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W.E.B. Du Bois: Activist Leader in Niagara Movement & Co-Founder of the NAACP | Biography

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

6, 11

Overview

This video presents a short biography of W.E.B Du Bois, one of the most influential African-American intellectuals and a leading figure of the early Civil Rights Movement. He was a leading figure of the Niagara Movement and a co-founder of the NAACP.

    Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 6

    SS10.6.4

    Identify cultural and economic developments in the United States from 1900 through the 1930s.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SS10.6.4

    Vocabulary

    • Harlem Renaissance
    • Jazz Age
    • suffragettes
    • suffragists
    • flappers
    • personal credit
    • stock market crash
    • Immigration Act of 1924

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • The cultural and economic developments of the early 1900s.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Characterize the impact of notable people and events that shape our world.
    • Compare multiple points of view to explain economic policies.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Major cultural and economic changes took place in the US during the early 1900's.
    Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 11 - United States History II

    SS10.US2.2

    Evaluate social and political origins, accomplishments, and limitations of Progressivism. [A.1.a., A.1.b., A.1.c., A.1.d., A.1.e., A.1.f., A.1.i., A.1.k.]

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SS10.US2.2

    Vocabulary

    • textual evidence
    • evaluate
    • cite
    • Progressivism
    • muckraker
    • trust
    • antitrust
    • suffrage
    • temperance movement
    • civil rights
    • trust-busting
    • conservation

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • The social, economic, and political origins, accomplishments, and limitations of the Progressive.
    • The impact of the Populist Movement on the role of the federal government in American society.
    • The impact of muckrakers on public opinion during the Progressive movement, including Upton Sinclair, Jacob A. Riis, and Ida M. Tarbell.
    • The influence and impact of social movements, including: women's suffrage, temperance movement, and civil rights for African-Americans.
    • The influence of specific social groups and influential individuals on the Progressive Era, including: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, the Niagara Movement, the National *Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, and Carter G. Woodson.
    • National legislation affecting the Progressive movement, including the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act.
    • The significance of the public education movement initiated by Horace Mann.
    • The impact of the presidential leadership of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson in obtaining passage of measures regarding trust-busting, the Hepburn Act, the Pure Food and Drug Act, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Reserve Act, and conservation.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Effectively evaluate the complexities, origins, limitations, accomplishments and affects of social and political movements such as the Progressive and Populist Movements.
    • Evaluate the influence of prominent individuals and groups from specific historical time periods on public opinion, social and political movements, and national legislation.
    • Explain national legislation that was influence by and that affected social and political movements.
    • Assess the significance of the public education movement initiated by Horace Mann.
    • Compare the presidential leadership during specific historical periods.
    • Analyze primary and secondary historical sources.
    • Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • There were political, economic, and social origins, accomplishments, and limitations of the Progressive Era and these have impacted American society through the present.
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