Mervyn M. Dymally Collaboration
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What Can Sources Teach Us?
- Resource Type
- Lesson
- Grade Level:
- 3–5
- Discipline:
- Social Studies
- Topic:
- Activism, Black Americans, Civil Rights, Discrimination?, Geography, Government/Civics, Object Analysis, Voting
Whole Class Lesson
During this What Can Sources Teach Us? lesson, students will learn about public educator, politician, and California State University, Los Angeles alumnus Mervyn M. Dymally (1926-2012). Students will also learn about Mervyn M. Dymally’s participation in the Selma to Montgomery Marches by analyzing primary and secondary sources, reading, writing, and completing a mapping activity. Students will then create and share their own primary and secondary sources that tell their stories.
Standards
Lesson and Resources
Lesson - What Can Sources Teach Us? - English
Lesson - What Can Sources Teach Us? - Spanish
Student Response Sheet - What Can Sources Teach Us? - English
Student Response Sheet - What Can Sources Teach Us? - Spanish
Associated Education Resources
Curriculum: Mervyn M. Dymally Project
Exhibition: Mervyn M. Dymally: The Bridge-Builder of Los Angeles
Lesson: Who was Mervyn M. Dymally?
Video: Autry Artists Salon on Autry Classroom Curators - Mervyn M. Dymally Archives Project
Teaching Tips for Different Learning Environments
Whole Class Learning for Grade 3:
- Give copies of the lesson to your students and/or project the lesson on a screen.
- Complete the INTRODUCTION and PARTS 1-7 together with the whole class.
Whole Class Learning for Grades 4-5:
- Give copies of the lesson to your students and/or project the lesson on a screen.
- Read the INTRODUCTION together with the whole class.
- Divide the students into pairs or groups.
- Review PART 1 with the whole class and ask the pairs/groups to complete PART 1.
- Have a whole class discussion about the pairs/groups’ answers to PART 1.
- Review PART 2 with the whole class and ask the pairs/groups to complete PART 2.
- Have a whole class discussion about the pairs/groups’ answers to PART 2.
- Review PART 3 with the whole class and ask the pairs/groups to complete PART 3.
- Have a whole class discussion about the pairs/groups’ answers to PART 3.
- Review PART 4 with the whole class and ask the pairs/groups to complete PART 4.
- Have a whole class discussion about the pairs/groups’ answers to PART 4.
- Review PARTS 5-6 with the whole class and ask individual students to complete PARTS 5-6.
- For PART 7, have students share their primary and secondary sources with the whole class.
Educational Programs at the Autry are sponsored by:
Molly and Neal Brockmeyer · David F. Eisenberg · The Georgina-Fredrick Children's Foundation · The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation · Christy McAvoy · Robert E. Ronus · Brenda and Gary Ruttenberg · The Steinmetz Foundation · Virginia F. Stevenson · Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation