Social Studies

Document Based Questions

RESOURCE GRADE LEVEL MEDIA TYPE
African American Daily Conditions

African American Daily Conditions

These photos depict typical daily activities of African Americans before the Civil Rights era.

6-12

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African American Daily Life

African American Daily Life

These photos depict typical daily activities of African Americans before the Civil Rights era.

K-5

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Aiming For the Basketball Hall of Fame

Aiming For the Basketball Hall of Fame

In this video segment from TV 411, two Atlanta Hawks players plan a driving route to reach the Basketball Hall of Fame. They use map scales to estimate their travel distances. OER Level

5-8

Video

American Flag

American Flag

This Building Block video shows a close-up of an American flag billowing in breeze. The camera pulls out to reveal the shadow of an eagle statue in the foreground. OER Level

Pre-K-12

Video

Capitol Fountain

Capitol Fountain

In this Building Block video, an American flag flaps in a strong breeze next to the Capitol Dome. As framed by two plumes of water from the Senate Garage Fountain, this clip first focuses on the fountains, then switches focus to the building and the flag. OER Level

Pre-K-12

Video

Hyde County School Boycott

Hyde County School Boycott

This slide show tells the story of a yearlong boycott to protest the closing of historically black schools in Hyde County, North Carolina.

3-12

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Ku Klux Klan Flyers

Ku Klux Klan Flyers

This flyer advertises a 1963 white supremacist Ku Klux Klan meeting; from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.

6-12

Document

Little Rock Nine

Little Rock Nine

This collection of photos shows scenes from the controversial desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.

6-12

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March on Washington Flyers

March on Washington Flyers

These 1963 flyers announce the speakers and issues for the March on Washington; from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.

3-12

Document

Segregated Schooling in Alabama

Segregated Schooling in Alabama

This scrapbook documents conditions in Birmingham's segregated schools in 1963, as well as white resistance to integration.

3-5

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Who Owns the Water of the Great Lakes?

Who Owns the Water of the Great Lakes?

In this video segment from Planet H20: Water World, experts and teens inside and outside the Great Lakes watershed provide different perspectives on sharing the water from one of the largest bodies of fresh water in the world. OER Level

5-12

Video