ISSUE TWENTY, JUNE 2009
A QUARTERLY JOURNAL

From the Teacher's Desk
Lesson Plan 1: High School


The 1919 Black Sox Trial
By Roberta McCutcheon

This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS National History Standards:

Era 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

Standard 1: How Progressives and others addressed problems of industrial capitalism, urbanization, and political corruption.

Standard 3: How the United States changed from the end of World War I to the eve of the Great Depression.


Lesson Plan 2: Middle School


Nonviolent Direct Action at Southern Lunch Counters
By Sean O'Mara

This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS National History Standards:

Era 4: Postwar United States (1945-1970s)

Standard 4: The struggle for racial and gender equality and for the extension of civil liberties.




Lesson Plan 3: Middle School


The Scottsboro Boys: When Racism Creates "Criminals"
By Elise Stevens Wilson

This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS National History Standards:

Era 4: Postwar United States (1945-1970s)

Standard 4: The struggle for racial and gender equality and for the extension of civil liberties.



Lesson Plan 4: Elementary School


Homer Plessy and Orval Faubus: Defiance of the Law
By Elizabeth Berlin Taylor

This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS National Standards for History:

Era 4: Postwar United States (1945-1970s)

Standard 4: The struggle for racial and gender equality and for the extension of civil liberties.


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