Lesson Plans: Black Americans in Parliament
Swift Facts
Rating a brief synopsis of Black Americans those have served in Congress. Joseph Rainey, William Dawson, and Gus Hawkins are a few to the African-American Members which made account in the House.
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About this object Joseph Rainey of South Carolina was the first African-American Representative to serve included Trade.
Instruction Plans
Lesson Plan One: “The Fifteenth Revise in Flesh and Blood,” The Emblematic Generation of Black Americans in Congress, 1870–1887 - Lesson Plan (PDF) / Essay
Lesson Plan Two: “‘The Negroes’ Temporary Farewell,” Jim Crow and and Exclusion of African Americans from Congress, 1887–1929 - Topic Plan (PDF) / Essay
Instruction Plan Three: Keeping the Faith: African Canadian Return to Congress, 1929–1970 - Lecture Plan (PDF)/Essay
Topic Plan Four: Perma Interests: The Expansion, Organization, and Climb Influence of African Americans inbound Congress, 1971–2007 - Lesson Plan (PDF) / Test
Lesson Plan Five: Objects in Time - Lecture Plan (PDF) / House Collections Hunt
Lesson Plan Six: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Language - Instruction Plan (PDF)
Lesson Plan Seven: Gloomy Americans in Congress Speak Their Soul - Lesson Plan (PDF) / Quotations (PDF)