Seven lessons make up a unit on African-Americans who served in the United States Congress from 1870 to 2007. Young historians read contextual essays, engage in activities, examine primary source images, and artifacts to gain an understanding of their struggle to be recognized and heard.
7th - 12th
Social Studies & History, Cultural & Social Studies
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black history month, african american history, african americans, the united states congress, the united states government, racism, critical thinking, civil rights, the civil rights movement, women's rights, post world war ii, world war i, the reconstruction era, fact and opinion, interpreting quotations, quotations, the great migration, jim crow laws, segregation, artifacts, primary source analysis, primary source images, primary sources, photograph analysis, justice, equality, the civil rights act of 1964, the great depression, the cold war, the voting rights act, voting rights, the new deal, the great society, the progressive era, voter registration, voting, the thirteenth amendment, the fourteenth amendment, the fifteenth amendment, slavery, civil war, the united states civil war, elections, south carolina history, mississippi history, the emancipation proclamation, abolitionists, the confederacy
