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Supporting Question 2: The Pursuit of Educational Justice in the 1960s and 1970s
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One 50-min class periodSubject
- Civics & Citizenship
- Social Studies
Grade
8Language
English — USPublished
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Students will analyze a timeline of events related to the movements for educational justice in Boston’s African American, Latinx, and Chinese American communities between 1946 and 1973. In the process, they will consider the various sources of power that changemakers can attempt to leverage in their civic actions.
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Supporting Question 2: The Pursuit of Educational Justice in the 1960s and 1970s
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