Birth of a Nation, the NAACP, and the Balancing of Rights

In this lesson, students learn how The Birth of a Nation reflected and influenced racial attitudes, and they analyze and evaluate the efforts of the NAACP to prohibit showing of the film.

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Resource provided by National Endowment for the Humanities, EDSITEment Project

Grades

9, 10, 11, 12

Subjects

Foundations of Democracy

Issues

Civility, Discrimination

Resource Types

Modules (Teaching Unit), Lesson Plans, Essays

Teaching Strategies

Individual Work, Writing, Primary Source, Case Study, Informational Text, Whole Class Discussion, Small Group Discussion

Constitution Articles

First Amendment, First Amendment - Freedom of press, First Amendment - Freedom of assembly, First Amendment - Freedom of speech, 14th Amendment, 14th Amendment - Due process, 14th Amendment - Equal protection, Meaning of Constitution

Tags

segregation, NAACP, racism, slavery, Jim Crow