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Identifying the features of a biography
Pupil outcome: I can identify the purpose and features of biographical writing. Key learning points: - A biography is a non-fiction text written about someone's life. - Linguistic features of a biography include fronted adverbials,...
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Exploring Maya Angelou’s ‘Phenomenal Woman’
Pupil outcome: I can explore Maya Angelou's 'Phenomenal Woman', including an appreciation of its contexts. Key learning points: - 'Phenomenal Woman' was first published in 1978. - The poem sees a confident speaker tell us how and why she...
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An introduction to Maya Angelou's distinctive voice: ‘Life Doesn’t Frighten Me’
Pupil outcome: I can explore Maya Angelou's 'Life Doesn’t Frighten Me' with a focus on the speaker's distinctive voice. Key learning points: - Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was an American poet and civil rights activist. - Angelou's poems...
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Exploring Maya Angelou's 'Equality'
Pupil outcome: I can explore Maya Angelou's 'Equality'. Key learning points: - 'Equality' sees a speaker demand equality so that she can be "free". - Arguably, the poem presents racial and gender inequality that Angelou experienced as a...
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Exploring Maya Angelou’s ‘On the Pulse of the Morning’
Pupil outcome: I can explore Maya Angelou’s ‘On the Pulse of the Morning’, including understanding why and how it was written. Key learning points: - In 1993, President Bill Clinton asked Angelou to write, and perform, a poem at his...
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Analytical paragraphs: Maya Angelou’s poetic voice
Pupil outcome: I can explore Maya Angelou's poetic voice in well-structured analytical paragraphs. Key learning points: - We can make comments about Angelou's poetic voice by considering a number of her poems at the same time. - When...
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Pauli Murray: Breaking Barriers of Race and Gender
As a queer Black lawyer, poet and civil rights activist, Pauli Murray understood how our different identities can overlap to create multiple levels of discrimination. Her groundbreaking work in championing equality for all helped change...
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Wanda Robson bust unveiled at Cape Breton University
The late civil rights activist helped raise awareness of the contributions of her sister, Viola Desmond, to Canadian civil rights. Matthew Moore has the story.
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Colin Kaepernick Joins Medium's Board Of Directors
The former quarterback is joining Medium's board of directors and will help "create and feature stories focused on race and civil rights in America."
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Pbs Learning Media: Black Civil Rights Activist, Colonel Stone Johnson
In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Colonel Stone Johnson describes how civil rights activists were physically attacked for their work. [3:27]
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Pbs Learning Media: Diane Nash and the Sit Ins
Diane Nash was a college student when she started leading sit-in demonstrations to protest discrimination. In this interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, Nash describes her role in the Civil Rights movement. [5:59]
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Pbs Learning Media: Civil Rights Activist, Sheyann Webb
Sheyann Webb was eight years old in 1965 when she marched for voting rights. In this interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, she recalls the events of the Selma march. [5:08]
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Npr: Ole Miss, 40 Years Later
Listen to NPR's series on the story of James Meredith's efforts to enter Ole Miss and what the campus is like forty years later.
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Pbs Learning Media: Rosa Parks
In this interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, legendary civil rights activist Rosa Parks recalls her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. [5:59]
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Pbs Learning Media: Children's Crusade, Audrey Hendricks
In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Audrey Hendricks recalls her arrest and jailing at the age of nine for participation in the Children's Crusade of 1963. [6:00]
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Pbs Learning Media: Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo Beals
Melba Patillo Beals was one of nine black students who desegregated Little Rock's Central High School in 1957. In this interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, Beals describes her tumultuous experience. [5:58]
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Pbs Learning Media: Selective Buying Campaign, Joe Dickson
In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Joe Dickson recalls student activism at Miles College. [6:50]
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Pbs Learning Media: James Farmer and the Freedom Rides
In this video interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, Freedom Ride organizer James Farmer describes the interracial bus rides through the South that tested desegregation and sparked white resistance. [6:45]
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Pbs Learning Media: Civil Rights Activist, Lola Hendricks
In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Lola Hendricks describes her work behind the scenes to advance the Civil Rights movement. [4:21]
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Pbs Learning Media: Miriam Mc Clendon
In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Miriam McClendon recalls her arrest and jailing for participation in the Children's Crusade of 1963. [6:22]
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The Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson
This site has a summary of dates that are important in the life of Jesse Jackson.