This iCue Mini-Documentary looks at the lesser-known figures of the Civil Rights Movement. Though Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X are the best-known names in the Civil Rights Movement, there were many more largely unknown people vital to the movement.
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NBC Narrator Rosalind Jordan looks back at the story of Emmett Till, who was 14 when he left Chicago to visit his family in the segregated South. Two white men accused Till of making a pass at Bryant's wife, Carolyn, and Till was brutally murdered.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the post-Civil-War boom for Southern cities like Atlanta, GA, and Chattanooga, TN, as railway and factory jobs replace jobs on the farm.
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The conference's them is "Chart a New Course for Social Studies," and it will be followed by an additional Teaching American History Grant Symposium.
This conference will focus on the theme "In Order to Form a More Perfect Union: Alabama Unites the Social Studies."
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Fort Mims site commemorates the Fort Mims battle which took place August 30, 1813. The attack on Fort Mims is considered a leading cause of the Creek War of 1813-1814.
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From Bombingham to Selma, Montgomery to Tuskegee, Alabama's people and places left an indelible mark on the world in the 1950s and 1960s. From Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver to the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, Alabama citizens have been at the forefront of the crusade to improve African Americans' lot in life in the United States. Selma's citizens began a march in 1965 to protest the killing of one man. This day became known as Bloody Sunday. Now the citizens of Selma have created a people's museum so the world will not forget those tumultuous days and will remember the people's stories. Teachers in this workshop work with noted scholars, converse with living legends, participate in discussion groups, meet foot soldiers of the movement, and travel to key sites of memory dedicated to the preservation of the history of the modern Civil Rights Movement.
From an Alabama Department of Archives and History brochure:
"The Alabama Archives is pleased to announce a major grant from the Malone Family Foundation to develop curricular materials for use in grades 4-12 classrooms. The project will utilize primary sources from Alabama as instructional materials for teachers to use in the classroom. The Alabama Department of Education is a key partner in the project and will assist in the coordination for the training of teachers across the state. As a pilot program, this project will serve to increase instructional access to primary sources and the effective use of primary sources in the classroom."
"The thrust of the proposed initiative is in two areas: (1) developing high-quality, easily implemented curriculum materials that will facilitate more effective instruction and learning; and (2) offering an extensive statewide program of professional development that will equip teachers to use the new curricular materials while also improving their knowledge of state and U.S. history."
"Elementary (beginning with grade 4) and secondary social studies teachers from public schools in which at least 10% of the student population qualifies for free/reduced lunch are eligible to apply for the second cohort of 20 teachers in 2010."