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Lesson

10 Questions for the Past: The 1963 Chicago Public Schools Boycott

Students explore the strategies, risks, and historical significance of the 1963 Chicago school boycott, while also considering bigger-picture questions about social progress.

Crowd fills LaSalle Street between City Hall and building housing Board of Education as hundreds of demonstrators marched in Chicago on Oct. 22, 1963 following a one-day boycott of public schools.
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Teaching Strategy

Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn

Educators will structure a discussion that uses journaling and group work to strengthen students’ listening skills.

Three students sitting in a classroom with one of the students talking.
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Teaching Strategy

Close Viewing Protocol

Teach your students to become critical viewers of film with this four-step procedure.

Students in classroom reading books