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Lesson Plans - History

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nonviolent Resistance

Explain Martin Luther King, Jr.’s concept of nonviolent resistance and the role of civil disobedience within it.

Sharing African Culture

Students listen to an African American folk tale and draw pictures to illustrate the story.

Our Town’s Black Heritage

Students tour Boston’s Black Heritage Trail and create a black heritage tour of their own town.

Experiencing Slavery and Imagining Freedom

Students read a slave’s account of his or her life of slavery, then write accounts of what that person’s life might have been like after the Emancipation Proclamation.

The Problem With Profiling

Students explore the issue of racial profiling and post their conclusions to a youth message board.