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    These pictures help students understand the time period of the book "Ruth and the Green Book" by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Gwenn Strauss

    This book was written in 2013 about the 1950s.

    In this story an African American girl travels with her family from Chicago to Alabama.  During their travels they use "The Negro Motorist Green Book" which was a book that helped African Americans find businesses across the country that would allow them to come (restaurants, hotels, gas stations, etc) in an era of segregation. 3 - 5 Social Studies/History English/Language Arts

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    Washington, D.C. Reading lesson in a Negro elementary school
    At the bus station in Durham, North Carolina
    School integration. Barnard School, Washington, D.C. / [TOH].
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    The Negro Motorist Green Book
    Gwendolyn M. Patton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Montgomery, Alabama, 2011-06-01.
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    Shannon Armstrong , I just wanted to let you know that there have been a number of discussions about teaching with the Green Book here in the TPS Teachers Network. I hope you will find them useful in planning your own lesson. 

    The possibilities seem endless!

    Those look great! I will definitely have to use them when I teach this book! I use this book every year :)

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