Lynchings
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Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror Teaching the Legacy of Lynching in the United States Lesson 1.1 : History and Engaging the Past ● Lesson 1.2 : Slavery and Inventing the Myth of Racial Difference ● Lesson 1.3 : Reconstruction and Enforcing White Supremacy ● Lesson 1.4 : Racial Terrorism and the Ideology of White Supremacy ● Lesson 1.5 : Documenting Racial Terror Lynchings ● Lesson 1.6 : Lynching and the Presumption of Innocence ● Lesson 1.7 : Racial Terror Institutionalized ● Lesson 1.8 : Racial Terror and the Great Migration ● Lesson 1.9 : Black Veterans and the Ideology of White Supremacy https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/drupal/sites/default/files/2019-11/EJI%20High%20School%20Lesson%20Plan.pdf 1930s- to Kill a Mockingbird https://www.facinghistory.org/mockingbird/understanding-jim-crow Understanding the systems of racial separation and institutionalized segregation that are known as Jim Crow is essential for understanding the setting of To Kill A Mockingbird. In this activity, watch the video “Understanding Jim Crow” and use connection questions to better grasp the time and setting of To Kill A Mockingbird. |