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    • An African American Family in Segregated Dallas Lesson Introduction 

      Barnes, Elizabeth (2019)
      This lesson narrows in on a single family in Dallas during the 1940s and 1950s and asks students to look predict what their occupations and lives might be like. The family was more affluent than students might expect given ...
    • Deep Ellum: Portrait of a Community Lesson Introduction 

      Barnes, Elizabeth (2019)
      This lesson gives an in-depth look at how an 1930's WPA historian characterized the segregated community of Deep Ellum. Students are asked to analyze the reading and make connections to their own time.
    • Discussion Questions 

      Barnes, Elizabeth (2019)
      Students will analyze the lynching of a young boy after his questionable conviction for the murder of a woman on a Waco cotton farm. His violent murder became the battle cry for the NAACP's campaign to usher in a national ...
    • Lesson Plan 

      Barnes, Elizabeth (2019)
      Students will analyze the lynching of a young boy after his questionable conviction for the murder of a woman on a Waco cotton farm. His violent murder became the battle cry for the NAACP's campaign to usher in a national ...
    • Lesson Plan 

      Barnes, Elizabeth (2019)
      This lesson gives an in-depth look at how an 1930's WPA historian characterized the segregated community of Deep Ellum. Students are asked to analyze the reading and make connections to their own time.