Young scholars create a list of famous African Americans, then read a news article about Jackie Robinson. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and vocabulary activity, then students read the news piece and participate in a class discussion. Lesson includes interdisciplinary follow-up activities.

Concepts

famous african americans, african american history, desegregation, segregation, race relations

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Additional Tags

desegregation, famous african americans, race relations, segragation, social studies

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