STRUGGLING TOWARDS EQUALITY:
THE INTEGRATION OF CENTRAL HIGH
ELIZABETH ECKFORD
GO TO HTTP://PBSLEARNINGMEDIA.ORG/STUDENT/ . TYPE IN
CODE CAT424 AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-3
WHAT IS SEGREGATION?
• Dictionary.com
defines segregation
“as the act or
practice of
segregating; a
setting apart or
separation of
people or things
from others or from
the main body or
group”
SCHOOL TODAY
ANSWER QUESTIONS 4-5.
WHAT IS INTEGRATION?
• Dictionary.com states that integration is “an act or
instance of combining into an integral whole.”
MEDIA TACTICS: DAISY BATES
• Go to http://pbslearningmedia.org/student/. Type
in code orange548.
RACIAL EQUALITY TODAY?
• Video of Davies hockey game with script read by
me.
DAVIES HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY GAME
ARE THERE STILL ISSUES WITH RACIAL
EQUALITY 58 YEARS LATER?
WHAT TO DO NOW?
• What can we do as a society to lessen racial
inequalities?
• What can we do as individuals to lessen racial
inequalities?
ASSIGNMENT:
SEGREGATION/INTEGRATION QUILT
• Divide your square in half.
• On on side, you will show what segregation looks
like using words or images.
• On the other side, you will show what integration
looks like using words or images.
HOW TO ADAPT TO DIFFERENT AGES
WITH READING
• Primary elementary age students: Use Sister Anne’s
Hands, by Marybeth Lorbiecki to introduce the idea
of segregation and integration. Follow by using
pictures that illustrate “separate but equal.” Follow
up with the quilt project.
• Upper elementary age students: Use the lesson in
conjunction with reading either Fire From the Rock
by Sharon M. Draper or Abby Takes a Stand by
Patricia McKissack
• Middle age students: Use the lesson in conjunction
with reading Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo
Beals
HOW TO ADAPT TO DIFFERENT AGES
WITH SOCIAL STUDIES
• For upper elementary age students: Use “Segregated
Schooling in Alabama” from PBS to introduce the idea of
segregation and integration. This lesson comes with both print
information and discussion questions.
http://tpt.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/iml04.soc.ush.civil.al
aseg/segregated-schooling-in-alabama/ Follow up with the
quilt project or a digital poster using Glogster or Poster My
Wall.
• For high school age students: Combine this lesson with
Beyond Brown | For High School Students: Recognizing and
Combating Segregation in U.S. Schools Today from PBS. This
lesson comes with a complete lesson plan.
http://tpt.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/pbs_org14_beyond
b_soc_24/beyond-brown-for-high-school-studentsrecognizing-and-combating-segregation-in-us-schools-today/
DIGITAL RESOURCES
• Glogster – http://edu.glogster.com/?ref=com
• Poster My Wall - http://www.postermywall.com/
• Google Classroom -http://classroom.google.com/
OTHER RESOURCES
• “Engaging Students with Primary Sources” by
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
http://historyexplorer.si.edu/PrimarySources.pdf