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Journey Box
References
AmericanExperiencePBS (2014, June 23). Freedom Schools, "Freedom Summer" clip 14 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I792Qeyur5Q&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=AmericanExperiencePBS
AmericanExperiencePBS (2020, August 4). Three Missing Volunteers | Freedom Summer | American Experience | PBS [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQcMmRkRkiw&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=AmericanExperiencePBS
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Barrett, Jamie (2018, January 15). We Shall Overcome (The Story of a Song) [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l7ltm_vfjg&ab_channel=JamieBarrett
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BrainPOP (2020, June 11). Civil Rights: A Kid-Friendly Explainer | BrainPOP [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT3EIKmKpaQ&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=BrainPOP
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BrainPOP (2020, June 29). Black Lives Matter Protests | BrainPOP [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv3dAJUTCT0&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=BrainPOP
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. (2020). Pennsylvania State Standards. Retrieved October 1, 2020, from https://www.pdesas.org/standard/search/
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Fannie Lou Hamer - Topic (2015, July 18). This Little Light of Mine [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhiV6DB_h_8&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=FannieLouHamer-Topic
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Fannie Lou Hamer - Topic (2015, July 18). Woke Up This Morning [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnfcofde5vw&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=FannieLouHamer-Topic
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Freedom50MS (2014, May 14). David Dennis Deputy Director Freedom Summer 1964 C.O.R.E [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJm5kBS_sEM&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=Freedom50MS
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Freedom Singers - Topic (2019, February 21). We Shall Overcome [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRAb-T5BEEA&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=FreedomSingers-Topic
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Historic Films Stock Footage Archive (2019, February 7). FREEDOM SINGERS at NEWPORT! 1963 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br4aQuNV4ww&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=HistoricFilmsStockFootageArchive
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Reading with Mrs. Carter (2020, May 11). The Other Side by: Jacqueline Woods (Read Aloud) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZUFPAM51jo&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=ReadingwithMrs.Carter
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Sankofa Read Aloud (2019, February 10). Freedom Summer [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWjrSYCSfLU&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=SankofaReadAloud
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Teaching Tolerance. (2020). TT-Social Justice Standards. Retrieved October 1, 2020, from https://www.tolerance.org/professional-development/social-justice-standards-the-teaching-tolerance-antibias-framework
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Team Espy (2020, August 20). Fannie Lou Hamer's Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Speech | 1964 DNC Convention [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agBzy3ATja0&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=TeamEspy
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United States Department of Justice. (2016, May 18). Mississippi Burning. Retrieved October 3, 2020, from https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/mississippi-burning
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Van Wijk, Arnoud. (2009, April 18). Freedom Summer [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcbtX-vymf4&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=ArnoudvanWijk
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Wisconsin Historical Society. (2012). Freedom Summer Digital Collection. Retrieved October 6, 2020, from https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/p15932coll2
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Additional Resources for Teachers
Lesson Planning Resources for teaching Freedom Summer from the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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Timeline of Events of Freedom Summer can be found here on the Wisconsin Historical Society website.
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Iowa PBS recently did a series about Freedom Summer on their YouTube channel. It is focused on Iowan experiences, but still addresses civil rights and Freedom Summer as national issues.
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To remain informed on the fight for racial equality, visit this information hub on the Black Lives Matter movement.
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To learn more about how to integrate social justice into all aspects of the classroom, visit the NEA's EdJustice resource.