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De facto vs. de jure segregation: This lesson for grades 11 and 12 will help students understand the difference between de facto and de jure segregation. Students will listen to three oral history excerpts and discuss the experiences of segregation described in each. As a follow-up activity, students will brainstorm solutions to both de facto and de jure segregation.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies); By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.

Civil rights protests and dilemmas: In this lesson students explore well-known civil rights protests then listen to two oral histories of individuals who protested in their own way to promote equality for African Americans. Students specifically will consider personal risks involved in protest.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Jeff Black oral history excerpt: Jeff Black is a resident of Charlotte who attended its desegregated schools in the 1990s. Here, he talks about the school segregation that he sees outside the classroom.; Format: audio/interview

Fred Battle oral history excerpt: Fred Battle is a resident of Chapel Hill, North Carolina who experienced segregation as he came of age in the 1950s and 1960s. He participated in the sit-ins in Greensboro, N.C. in 1960 to desegregate the lunch counter at the local Woolworth’s store, and...; Format: audio/interview

Madge Hopkins oral history excerpt: Madge Hopkins is a resident of Charlotte, North Carolina who attended segregated schools and later became the vice-principal of an integrated school in the 1990s. Here, she remembers the hurt caused by segregation, which she felt even as a small child: She...; Format: audio/interview

Martin Luther King, Jr. Online Visitor Information Center: Maintained by the National Park Service this web page is useful for anyone planning a trip to the King historic site in Atlanta, GA or interested in the life of the civil rights leader.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas: In Brown versus Board of Education: Rhetoric and realities, page 2.5; The text of the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

1943 Letter from Walter Plecker: Letter from Virginia state official Walter Plecker to voting registrars, health care workers, school superintendents, and clerks of the court, 1943.; Format: image/letter

Jim Crow and segregation: This is an integrated lesson plan that incorporates both eighth grade language arts and history. Using Internet research, literary analysis, and persuasive technique, students will practice reading and writing skills while analyzing the impact of Jim Crow Segregation on African Americans living in North Carolina and elsewhere.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Burnetta Barton.

1924 Virginia Health Bulletin: Virginia Health Bulletin announcing the Racial Integrity Act, 1924. The act, administered by Virginia state official Walter Plecker, sought to prevent interracial marriage, and made it illegal for people to identify their race as Indian. The full text of the...; Format: image/document

Jackie Robinson taught us more than baseball: After determining student knowledge about Jackie Robinson, the teacher/counselor reads "Teammates" by Peter Golenbock to fifth graders. The teacher/counselor then divides students into four groups to work cooperatively on questions. Groups select leaders and recorders and each group leader presents answers to the whole class. The teacher/counselor ends the activity with a question that individual students will respond to in writing.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 English Language Arts, Guidance, and Social Studies); By Jan Huggins.

William Culp oral history excerpt: Excerpt from oral history interview with William Culp, a teacher who taught at an integrated school in Charlotte. Although he attended segregated schools in the 1950s, William Culp’s children attended integrated schools in Charlotte, NC in the 1970s and...; Format: audio/interview

Levine Museum of the New South: This museum shows the diverse history of the South since the Civil War, with a focus on Charlotte and the surrounding Carolina Piedmont.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Antebellum North Carolina: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the antebellum period (1830–1860). Topics include slavery, daily life, agriculture, industry, technology, and the arts, as well as the events leading to secession and civil war.; Format: book (multiple pages)

Plan of a camp meeting, 1809: This sketch, by Benjamin Latrobe, shows the layout of an 1809 Methodist camp meeting in Fairfax County, Virginia. Note that the men's seats were separated from the women's and the "negro tents" from the whites.' This is an example of the racial segregation...; Format: image/illustration

The 1868 constitution: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.11; In accordance with the Reconstruction Acts, North Carolina wrote a new constitution in 1868. In addition to abolishing slavery, the new constitution gave more power to the people and to the governor, and called for free public schools, state prisons, and charitable institutions.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

The Greensboro Sit-ins: Students will explore the Greensboro Sit-ins. They will experience segregation through drama, research the people involved in the protest at Woolworth's, and then stage a re-enactment of the event.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Information Skills, Social Studies, and Theater Arts Education); By Lucinda Gainey.

The middle school challenge for English language learners of Mexican origin: In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 3.2; English language learners of Mexican origin face numerous challenges in American middle schools, including cultural segregation and assumptions made by schools regarding the students' educational backgrounds. This article offers strategies for educators to help students overcome those challenges.; Format: article; By Mary Faith Mount-Cors.

William Hamlin oral history excerpt: William Hamlin attended segregated schools in Charlotte, NC in the 1950s and 1960s, but later sent his children to integrated schools. Here, he explains his opinions about integrated schools, and why tolerance of others may be more important than legal desegregation....; Format: audio/interview

Opposition to the Knights of Labor: In North Carolina in the New South, page 3.11; Editorial in a Durham newspaper, 1887, expressing concern about the Knights of Labor. Includes historical commentary.; Format: newspaper

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