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This History Detectives: Voting Rights in Mississippi, 1964 lesson plan also includes:
Promises made and promise broken. Spies and activists. Voting rights in Mississippi are the focus of a lesson that has class members research the history of the struggle in Mississippi. Learners take on the role of voting rights advocates or a spy for the Sovereignty Commission. Adopting the point of view of their assigned role, individuals craft a report of their investigations. Fast forward to 2060, where class members use the reports to write the history of the voting rights struggles of 1964.
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the voting rights act, voting rights, mississippi, mississippi history, racism, discrimination, the civil rights movement, civil rights, the civil rights act of 1964, primary source analysis, primary source images, primary sources, suffrage, the reconstruction era, the united states civil war, world war ii, post world war ii
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Instructional Ideas
- Have groups investigate current obstacles to voting rights
Classroom Considerations
- The lesson follows the Historical Scene Investigation model
- Requires flip chart and legal-size sheets of paper
- Make and laminate copies of the many handouts to permit reuse
Pros
- The plan is carefully scaffolded and richly detailed