This lesson is written for grades 4 and 10 but can be amended for other levels. 

    Specific learning goals include the following:

    • Grades 4 & 10 students will be able to determine how and why art has been used as a form of activism throughout the 20th century.
    • Grades 4 & 10 students will identify different mediums artists used to respond to world events and social issues in the 20th century.
    • Grades 4 & 10 students will gain a deeper understanding of history by analyzing art through image based inquiry.

    This lesson plan was written for grades 6-12 but can be amended for other grade levels. At Elsa's Fashions in this album is one possible Library of Congress photograph that might be used with this lesson. 

    Specific learning goals for this lesson include the following options:

    • Students will be able to analyze women’s fashion from various ethnic backgrounds using primary sources.
    • Students will be to compare and contrast women’s fashion from various ethnic backgrounds using primary sources

    • Students will be able to differentiate women's fashion from various ethnic backgrounds in the past and the present.

    This is the English version of the Civil Rights Movement Lesson Plan written for 10th grade. It can be amended for other grade levels.

      9 - 12    Bilingual Education/ESL    Social Studies/History    Civil Rights  

    This lesson is written for 8th graders but can be amended for other levels. 

      6 - 8    9 - 12    Social Studies/History    Labor Movement    Working conditions  

    This lesson plan is written for 9th grade English Language Arts, but it can be amended for other grade levels. 

      9 - 12    English/Language Arts    Bilingual Education/ESL    Literacy    Music  

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