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Direct linkMcCormick, Willow – Rethinking Schools, 2013
This article describes second graders in a predominantly white suburban school who were assigned to ask their grandparents to write about their experiences during the Civil Rights Movement. The letters bring surprising wisdom--and some thought-provoking issues--to the classroom. The author found that the power of the primary source documents…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Elementary School Students, Civil Rights, Suburban Schools
