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Linking Content and Strategies
The ability to use oral histories as a resource for understanding history is a transferable skill that can be applied to many topics and disciplines. It is also one of many strategies for introducing students to the impact of the Brown v. Board of Education decision and the Civil Rights Movement.
Journal: Apply This Strategy to Other Content Areas
Think about the applicability of this strategy (exploring oral histories) to some other topic in the history classroom. In your journal, describe an activity using this strategy that you might incorporate with a different history topic.
Journal: Apply Other Strategies to This Content Area
Think about other strategies that you could apply to this topic (Brown v. Board of Education) to help students understand the changes in American society that were heralded when school desegregation became law. Consider the relative strengths and weaknesses of each approach in shaping an understanding of the relevant history. Describe the strategies in your journal.
To see a list of teaching strategies that could be applied to this and other topics in history, see Strategies.
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