From Segregation to Sit-ins: The Greensboro Woolworth Lunch Counter
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- Aug 14 2010 12:23 PM
Kathyleen Bishop
This resource was matched by a member of the Brokers of Expertise Standards Matching Team.
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- Original Source:National Museum of American History
Conditions of Use:None Specified
Description
This teacher's resource, included in "The Object of History", a cooperative project between the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and George Mason University's Center for History and New Media, challenges students to think about the Greensboro Woolworth's lunch counter and it's importance to the Civil Rights movement. It includes a preliminary activity intended to introduce students to doing history with objects and 3 lesson plans focused on segregation and the Civil Rights movement. Also included are annotated links to other online resources that are related to the themes highlighted in the activities.
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Topics and Grades
Grade: 9 to 12
Topics: History-Social Science, United States History
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Matched Standards
HSS.11.USHGCCTC.11.10.11.11 Explain how demands of African Americans helped produce a stimulus for civil rig...
HSS.11.USHGCCTC.11.10.3 Describe the collaboration on legal strategy between African American and white ...
Resource Pedagogy
Resource Type/Classification:
- Teacher Materials
- Source Materials
Tool for: Parents, Students, Administrators, Teachers
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Instructional Strategy
Grouping: Small Group Instruction; Large Group Instruction
Teaching Method: Discussions; Simulation