History of Jim Crow

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Resource Title or Name: The History of Jim Crow

URL: http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/resources/resources.htm

Source (Publisher):

Resource Author (as appropriate): Educators

Resource Publication Date (as appropriate):

Entry Author: Debra Xiangjun Hayes 杜湘君

Entry Date: 10 July，2009

Disciplinary Content / Subject: African-American History, Black History, Civil Rights, American History

Grade Level: Grades 5-12

Descriptors: Civil Rights, Prejudice, African-American History, Separate and Unequal

Brief Description Resource: This is an educator's site that provides new historical resources and teaching ideas "on one of the most shameful periods in American history, an era of segregation, lynching, and disfranchisement of African Americans that tore at the very fabric of the nation" (Jimcrowhistory.org, 2009). It also includes an exchange for educators. Some its attributes include:

• Lesson plans
  • Simulations
  • Narratives
  • Picture Galleries
  • Legal and Civil rights information
  • Webquests