Supporting Question 3: Using Democratic Tools to Pursue Freedom
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One 50-min class periodSubject
- History
- Social Studies
Grade
6–12Language
English — USPublished
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Students explore Supporting Question 3 through a series of activities designed to help them examine how historical actors have used democratic tools to pursue freedom. First, they analyze the actions of Fannie Lou Hamer through an introduction to the “levers of power” framework. Next, they read additional examples of how people have used democratic tools to pursue freedom through a modified Jigsaw activity. To conclude, they draw, label, and explain a democratic tool that would be most useful for them to enact change.
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