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Students will understand that . . .
The idea that we have rights today because of the work of others in the past.
These rights affect everyday lives (where we eat, how we get around, where we can use the bathroom, being able to use the pool [...]
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I want to you concentrate on how Jim Crow affected peoples ability to get around. Here are some links, concentrate on the ones that discuss the bus boycotts, and Rosa Parks. I’ve also added a couple of new links on Rosa Parks:
What you will do today is research. You will get information that will help [...]
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There are at least two writing contest this month about civil rights. You will do writing to enter at least one of the contests.
SacRT (the local bus) is sponsoring a contest called “A Season of Civil Rights” about public transport and civil rights. Here are the rules:
Write a poem of 10 lines or less;
The subject [...]
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