This lesson explains how to navigate the resources offered by DCPL at its variety of locations. It references items and research topics from the 12-grade cornerstone project, When should people fight for change?
Prepare in Advance:
Ensure that technology is in place for individual research. Each student will also need a research topic and keywords. Both the teacher and students will also need a DCPL library card number to login to databases.
If a student does not have a library card, he/she can apply here.
DC Content Power Standards:
- 12.DC.10.2: Describe disturbances resulting from racial tensions.
- 12.DC.10.3: Explain how African American leaders resisted discrimination.
C3 Framework Indicators and Common Core Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies:
- D2.His.14.9-12: Analyze multiple and complex causes and effects in the past.