Grade(s): 8
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2011
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Students will use a video and virtual tour to understand how they are encouraged to organize, resist, and rise up against social injustice.
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Students will use the first 7 questions to help follow the content discussed in the video. The last 2 questions are open-ended questions. Use questions 9 and 10 to start an open discussion on the...
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Students will use the video "Rise Up" by Mahkia Green and other research to compare and contrast social justice protesters from the past and today.
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Use the Part I Gilda Cobb-Hunter video to have students strengthen their research and inquiry skills. This handout is another great way to combine social studies and ELA.
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Video questions are a great way to keep students engaged and focused while viewing a video clip. Use these questions to help students focus on the important points made in this video.
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After viewing the video clip, have students use this handout to learn more. Students can research articles about the debate to remove the Confederate flag. Explain the arguments made from each side...
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Mahkia Green, a Columbia based filmmaker shows parallels between the protesters of the past, with those fighting for social justice today in her film, "Rise Up."
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Built between 1890 and 1895, this one-story cottage was home to Modjeska Monteith Simkins, considered "the Matriarch of Civil Rights activists of South Carolina," from 1932 until her death on April 5...
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Through watching videos of Dr. King's various speeches, seeing the video of the signing of the CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964/ revised 1968, reading famous quotes of Drl King, and pondering songs and...
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South Carolina State University alumni Bonniwell Graham, W. Lloyd Walker, and Johnny A. Jones recall where they were on the S.C.S.U. campus when the shooting occurred on February 8, 1968.