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Wednesday, August 7 • 2:40pm - 4:00pm
Liberty and Equality: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement

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Participants will analyze primary sources including images, short excerpts of the Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education decisions, Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” They will evaluate the Civil Rights Movement with respect to constitutional principles of liberty and equality, as well as civic virtues such as perseverance and courage.  The presentation will also include a sample lesson from American Portraits.

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Gennie Westbrook

Senior Curriculum Advisor, Bill of Rights Institute, Arlington, VA
Ask about the James Madison Memorial Foundation Fellowship! Since joining the Bill of Rights Institute in 2007, Gennie Burleson Westbrook has conducted over 300 professional development seminars for teachers all around the nation and has co-authored and edited each of the new Institute... Read More →
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Lori Rech

Professional Development, Bill of Rights Institute, Arlington, VA
Ask me about BRI summer programs! Lori spent 33 years as a classroom teacher in Nebraska and Missouri. While she spent the first 12 years of her teaching career working with both middle and high school students she has spent the majority of her teaching career at the high school level... Read More →

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Wednesday August 7, 2019 2:40pm - 4:00pm CDT
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  Social Studies, 9-12

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