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ASSET
Recommends... 21st
Century Resources to Get You Started
ASSET
resources are connected to 21st Century Learning! ASSET
has searched Discovery Education streaming's video
library and other selected resources for high-tech cross
curricular connections to this PBS programming. These resources
are correlated to state and national educational standards.
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| Slavery,
Society, and Apartheid (50:30)
Discovery Education streaming Video*
This program discusses the tragic circumstances suffered
by Africans as a result of slavery in the Americas and legislation
in their own homeland. Historical archives and modern-day
accounts combine to create this compelling and memorable
study. Segments span four centuries of hardship and hope.
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Revolt At Sea - Recounts how a group of slaves revolted
against their captors aboard ship.
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Atlantic Slave Trade - Chronicles the tragedy of more than
11 million men and women who were forcibly taken from Africa
to work on plantations in the Americas.
• Apartheid Takes Hold - Documents the onset of this
oppressive policy in South Africa. The End Of Apartheid
- Portrays the people and events that brought about the
demise of apartheid. |
| Teacher's
Guide, Curriculum Standards, and Closed-Captioning available
Grade:
6-8
©2000 United Learning
This video contains 4 editable segments.
Lesson
Plan Idea: This video and its segments are
editable. To meet additional standards, use Recipes
and Snacks from Recipes4Success* to find
tutorials on iMovie and Windows Movie Maker. Graphic organizers
to aide in organizing content are also available.
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Arizona
Academic Standard Connection
See connection 2, 3,
4, 5, 6,
8, 9 |
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| Civil
Rights: The Long Road to Equality (52:04)
Discovery Education streaming Video*
 This
two-part documentary examines the history of the American
civil rights movement and explores discrimination, bias,
and racism through interviews, archival footage and photographs,
and on-camera discussions with middle and high school students.
Part
One, The civil rights Movement in the United States: The
Role of Youth in the Struggle, highlights the courage and
dedicated commitment of the many students, some as young
as eight years old, who actively participated in protests,
marches, and the integration of schools. In this program,
students are introduced to the topics of de jure and de
facto segregation, nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience.
The important Supreme Court cases of Plessy vs. Ferguson
and Brown vs. Board of Education are reviewed. The role
of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in leading and defining
the struggle for civil rights is examined. And seminal civil
rights events in Topeka, Little Rock, Greensboro, Birmingham,
and Selma are documented.
In
Part Two, Overcoming Racism, students speak candidly of
their experiences and views of bias, prejudice, discrimination,
and racism. Through interviews and discussions led by internationally
acclaimed diversity specialists Drs. Laura Souder and Samuel
Betances, young people offer their insights and suggestions
for attaining the open and equitable society envisioned,
but not yet fully realized, more than thirty years after
the start of the civil rights movement in America. Produced
for United Learning by the Duncan Group. |
| Teacher's
Guide, Blackline Masters, Curriculum Standards, and Closed-Captioning
available
Grade:
6-8
©2000 United Learning
This video contains 15 segments
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American
History: Racial Inequality: Remnants of a Troubled Time
(56:00)
Discovery Education streaming Video*
Investigate the United States' early history of slavery
and the legacy of the battle for equal rights in this country.
Examine the major social and economic challenges facing
the North and the South after the Civil War. Take an in-depth
look at Brown v. Board of Education, and assess the country's
progress a half-century later.
Teacher's
Guide available
Grade: 9-12
©2005 Discovery Channel School
This video contains 13 segments
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| American
History: Racial Inequality: Abolishing Slavery in America
(55:16)
Discovery Education streaming Video*
See how a cotton boom produced a dependence on slavery in
the South. Travel alongside runaway slaves and meet the
people who helped them escape. Uncover how Harriet Beecher
Stowe affected the coming Civil War conflict. And experience
life aboard the Amistad during the slave revolt.
Teacher's
Guide available
Grade:
6-12
©2005 Discovery Channel School
This video contains 14 segments
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| Blues
Journey
 Journey
with us as we trace the blues from its early beginnings
in southern American fields to its global impact on music
today. Through informative interviews and a wealth of music
clips, you'll learn the ins and outs of blues music and
find out how the history of the blues has been brought to
life on stage at the Kennedy Center.
Note:
Technical Requirements
This multimedia resource is bandwidth-intensive, requiring
a high-speed Internet connection. Users should be equipped
with speakers (or headphones in a lab or classroom setting)
and will need Flash 8 installed on their computers.
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| Lesson
Plan Idea:
Studying the blues is an excellent vehicle for integrating
language arts, history/social studies, and music standards.
Have students write down what they know about blues music,
then instruct them to listen to the audio clips in Blues
Journey. Next tell students to write an essay describing
what they know about blues after reading and hearing about
its history. Click
here for complete lesson ideas.
Grades
6-12
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Arizona
Academic Standard Connection
See connection 1, 4,
5, 6, 7 |
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Lesson Plan Ideas:
(See
reviewed sites for resources
recommended for these projects.) |
A
Page from Black History - a MySpace /Facebook Project
Using
Abdul Rahman or his Muslim name Ibrahima Abd ar-Rhaman Jallo
(or other biographical accounts from Black History) design
a writing assignment where students research a historical
figure and create a MySpace or Facebook type of page. Students
use a template rather than going online to create the page
as that person and do the following:
•
compose a quotation from an important event in their life
• select a song that represents the character
• add graphics from the time period
• describe interests
• list friends
• add comments
Guidelines
and templates can be found at: http://www.geocities.com/ojedaengii/
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Arizona
Academic Standard Connection
See connection 1, 2,
3, 4, 5,
7, 8, 9 |
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Black
History Blog!
