Stories of Segregation–My Parents Picking Cotton
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Grades: 3 - 5

Video Description: New May 2022! Reena Evers-Everette describes the painful work of picking cotton.

Type of Video: Segment*
Unique Video ID: DCivil Rights-125**

Quick Ideas for Using the Video:

  • Have your students search for blues lyrics that include cotton picking and then have them write their own lyrics based on the video.
  • There are many first person Civil Rights videos on the Educate.Today website, Educate.Today. Use a keyword search for Civil Rights. These may be used as prompts for think pair share activities, jigsaws, small group discussions, journaling, and dramatic play. Their stories are also available for individual study, research projects or National History Day projects.

 

*Segment videos are short excerpts edited from interviews or interactive programs that offer flexible and differentiated ways to use the rich content included in the full-length conversation.

**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.

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