Teresa Hope Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I'm looking for recommendations for compelling footage, not necessarily deep analysis. This is one unit I think can be dramatically reinforced with pictures (it didn't happen all that long ago and that's what I want to communicate). Looking especially for retelling/dramatization or actual TV footage about desegregation events, schools, sit-ins. Thanks for any ideas you can share! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 you might find what you are looking for on this site http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_CivilRights.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyD Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Eyes on the Prize. Amazing footage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth in NC Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 I second Eyes on the Prize. But it is brutally truthful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teresa Hope Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 Thanks for those leads, all of you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in MN Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Here's a summary I wrote of a video we enjoyed: Martin Luther King, Jr., The Man and the Dream, A&E Biography video, 50 minutes (though the last 10 you could skip, about Vietnam & later things we hadn't covered yet). This was pretty even-handed. It's for older kids, though. It presents MLK as a human being with different foibles, but doesn't go too much into scandals & the like. My son liked hearing from actual folks who knew him & were still alive to talk about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Are you just interested in African American rights or are you covering Global Human Rights? I have been studying Human Rights, and was lucky enough to get a cheap used 3 vol set of the Human Rights Encyclopedia, that I am so happy to own. I don't have the link handy but the New York Times NIE (Newspapers in Education) site has a full page of downloadable PDF lessons of which one of them is on Human Rights and helps to link up reading the newspaper with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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