STRUGGLING TOWARDS EQUALITY: THE INTEGRATION OF CENTRAL HIGH

G O T O H TT P : / / P B S L E A R N I N G M E D I A . O R G / S T U D E N T /. T Y P E I N C O D E C AT 4 2 4 A N D A N S W E R Q U E S T I O N S 1 - 3

ELIZABETH ECKFORD

WHAT IS SEGREGATION?

• Dictionary.com defines segregation “as the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group”

A N S W E R Q U E S T I O N S 4 - 5 .

SCHOOL TODAY

WHAT IS INTEGRATION?

• Dictionary.com states that integration is “an act or instance of combining into an integral whole.”

MEDIA TACTICS: DAISY BATES

• Go to http://pbslearningmedia.org/student/. Type in code orange548.

RACIAL EQUALITY TODAY?

• Video of Davies hockey game with script read by me.

DAVIES HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY GAME

ARE THERE STILL ISSUES WITH RACIAL EQUALITY 58 YEARS LATER?

WHAT TO DO NOW?

• What can we do as a society to lessen racial inequalities?• What can we do as individuals to lessen racial

inequalities?

ASSIGNMENT: SEGREGATION/INTEGRATION QUILT

• Divide your square in half.• On on side, you will show what segregation looks

like using words or images.• On the other side, you will show what integration

looks like using words or images.

HOW TO ADAPT TO DIFFERENT AGES WITH READING

• Primary elementary age students: Use Sister Anne’s Hands, by Marybeth Lorbiecki to introduce the idea of segregation and integration. Follow by using pictures that illustrate “separate but equal.” Follow up with the quilt project.

• Upper elementary age students: Use the lesson in conjunction with reading either Fire From the Rock by Sharon M. Draper or Abby Takes a Stand by Patricia McKissack

• Middle age students: Use the lesson in conjunction with reading Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals

HOW TO ADAPT TO DIFFERENT AGES WITH SOCIAL STUDIES

• For upper elementary age students: Use “Segregated Schooling in Alabama” from PBS to introduce the idea of segregation and integration. This lesson comes with both print information and discussion questions. http://tpt.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/iml04.soc.ush.civil.alaseg/segregated-schooling-in-alabama/ Follow up with the quilt project or a digital poster using Glogster or Poster My Wall.

• For high school age students: Combine this lesson with Beyond Brown | For High School Students: Recognizing and Combating Segregation in U.S. Schools Today from PBS. This lesson comes with a complete lesson plan. http://tpt.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/pbs_org14_beyondb_soc_24/beyond-brown-for-high-school-students-recognizing-and-combating-segregation-in-us-schools-today/

DIGITAL RESOURCES

• Glogster – http://edu.glogster.com/?ref=com• Poster My Wall - http://www.postermywall.com/• Google Classroom -http://classroom.google.com/

OTHER RESOURCES

• “Engaging Students with Primary Sources” by Smithsonian National Museum of American History http://historyexplorer.si.edu/PrimarySources.pdf