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Discover Colonel Young's Protest Ride for Equality and Country: A Lightning Lesson from Teaching with Historic Places, featuring the historic Colonel Charles Young House
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In this unit from the National Park Service Unit, students will describe how racism affected African American service men in the early 20th century and how Colonel Charles Young persevered through it, as well as develop and defend a theory to explain why men and women volunteer to serve in the Army. Additionally, students will investigate, analyze, and report on one of three topics covered in an optional activity: 1) Bias in news reporting and its challenge for historians; 2) Civil rights and the U.S. military; 3) A local history investigation at a nearby cemetery to study WWI.

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Social Studies
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Teaching with Historic Places: National Park Service
Date Added:
09/18/2017
A Field of Dreams: The Jackie Robinson Ballpark Lesson Plans
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In this curriculum unit from the National Park Service, A Field of Dreams: THe Jackie Robinson Ballpark, students will explore Daytona Beach’s City Island baseball stadium, a place where the dream of racial equality in baseball took a great leap toward reality. Through this unit, students will be able to describe the effects of Jim Crow and explain how African Americans were discriminated against in the early 20th Century; explain how and why segregation in Daytona Beach might be seen as less severe than in other parts of Florida; describe who Jackie Robinson was and what he accomplished; compare and contrast the treatment of Jackie Robinson in Dayton with other ballparks in segregated towns; and plan and conduct a local history project related to African American history and Civil Rights.

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Social Studies
Material Type:
Unit of Study
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Teaching with Historic Places: National Park Service
Date Added:
09/14/2017