How to Cite
Johnson, Melencia, and Philip Mason. 2017. “"Just Talking about Life&Quot;: Using Oral Histories of the Civil Rights Movement to Encourage Classroom Dialogue on Race”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, July. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/just-talking-about-life-using-oral-histories-of.
Abstract
Students in mixed race classrooms often find it difficult to discuss race. Using an assignment where students must have a conversation with someone who lived during the Civil Rights Movement (CRM) brings an element of oral history into the discussion of race and ethnicity. Students are able to discuss race using a historical lens from the perspective of...Download this resource to see full details. Download this resource to see full details.
Details
- Subject Area(s):
- Race, Class and Gender
- Resource Type(s):
- Assignment, Class Activity
- Class Level(s):
- Any Level
- Class Size(s):
- Large
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