Teaching Tips: The Double V

The following Frame, Focus and Follow-up suggestions are best suited for middle school students using this video in an English language arts or social studies lesson. Be sure to modify the questions to meet your students' instructional needs.

What is Frame, Focus and Follow-up?

Frame (ELA) What do you know about Jim Crow? Was Jim Crow a historical figure, or is it a name that refers to segregation? Does the name have more than one interpretation?

Focus (ELA) While watching the video segment, identify images that portray segregation. Identify images that portray patriotism.

Follow Up (ELA) Sometimes a single text can have multiple meanings, as in the case of Jim Crow or the Double V campaign. Can you think of other examples when a single text has multiple or dual meanings?

Frame (SS) What do you know about Jim Crow segregation? How did it come about? When did it end?

Focus (SS) Describe the Double V campaign. What do you think of the campaign’s purpose?

Follow Up (SS) When the United States was at war, African Americans participated in the war effort as soldiers and civilians but were critical of the treatment they received at home as second class citizens. How was it possible for them to be supportive and critical at the same time and still be good citizens?