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Beyond Suffrage: Ogden, Utah and Civil Rights 1945
Social Studies PRINT FULL LESSON PLAN
Grade Level: All
Overview
How did women of color in Ogden claim their rights as citizens of the United States, and how did they use their voices to rise above resistance to integration? Through viewing photographs, questionnaires, and flyers, students will learn about activists involved in the civil rights movement in Ogden City who fought for integration in public schools and quality education for Hispanic and African-American children in the 1950s-60s.
Common Core State Standards
Grade 3:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
Grades 6-8:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.7
Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
Grades 11-12:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.2
Analyze in detail how a complex primary source is structured, including how key sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text contribute to the whole.
Key Terms/Vocabulary:
Segregation, Jim Crow, Discrimination, Boycott, Integration, Civil Rights
Key Figures
Bettye Gillespie, Lionila Saenz, Mae Parry
Key Organizations
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Utah State Committee against Discrimination in Housing, Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), League of Women Voters
Timeline of Events
- 1963: JFK proposed Civil Rights Act
- 1964: Civil Rights Act: prohibits discrimination
- 1965: Voter Rights Act after Selma, AL
- 1968: Housing Act: Against Redlining. Ogden Rep. Laurence Burton voted against the act.
- 1970: Health, Education, and Welfare conducted a review of Ogden schools and notified the school district that it was operating “a racially identifiable school, namely Hopkins Elementary”
- 1970: Ogden School District implemented a Voluntary Plan to Reduce Minority Group Isolation and Its Effects
- 1971-1972: Ogden City School District modified high school curriculum to include cultural and historical materials about minority groups
- 1971-1972: Ogden City School District started offering training workshops for staff and administrators to change attitudes about cultural and racial differences
- 1973: Ogden City School District hired curriculum advisors to act as a liaison between the schools and the minority communities
- 1974: Ogden City School District implemented remedial math and reading classes