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Freedom school curriculum materials
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Because material trickled in until the very last moment, the actual contents of the curriculum do not correspond exactly with the "materials" listed at the beginning of each unit in the citizenship curriculum. The following Table of Contents describes what is actually in the curriculum. You can make corrections of the "materials" lists if you wish.... Items marked (P) are included only in the coordinators' copies of the curriculum.

Table of Contents

A Note to the Teacher

Part I: Academic Curriculum Reading and Writing Skills Mathematics

Part II: Citizenship Curriculum

Unit 1. The Negro in Mississippi.

Case studies: Statistics on education, housing, income and employment, and health South as an Underdeveloped Area (P)

Unit 2. The Negro in the North.

Case studies: Triple Revolution; Chester, Pa.; Cambridge, Md.; NYC School Crisis (P)

Unit 3. Myths about the Negro.

Case studies: Guide to Negro; History In White America (P)

Unit 4. The Power Structure.

Case Studies: Mississippi Power Structure; Power of the Dixiecrats (P)

Unit 5. Poor whites, poor Negroes, and their fears.

Case Studies: Hazard, Ky. (P)

Unit 6.Soul Things and Material Things.

Case Studies: Statements of Discipline of non-violent movements

Unit 7. The movement; Part I, Freedom rides and sit-ins;

Part II, COFO's Political Program

Case Studies: Readings on non-violence

Rifle Squads or the Beloved Community

Voter Registration Laws in Mississippi

Civil Rights Bill

Part III: Recreational and Artistic Curriculum

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Identifier	mus-ellin205
Title	Freedom school curriculum materials; June 1964
Description	Transcribed copy of a document detailing the curriculum of Freedom Schools. Begins with a Table of Contents showing the major curriculum divisions: academic, citizenship, and recreational and artistic. Also gives details of activities and materials that are to be used as well as detailed suggestions for teachers regarding student relations.
Creator	Unknown.
Date	June 1964
Coverage (time period)	1964
Subject	African Americans. Civil rights movements. Education. Elections. Mississippi Freedom Project. Mississippi Freedom Schools. Political participation. Student activities. Suffrage. Teaching. Voting.
Mississippi county	Forrest County (Miss.)
Geographic location	Hattiesburg (Miss.)
Resource type	Text
Format	Digital reproduction of 61-page document.
Language	English
Publisher	University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version)
Contributors	Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
Notes	A finding aid for this collection is available online at: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m323.htm; This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive.
Rights	Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Contributing institution	Special Collections, McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi.
Collection	M323 Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection.
Source	Box 1, Folder 11
Digital repository	University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections.
Digital collection	Historical Manuscripts and Photographs.
File extension	JPG
Color space	RGB

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Title	Page 1
Rights	Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Contributing institution	Special Collections, McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi.
Digital repository	University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections.
Digital collection	Historical Manuscripts and Photographs.
File size	385475 Bytes
File extension	jpg
Width	1687
Height	2166
Color space	RGB
Transcript	Freedom school curriculum materials Transcript TABLE OF CONTENTS Because material trickled in until the very last moment, the actual contents of the curriculum do not correspond exactly with the "materials" listed at the beginning of each unit in the citizenship curriculum. The following Table of Contents describes what is actually in the curriculum. You can make corrections of the "materials" lists if you wish.... Items marked (P) are included only in the coordinators' copies of the curriculum. Table of Contents A Note to the Teacher Part I: Academic Curriculum Reading and Writing Skills Mathematics Part II: Citizenship Curriculum Unit 1. The Negro in Mississippi. Case studies: Statistics on education, housing, income and employment, and health South as an Underdeveloped Area (P) Unit 2. The Negro in the North. Case studies: Triple Revolution; Chester, Pa.; Cambridge, Md.; NYC School Crisis (P) Unit 3. Myths about the Negro. Case studies: Guide to Negro; History In White America (P) Unit 4. The Power Structure. Case Studies: Mississippi Power Structure; Power of the Dixiecrats (P) Unit 5. Poor whites, poor Negroes, and their fears. Case Studies: Hazard, Ky. (P) Unit 6.Soul Things and Material Things. Case Studies: Statements of Discipline of non-violent movements Unit 7. The movement; Part I, Freedom rides and sit-ins; Part II, COFO's Political Program Case Studies: Readings on non-violence Rifle Squads or the Beloved Community Voter Registration Laws in Mississippi Civil Rights Bill Part III: Recreational and Artistic Curriculum
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