Power and Choices Anticipation Guide
Students decide if they agree or disagree with a set of statements about the different ways to make change.
Discussing the Video A Class Divided
Students use these questions to guide their viewing of a video about a classroom experiment about discrimination.
Analyzing Choices and Consequences in Warriors Don’t Cry
Use the handout to find and record evidence to analyze the range of responses to desegregation in Little Rock.
"I Knew I Had to Give Him the Talk"
Mamie Till-Mobley shares an account of "the talk" she had with her son Emmett Till shortly before he journeyed from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955.
"I Knew I Had to Give Him the Talk" (en español)
Mamie Till-Mobley shares an account of "the talk" she had with her son Emmett Till shortly before he journeyed from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955. This resource is in Spanish.
Viewing Guide: The Murder of Emmett Till
Students use this handout to take notes while they watch a clip from the PBS documentary The Murder of Emmett Till.
Viewing Guide: The Murder of Emmett Till (en español)
Students use this handout to take notes while they watch a clip from the PBS documentary The Murder of Emmett Till. This resource is in Spanish.
Racial Lynching in the United States
This map uses research from African American sociologist Monroe Nathan Work to pinpoint the location of the 4,000+ racial lynchings that occurred in the United States since 1848.
Racial Lynching in the United States (en español)
This map uses research from African American sociologist Monroe Nathan Work to pinpoint the location of the 4,000+ racial lynchings that occurred in the United States since 1848. This resource is in Spanish.
Iceberg Diagram Template
Students use this handout to explore the multiple causal factors behind an event from history, the present, or literature, using the visual of an iceberg.
Segregation and Precipitating Events
This excerpt from an FBI investigation of the murder of Emmett Till describes some of the Southern norms that were created to enforce white supremacy.