Watch: Crash Course 39, Civil Rights in the 1950s

Watch: Crash Course 40, The 1960s in America

Read: Kohl, Herbert. “The Politics of Children’s Literature: What’s Wrong with the Rosa Parks Myth.” Teaching a People’s History: Zinn Education Project. Rosa Parks Article (PDF)

Response Paper 12: What, according to Kohl, is usually left out of Rosa Park’s story and why is that important? How do you think children’s literature should tackle troubling issues like racism? How does it add to or complicate the information in the Crash Course videos or other sources you have used to learn American history?

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