offers a virtual tour of historic places related to the modern civil rights movem...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerican Memory: The Learning Page Features - Women Pioneers
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Types of Media, History & Culture, Music and 3 additional..This Feature Presentation explores the stories of women who have forged ahead to make a better life for themselves, their fami...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWomen and the Lawrence Textile Strike, 1912
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceIn the early twentieth century, Lawrence, Massachusetts was the leading woolen textile factory town in the nation. There, in Jan...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0