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4. Learning Pathway: Black Lives Matter

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    Building Democracy For All is designed so that teachers and students can follow different learning pathways as they explore the material in the book. Rather than proceeding sequentially through the standards, the learning pathways invite a thematic approach. Other learning pathways include: Student Rights, Influential Women, Election 2020, Media Literacy, and Current Events.

    Black Lives Matter Topics by Chapter

    Topic 1: The Philosophical Foundations of the United States Political System

    Topic 2: The Development of United States Government

    Compilation of four black-and-white portrait photographs of historically important African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, George Washington Carver, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Frederick Douglass (upper left), Sojourner Truth (upper right), George Washington Carver (lower left) and Martin Luther King, Jr. (lower right)
    "Historical African-American Figures" | Public Domain

    Topic 3: Institutions of United States Government

    Topic 4: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens

    Monument in Savannah, Georgia composed of a bronze sculpture of an African American family (a father, mother, daughter, and son) standing on top of broken chains, atop a concrete pedestal engraved with ocean waves and chained hands. Monument designed by Dorothy Spradley, photograph by Judson McCranie.

    "African-American Monument, Savannah, GA, US" by Judson McCranie

    Topic 5: The Constitution, Amendments, and Supreme Court Decisions

    Topic 6: The Structure of Massachusetts State and Local Government

    Black-and-white photograph from 1963, showing a civil rights demonstration in front of a segregated movie theater in Tallahassee, Florida.

    "Civil rights demonstration in front of a segregated theater Tallahassee, Florida" by Florida Memory

    Topic 7: Freedom of the Press and News/Media Literacy

    Additional Resources

    • Black History Month Google Drive Library of Resources