ISALC: ESL 411: College Prep. Reading/Writing
Diversity and Civil Rights in the U.S.

• General Diversity Sources
• Background Assignment 1
• Alex Haley
• To Kill A Mockingbird
• Background Assignment 2
• Black History Month- Treasure Hunt
• The Tuskegee Trajedy - A WebQuest Exploring the Powerful and their Victims
• Exploring African American Issues on the Web- "Black History"

• General Diversity Sources
  • Diversity and Ethnic Studies Web site
  • Psychology of Prejudice, Discrimination, Diversity

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• Background 1
  • American Revolution- Understanding the causes of the war: Focus on just these links:
    • Quick Revolutionary War Tour; The British; The Americans; Timeline (just major headings); Valley Forge
  • Slavery
    • Slavery- AFRO-Americ@'s Black History Museum - Black Resistance... Slavery in the U.S. Explore all four links: 1)Africa to America 2) There were no docile slaves 3) Women resisted 4) Chronology of Revolts
  • American Civil War
    • The Causes of the Civil War
    • Highlights of the Civil War
    • Miscellaneous Civil War Photos (scan through the page on topics that interest you).
  • Reconstruction
  • Jim Crow Laws
    • Jim Crow Laws-summary
    • Jim Crow Photo Gallery
    • Origin of name "Jim Crow"
  • The Great Depression
    • Summary
    • Crashing Hopes: The Great Depression

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• Alex Haley Assignment:
  • Biography http://www.lib.utk.edu/spcoll/manuscripts/ms1888fa.html
  • Obituary, Washington Post

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• To Kill A Mockingbird, Then and Now, A Distance Learning Adventure
• WebQuest, Growing up in the 1930's
• To Kill A Mockingbird Essays

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• Background 2
  
  • The American Civil Rights Movement and Contemporary Racial Issues
    
    • National Civil Rights Museum
      • Jigsaw questions
    • A Photo Tour
    • Civil Rights Timeline
    • Yahoo Search "Civil Rights Movement"
    • Martin Luther King Jr. (Seattle Times)
    • Malcolm X - An Islamic Perspective
      
      
  • Affirmative Action
    • Affirmative Action (Ohio University) - Definitions, Affirmative Action resources, Affirmative Action policy statements, In favor of Affirmative Action, Opposed to Affirmative Action, Electronic discussion, Affirmative Action News Stories, Internet Searches for Affirmative Action
    • Affirmative Action and Diversity Page (UCSB) - ". . .Academic resource and it provides scholars, students, and the interested public with on-site articles and theoretical analyses, policy documents, current legislative updates, and an annotated bibliography of research and teaching materials."

The Tuskegee Trajedy - A WebQuest Exploring the Powerful and their Victims

Exploring African American Issues on the Web- "Black History"

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Created by: krauss@lclark.edu
Updated: 2/10/06