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This activity focuses on __The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same__   This unit will explore the period after Reconstruction up to Brown vs Board of Education. Using a variety of primary and secondary sources (written, audio, photographs, film) students will examine the civil rights issues for African Americans. Taking 5 – 6 class periods, the focus of individual activities will include, but not be limited to, life for freed slaves after Reconstruction, education for African Americans, Jim Crow laws, voting rights for African Americans, civil terrorism against African Americans, Wilmington Riots, legislation passed, and various social, economical, and political issues affecting African Americans during this time. Students will create a timeline, study and annotate various events on maps, conduct interviews and study news headlines. Rubrics and project choices will be made available at the beginning of the unit.