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Healing and Justice Anticipation Guide (en español)

In Spanish, this handout helps students engage with some of the dilemmas that Americans faced after the Civil War.

Last Updated: July 8, 2022

This resource is intended for educators in the United States who are applying Spanish-language resources in the classroom.

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Asunto

History
Social Studies

Democracy & Civic Engagement
Human & Civil Rights
Racism

Activity

Students explore the supporting question “How did the Angel Island Immigration Station both reflect and enforce borders within American society?”

Captain examines passengers aboard the The Shimyo Maru vessel.

Activity

Students explore the supporting question “How does the history of immigration through Angel Island help us understand how we create and challenge borders today?”

Assessment

Students culminate their arc of inquiry into the Angel Island Immigration Station by completing a C3-aligned Summative Performance Task and Taking Informed Action.

Inquiry

This 5-7 day C3-aligned inquiry explores the compelling question “How does the history of the Angel Island Immigration Station help us understand how borders are erected, enforced, and challenged?”

Lesson

Students explore the importance of context and learn about Emmett Till’s murder in Jim Crow-era Mississippi.

July 1939: An African-American man drinking at a segregated drinking fountain in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Lesson

Consider the talk Mamie Till-Mobley had with her son Emmett before he traveled to Jim Crow-era Mississippi in 1955 and the dangers that prompted her concern.

Southbound Illinois Central Railroad "Seminole" passenger train crosses main line of West Point Route at station in Opelika, Alabama in August 1955. Absence of interlocker required crew member to flag crossing.

Lesson

Explore Mamie Till-Mobley’s courageous decision to show the public Emmett Till’s body through an open-casket funeral and photos in Jet magazine and consider why Emmett’s death generated widespread determination to pursue racial justice.

A large crowd gathers outside the Roberts Temple Church of God In Christ in Chicago, Ill., Sept. 6, 1955 as pallbearers carry the casket of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African-American boy who was slain while on a visit to Mississippi. Police estimate a crowd of about 2,000.

Lesson

Students explore the life and choices of anti-lynching journalist Ida B. Wells and learn about the long tradition of Black resistance to racial terror and violence.

Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) was an African-American journalist and early civil rights activist.

Lesson

Student’s explore how Emmett Till’s murder inspired a generation of young African American men and women to actively join in the civil rights movement.

Mini-Lesson

This mini-lesson helps students define the term, learn what forms reparations can take, and consider what reparations should be offered for slavery and other racist policies.

Lesson

Students consider what it means to be free by learning about the choices and aspirations of freedpeople immediately after Emancipation.

Black students standing outside in front of a clapboard school house

Activity

Students explore the supporting question "How should we remember the nation’s founding?"

Washington DC, Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Building Southwest Pavilion. The Library has had an ongoing exhibition entitled "Thomas Jefferson's Library", which presents the Library's efforts to completely recreate Thomas Jefferson's personal library. The exhibit is located on the Building's second floor in the Southwest Pavilion, called the Pavilion of the Discoverers due to the paintings and bas-reliefs that adorn the space.

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Healing and Justice Anticipation Guide (en español)

At a Glance

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Supporting Question 1: The History of the Angel Island Immigration Station

Supporting Question 3: Navigating the Borders of National Belonging

Summative Performance Task & Taking Informed Action

Angel Island Immigration Station: Exploring Borders and Belonging in US History

Contextualizing Emmett Till’s Murder

Preparing to Journey to the Mississippi Delta

"A Rallying Cry and a Cause"

The Anti-lynching Activism of Ida B. Wells

The Emmett Till Generation

The Debate over Reparations for Racial Injustice

Enacting Freedom

Supporting Question 4: Memory of the Founding

Healing and Justice Anticipation Guide (en español)

At a Glance

Language

Asunto

Get this Handout

You might also be interested in…

Supporting Question 1: The History of the Angel Island Immigration Station

Supporting Question 3: Navigating the Borders of National Belonging

Summative Performance Task & Taking Informed Action

Angel Island Immigration Station: Exploring Borders and Belonging in US History

Contextualizing Emmett Till’s Murder

Preparing to Journey to the Mississippi Delta

"A Rallying Cry and a Cause"

The Anti-lynching Activism of Ida B. Wells

The Emmett Till Generation

The Debate over Reparations for Racial Injustice

Enacting Freedom

Supporting Question 4: Memory of the Founding

Inspiration, insights, & ways to get involved