Ask
your students to construct a blog as if they were one of
the figures in African American history. Students should
make entries chronicling an event for which this person
is remembered. As the blog proceeds, it actually becomes
the documentation for a timeline.
Blogging
is a great way to encourage students to respond to their
reading. Edublogs offers teachers and students free blog
space and appropriate security. Students will need an
e-mail address in order to create an EduBlogs account.
Free, disposable e-mail accounts are available at Mailinator.
Students can create an account there, use the address
long enough to establish the blog and password, and then
abandon it. The blog tool Word Press is also easy to use,
and students will pick it up quickly.
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Arizona
Academic Standard Connection
See connection 1, 2,
3, 4, 5,
7, 8, 9 |
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| Standards
Connection
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Connection
1
Social Studies: Grades 7 (see
variations grades 6 & 8) |
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• Strand
1: American History |
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Concept 6: Civil War and Reconstruction |
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PO 4: Analyze the impact of the Civil War
on the following personal, social, and economic
aspects of American life: |
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a. |
Americans
fighting Americans |
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b. |
high
casualties caused by disease and the type
of warfare |
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c. |
widespread
destruction of American property |
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d. |
change
in status of freed slaves |
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e. |
value
of railroads and industry |
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Connection
2
Social Studies: Grades: 7 |
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• Strand
3: Civics/Government |
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Concept 3: Functions of Government - Laws
and policies are developed to govern, protect,
and promote the well-being of the people |
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PO 1. Analyze the significance of the following
judicial decisions: |
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a. |
Dred
Scott |
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b. |
Plessy
v. Ferguson |
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c. |
Scopes
Trial |
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PO 2. Identify the government’s role
in progressive reforms (e.g., women’s
suffrage, labor unions, temperance movement,
civil rights). |
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Connection
3
Social Studies: Grades: 7 |
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Concept 3: Macroeconomics - Macroeconomics
examines the costs and benefits of economic
choices made at a societal level and how
those choices affect overall economic well
being. (PO: all) |
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Connection
4
Language Arts – Reading: Grades:
6 – 8 |
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• Strand
3: Comprehending Informational Text |
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Concept 1: Expository Text - Identify, analyze,
and apply knowledge of the purpose, structures,
and elements of expository text. (PO: all) |
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Connection
5
Language Arts – Writing: Grades: 6 –
8 |
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• Strand
3: Writing Applications |
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Concept 2: Expository - Expository writing
includes non-fiction writing that describes,
explains, informs, or summarizes ideas and
content. The writing supports a thesis based
on research, observation, and/or experience.
(PO: all) |
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Connection
6
Technology |
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4: Technology Communications Tools |
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4T-E2. Use technology tools for individual
and collaborative writing, communication
and publishing activities to create curricular
related products for audiences inside and
outside the classroom |
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PO 1. Plan, design and present an academic
product using technology tools (e.g., multimedia
authoring, presentation software, digital
cameras, scanners, projection devices) |
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Connection
7
Social Studies: Grades 9-12 |
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• Strand
1: American History |
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Concept 6: Civil War and Reconstruction
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PO 3: Analyze immediate and long term effects
of Reconstruction in post Civil War America: |
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a. |
various
plans for reconstruction of the South |
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b. |
Lincoln’s
assassination |
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c. |
Johnson’s
impeachment |
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d. |
Thirteenth,
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments |
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e. |
resistance
to and end of Reconstruction (e.g., Jim
Crow laws, KKK, Compromise of 1877) |
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Connection
8
Social Studies: Grades 9-12 |
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• Strand
3: Civics/Government |
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Concept 4: Rights, Responsibilities, and
Roles of Citizenship |
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PO 1: Analyze basic individual rights and
freedoms guaranteed by Amendments and laws: |
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freedom
of religion, speech, press, assembly, and
petition in the First Amendment |
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b. |
right
to bear arms in the Second Amendment |
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c. |
Ninth
Amendment and guarantee of people’s
unspecified rights |
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d. |
civil
rights in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth
Amendments |
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e. |
voting
rights in the Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-third,
Twenty-fourth, and Twenty-sixth Amendments;
Native American citizenship and voting rights
(Arizona, 1948); Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
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f. |
conflicts
which occur between rights (e.g., the tensions
between the right to a fair trial and freedom
of the press, and between majority rule
and individual rights) |
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g. |
right
to work laws |
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Connection
9
Social Studies: Grades 9-12 |
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Concept 1: Foundations of Economics |
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PO 4: Evaluate the economic implications
of current events from a variety of sources
(e.g., magazine articles, newspaper articles,
radio, television reports, editorials, Internet
sites). |
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*To
find these videos: Log in to IDEAL (www.ideal.azed.gov),
click on the 'Curriculum Resources' link on the left side,
find the section for 'Discovery Education streaming' and
click the "Go" button. Type the video title into
the "Search" area and hit "Go". |
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