NOLA Resistance: The Civil Rights Movement in New Orleans

Educational Resources
Gail Etienne in the back of the marshal's car when integrating McDonough 19 Gail Etienne in the back of the marshal's car when integrating McDonough 19

INTRODUCTION TO NOLA RESISTANCE
GRADES 6–12

LESSON 3:
Integrating McDonough 19

LESSON OBJECTIVES

Students will use text and audio excerpts from oral histories, along with contemporary newspaper articles and secondary source material, to examine multiple perspectives on the integration of the McDonogh 19 elementary school in New Orleans.

PROCEDURES

1

Download, print, and distribute the INTRODUCTION HANDOUT, the EXAMINING INTEGRATING MCDONOGH 19 WORKSHEET, and the INTEGRATING MCDONOGH 19—NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS HANDOUT (available through the links below).

Read the INTRODUCTION HANDOUT together as a group.

2

Play the oral history excerpts listed below. You may distribute transcripts of the oral history excerpts (available through the links next to the audio) to students for reference.

Have students read INTEGRATING MCDONOGH 19—NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS HANDOUT individually or in small groups.

TESSIE PREVOST WILLIAMS

LEONA TATE

GAIL ETIENNE-STRIPLING

3

Have students complete the worksheet individually.

4

Begin a class discussion by allowing students to share their initial reactions, then move into a discussion of the questions on the worksheet.