Civil Rights and Resistance in Virginia
Grade 445 min
aligned to Vs.9c
Learning Objective
I can describe Virginia's political and social events and their relationship to the national history of desegregation and Massive Resistance.
Lesson Flow
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VS.9c - VA and the Civil Rights Movement
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Practice
7 questions • Short answer
Exit Ticket
“Describe how Barbara Johns and the student strike in Farmville, Virginia, connect to the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education. Explain Virginia's policy of Massive Resistance and how it was a response to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling. How did the desegregation of schools in Virginia relate to the larger Civil Rights Movement happening across the United States?”
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