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| DesegregationA court case resulted from black students walking out of a Prince Edward County school, and it along with four others was decided in 1954's Brown v. Board of Education, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the doctrine of separate educational facilities was inherently unequal.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| DiscriminationEveryone pitched in to win the war. But for some, the fight for freedom abroad rang hollow upon their arrival home to a segregated Virginia. Black Virginians still found their opportunities to earn a living and educate their children restricted by racial discrimination.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| John Singleton MosbyAfter Lee's surrender at Appomattox the Confederacy's premier partisan, John Singleton Mosby, had to decide how to spend the rest of his life.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Texas in the Civil War IIAlthough there were few military engagements in Texas during the War Between the States, thousands of Texans went east into the fighting. Texas also was the scene of the last battle.Grades 3-5 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Texas in the Civil War IOn January 28, 1861, Texas seceded from the Union. It joined the Confederacy the following March, but this action was not universally popular.Grades 3-5 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Jamestown Journey: Lincoln's Vision IIIIn deeply profound, near theological terms, Abraham Lincoln in his Second Inaugural anchors the hope of America’s future with malice toward none.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Jamestown Journey: Disputed Election of 1876 IThe Presidential Election in 1876 ended in deadlock. Rutherford B. Hayes, the Republican Governor of Ohio, won, but the deals flew thick and fast.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Winslow Homer IIIn the spring of 1862, Winslow Homer returned to illustrate the story of the Army of the Potomac - and thus began one of America's most illustrious art careers.Grades 3-5 History-Social Science |
| Breakup of the African Family IIEstate sales. Wedding and christening gifts. In the antebellum South, these were occasions when slaves were sold or gifted, occasions to break up African families.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Breakup of the African Family IDuring the Civil War, a South Carolina slave father rejected a Union officer’s promise of freedom, later saying “[I] would not leave my family.” Before the war, not many were given that choice.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
