ZoomIn on History

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Zoom-In on History
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What do you think this is?
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Has your idea changed? Is there anything else
that changes your mind?
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What do you think this building is used for?
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Wolcott, Marion (1938). African American School
House near Summerville, South Carolina. Library
of Congress Exhibitions, With an Even Hand
Brown v. Board of Education.
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This is a 1938 African American school house in
South Carolina. Do you think white children
attended schools like this? How does it compare
to where you go to school? How did your guess
compare to the actual use of the building?
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Here are some other examples of African American
schoolhouses. Again, how do they compare with
your school?
School building in Louisa County, Virginia (20.4)
Digital ID ppmsca-05513 Visual Materials from
the NAACP Records, Prints and Photographs
Division Courtesy of the NAACP
School building in Camden, Massachusetts
(20.1) Digital ID ppmsca-05511Visual
Materials from the NAACP Records, Prints and
Photographs Division Courtesy of the NAACP
An elementary school in Hurlock, Maryland, ca.
1935.. Visual Material from the NAACP Records,
Prints and Photographs Division (20A) Courtesy
of the NAACPDigital ID cph 3c26579
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Based on this image, how can you explain the
impact of segregation on African Americans?
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