Politics and Public Policy in the United States

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 20.03.10

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction 
  2. Rationale 
  3. Content Objectives 
  4. Teaching Strategies
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. Resources 
  7. Appendix – Implementing District Standards
  8. Endnotes

Nothing Without Us: Bringing Justice to Public Policy

Jacquelin Travis

Published September 2020

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Endnotes

1 “Branches of the U.S. Government.” https://www.usa.gov/branches-of-government.

2 Ducksters.com. US Government: How Laws Are Made. Accessed July 15, 2020 https://www.ducksters.com/history/us_government/how_laws_are_made.ph.

3 Library of Congress. The African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship. https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african-american-odyssey/reconstruction.html.

4 National Geographic. The Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/black-codes-and-jim-crow-laws/.

5 Landau, Elaine. The Civil Rights Movement in America. New York: Scholastic, 2003.

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8 Turck, Mary. The Civil Rights Movement for Kids. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2000.

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12 Rochelle, Belinda. Witnesses to Freedom: Young People Who Fought for Civil Rights. New York: Penguin Books, 1993.

13 Bridges, Ruby. Through My Eyes. New York: Scholastic Press, 1999.

14 Williams, Juan. Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years 1954-1965. New York: Penguin Books, 2002.

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17 Turck, Mary. The Civil Rights Movement for Kids. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2000.

18 Rochelle, Belinda. Witnesses to Freedom: Young People Who Fought for Civil Rights. New York: Penguin Books, 1993.

19 Landau, Elaine. The Civil Rights Movement in America. New York: Scholastic, 2003.

20 Williams, Juan. Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years 1954-1965. New York: Penguin Books, 2002.

21 Daniele, Kristina. Civil Rights Then & Now. Woodstock: Wendybird Press, 2018.

22 Graetz, Michael & Shapiro, Ian. The Wolf at the Door: The Menance of Economic Security and How to Fight It. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2020.

23 PBS. Groups During the American Civil Rights Movement. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/eyesontheprize-groups-during-american-civil-rights-movement/.

24 BBC. The white Southerners who fought US segregation. BBC. March 12, 2019. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47477354.

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