Grade 5, Lesson Outline: Chapter 20, Lesson 1

Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
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Chapter 20, Lesson 1: Struggle for Freedom (pp. 510-513)

I. The Importance of Rights

A. Minorities like American Indians and war protesters did not have basic rights.

B. Helen Keller showed the disabled how to be active citizens.

C. Langston Hughes wrote poetry that attacked discrimination against blacks.

II. Du Bois Challenges Racism

B. W.E.B. Du Bois and the NAACP fought for the rights of blacks.

C. The Supreme Court ruled that laws stopping blacks from voting were unconstitutional.

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