Students will engage in viewing and researching videos and artifacts about thriving …
Students will engage in viewing and researching videos and artifacts about thriving black communities that developed in the early 20th century amidst the violence of Jim Crow. The dominant narrative about US History from the end of Reconstruction to the mid-20th century has often portrayed Black people as hopeless and destitute. In reality, many Black people left the south, moved north or Midwest to establish flourishing communities. Black communities in Tulsa, Knoxville and Chicago were making great progress in the first two decades of the 20th century. But during the Red Summer of 1919, the aforementioned communities and others were burned down by white mobs and never rebuilt. One community was burned down and filled in with water, later becoming a lake. These mobs murdered blacks, decimated their townships, and then attempted to conceal this history, often erasing it entirely from history books.
Students’ culminating project is research, documentation, and presentation of their findings through a student-led Community Action Event.
This collection uses primary sources to explore Jacksonian democracy. Digital Public Library …
This collection uses primary sources to explore Jacksonian democracy. Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop their critical thinking skills and draw diverse material from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Each set includes an overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide. These sets were created and reviewed by the teachers on the DPLA's Education Advisory Committee.
Modern American political culture began to emerge in the early nineteenth century. …
Modern American political culture began to emerge in the early nineteenth century. In this video, Kim discusses the transition from the United States' earlier aristocratic political culture to a more democratic one as the right to vote was extended to a broader segment of American citizens.
Rematch! Kim discusses the presidential election of 1828, when Andrew Jackson once …
Rematch! Kim discusses the presidential election of 1828, when Andrew Jackson once again ran against John Quincy Adams and won. This election was the first to employ many modern election tactics, such as mudslinging.
In the final video in this series, Kim discusses Andrew Jackson's presidency …
In the final video in this series, Kim discusses Andrew Jackson's presidency and how he attempted to increase the power of the executive branch. A growing movement of opposition to Jackson coalesced into the Whig Party, which employed many of the same tactics as Jackson in the election of 1840.
Kim discusses how the system of indentured servitude in colonial Virginia transformed …
Kim discusses how the system of indentured servitude in colonial Virginia transformed into a system of African slavery after Nathaniel Bacon's rebellion against the House of Burgesses.
Kim discusses how the tobacco plantation system led to indentured servitude and …
Kim discusses how the tobacco plantation system led to indentured servitude and eventually slavery in the area surrounding Jamestown and the Chesapeake Bay.
Kim discusses how John Rolfe's discovery that Virginia was the perfect environment …
Kim discusses how John Rolfe's discovery that Virginia was the perfect environment to cultivate tobacco led to Jamestown's success -- and to a great deal of conflict between the English and the Powhatans, resulting in the first and second Anglo-Powhatan Wars.
This collection uses primary sources to explore Japanese American internment during World …
This collection uses primary sources to explore Japanese American internment during World War II. Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop their critical thinking skills and draw diverse material from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Each set includes an overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide. These sets were created and reviewed by the teachers on the DPLA's Education Advisory Committee.
John Brown first made a name for himself as a militant abolitionist …
John Brown first made a name for himself as a militant abolitionist in 1854, when Brown traveled to Kansas following the Kansas-Nebraska Act, intent on defending the territory from the scourge of slavery. It was in “Bleeding Kansas,” named for violent conflicts between proslavery and antislavery settlers there, that John Brown led a guerilla warfare campaign against the territory’s proslavery settlers, including a deadly attack against residents of Pottawatomie Creek. By 1859, fueled by donations from wealthy abolitionists, Brown was again ready to strike a blow against slavery and slaveholders—this time in the South.
On May 17, 1954, in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka …
On May 17, 1954, in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (five separate cases consolidated under a single name), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that separate but equal public schools violated the 14th Amendment.
In this ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court stated that slaves were not …
In this ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court stated that slaves were not citizens of the United States and, therefore, could not expect any protection from the Federal Government or the courts. The opinion also stated that Congress had no authority to ban slavery from a Federal territory.
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