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The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries is pleased to announce five research grants for K-12 teachers to conduct research in UTA Libraries Special Collections during the summer of 2019 in order to create new course content in their school or district utilizing Special Collections African-American primary source materials.
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Deep Ellum: Portrait of a Community Lesson Introduction
(2019)This lesson gives an in-depth look at how an 1930's WPA historian characterized the segregated community of Deep Ellum. Students are asked to analyze the reading and make connections to their own time. -
An African American Family in Segregated Dallas Lesson Introduction
(2019)This lesson narrows in on a single family in Dallas during the 1940s and 1950s and asks students to look predict what their occupations and lives might be like. The family was more affluent than students might expect given ... -
Photo Reference
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Description of Lesson Plans
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Discussion Questions
(2019)Students will analyze the lynching of a young boy after his questionable conviction for the murder of a woman on a Waco cotton farm. His violent murder became the battle cry for the NAACP's campaign to usher in a national ... -
The NAACP’s Reaction
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Lesson Plan
(2019)Students will analyze the lynching of a young boy after his questionable conviction for the murder of a woman on a Waco cotton farm. His violent murder became the battle cry for the NAACP's campaign to usher in a national ... -
Documents
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Background Information on the Case
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Outcome
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Lesson Plan
(2019)This lesson gives an in-depth look at how an 1930's WPA historian characterized the segregated community of Deep Ellum. Students are asked to analyze the reading and make connections to their own time. -
Background Essay
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“Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project”: Discussion Questions
(2019)Students will analyze the story of a former enslaved person from their local community. They will look up where they used to live and what their lives looked like during and after slavery. They will also be asked to look ... -
Lesson Plan
(2019)Students will analyze the story of a former enslaved person from their local community. They will look up where they used to live and what their lives looked like during and after slavery. They will also be asked to look ... -
Lesson Plan
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Documents Culmer Family Activity
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