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Gloria Steinem’s Ancestry and Women’s Rights Movements: Lesson Plan | Finding Your Roots
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In this resource from the PBS program Finding Your Roots, students will consider the following essential questions: How did the treatment of Jewish people in Germany influence Gloria Steinem’s grandmother to become involved in the American women’s suffrage movement? How are suffragettes and modern-day leaders in the women’s rights movement alike and different? Are women and men today equal in status, treatment, and opportunity?

Subject:
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
UNCTV Learning Media|WETA
Date Added:
12/22/2017
Keep Your Head Up | Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
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In this resource from PBS based on the documentary Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise, students will
examine their attitudes about some of the complexities posed by race. Students then explore the success of two African Americans in the entertainment industry—Oprah Winfrey and Robert L. Johnson, head of BET (Black Entertainment Television).

Subject:
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
UNCTV Learning Media|WETA
Date Added:
12/22/2017
Living Under Communism
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This activity gives students an understanding of a communist regime and what it means to live within a communist society.

Subject:
Social Studies
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
WETA
Date Added:
02/08/2017
Out of the Shadows | Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
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In this resource from PBS based on the documentary Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise, students will view video clips covering the strengths and weaknesses of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, as well as the impact of the Black Power movement on civil rights. They will also explore Martin Luther King, Jr.’s controversial trip to Chicago that exposed racism and institutional segregation in the North.

Subject:
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
UNCTV Learning Media|WETA
Date Added:
12/21/2017