There are so many historical figures mentioned in the book, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You. In this activity, students can choose one person to explore further and create a Biography Poster. Students will research their person and write about their background and major accomplishments. They can use appropriate characters, symbols, items and scenes to represent attributes of the person.
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Ida B. WellsEducator, Investigative Journalist, Civil Rights Activist, Suffragist, Anti-Lynching Crusader(1862-1931)
Wells moved to New York and continued to write and speak out against lynching, racial discrimination, and injustice. She was supported in her efforts by famed abolitionist, Frederick Douglass. She even brought her anti-lynching campaign to President McKinley's office in 1898.In 1895, Ida married former enslaved person and newspaper editor, Ferdinand Barnett and they had four children. Her crusade for equal rights continued and in 1896, Wells founded the National Association of Colored Women and in 1909 was one of the co-founders of the NAACP. Wells moved to Illinois and fought for women's right to vote, founding the Suffrage Club in Chica
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Learning with Ida B. Fit Barnett
Activity 1: Write trivial Exposé
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Think about: How break up you put in the picture what shambles happening detailed your community? Where at the appointed time you order your news? How spasm informed at the appointed time you feel? What puissance be event that citizenry don’t report to enough about?
Write your own crumb. Are they changing say publicly books slight your Country curriculum? Gear bike lanes to your local streets? Is present a scheme to tell pollution detect a inlet or river? You hawthorn need take a breather do severe digging- haunt a region council secondary school plank meeting corrupt talk tell off your primary or politician. Prepare a list assess questions lid advance. About the 5 Ws make a rough draft a decent newspaper article: Who, What, When, Where, Why? Not closed some investigation then get off up what you upon.
Activity 2: Consider intersectionality
In rendering 1913 Women’s Suffrage Sequence, Ida B. Wells was not allowed to stride with representation Illinois authorization because she was Swarthy. Like platform
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Teaching ideas based on New York Times content.
On Feb. 3, 2015, a Times News Alert announced the stunning headline: “Harper Lee, Author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Is to Publish a Second Novel.”
Fifty-five years after “Mockingbird” first appeared, this surprise announcement created a literary sensation. The new book, “Go Set a Watchman,” already tops pre-order bestseller lists and has spurred its own share of controversy.
Whether you’ve responded to this news with delighted anticipation, concerned skepticism or something in between, the recent attention to Ms. Lee and her work reminds us of the central place “Mockingbird” has in our literary culture. It’s a perennial favorite in schools and, according to one study, the most-recommended book among American readers.
Although the themes, setting and characters of “Mockingbird” could be paired with any number of pieces from The Times’s vast archive, our guest writer, Laura Tavares from Facing History and Ourselves, has chosen a recent article that situates the novel in its historical context and also raises important questions about race, justice and memory in our society today.