Primary Source Activities: Freedom Summer Volunteers
Author: Maggie Bailey
Grade(s): 10
Description
Allow students, in groups or individually, to examine the primary source linked under Resources to the right, while answering the questions below in order. The questions are designed to guide students into a deeper analysis of the source and sharpen associated cognitive skills.
Level I: Description
1. What is happening in this photograph?
Level II: Interpretation
1. What decade is this, and what things in the photograph helped you to make that determination?
Level III: Analysis
1. How is this photograph representative of social change in that era?
2. How do you think people from a century ago would have reacted to seeing this photograph?
Standards
- History 9-10, Benchmark F: Identify major historical patterns in the domestic affairs of the United States during the 20th century and explain their significance.
- Indicator: Grade 10, GLI 14. Analyze the origins, major developments, controversies and consequences of the civil rights movement with emphasis on: b. Changes in goals and tactics of leading civil rights advocates and organizations.
Print Version
Resources
- Freedom Summer Volunteers in Oxford, Ohio photograph, Smith Library of Regional History
- Photographs & Images tutorial
