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Coven, Robert; Manfra, Meghan – Social Education, 2022
Access to large data sets, including geographic information systems (GIS), provides teachers and students an opportunity to investigate policies of the past and their impact on people's lives. Students now have access to these digital resources through a variety of virtual, online collections, including the Library of Congress. Using a combination…
Descriptors: Maps, Educational Technology, Geographic Information Systems, History
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Perrotta, Katherine – Social Education, 2022
On a hot July day in 1854, 24-year-old schoolteacher Elizabeth Jennings, accompanied by a friend, attempted to board a horse-drawn trolley to attend Sunday church services in Lower Manhattan. The Irish conductor refused, telling Jennings, who was African American, to await a horsecar for "her people." When Jennings resisted, the…
Descriptors: Empathy, Court Litigation, United States History, African Americans