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Historical Sources on the Civil Rights Movement (America's Story)
This volume of America's Story includes the personal story of Jackie Robinson, documents from John F. Kennedy, Malcom X, Lyndon B. Johnson, Booker T. Washington, and the struggle to end segregation.
When most Americans think of the civil rights movement, they think of the organized struggle for equality in the 1950s and 1960s. However, the civil rights movement actually has its roots in the Reconstruction era of the late nineteenth century as the country tried to rebuild itself after the Civil War. In this book, students will read accounts from early civil rights activists and leaders like Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Booker T. Washington, as well as from mainstays of the later movement like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Other primary sources, such as poems and Supreme Court decisions, fill in the details about the fight against racial injustice in the United States. Students will gain a better understanding of the long road to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation, and the legacy of the civil rights movement.
America's Story is a series of books covering various US history topics geared toward upper-level students. Each paperback book is approximately 144 pages long containing snippets of historical sources such as letters, newspaper articles, and interspersed with author narrative, pictures, key terms and concepts, chronology, and comprehension questions. There is also a glossary, a "further information" section with suggestions of books, websites, videos etc. and an index in each book. While each book is written chronologically within itself, the series does not definitively move in chronological order from one book to the next. Each book begins with a couple of pages about primary source documents and how to read them, then adds an introduction to the topic of the book before moving into the chapters. It seems to me that the approach of these books evaluates historical topics from a more detailed account and personal level of the state of humanity at the time. This could allow students an easier ability to step back in time and interpret history using their own diverse perspectives of the world as they know it today. Although these books are designated for middle and high school ages, the language outside of some of the sources is not difficult to read or comprehend. The application of these books could vary in one's homeschool, perhaps allowing for more in-depth study of certain topics of interest, research, or filling in missing topics in core curriculum. They are easy to read, frequented with illustrated pictures, thought provoking "Consider this" questions, and tidbits of interesting information, like medicinal treatments. ~Judy
Product Format: | Paperback |
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Brand: | Cavendish Square |
Grades: | 8-12 |
ISBN: | 9781502640895 |
Length in Inches: | 9 |
Width in Inches: | 5.875 |
Height in Inches: | 0.3125 |
Weight in Pounds: | 0.65 |