Growing Up in Mississippi in the 1950s and 1960s
5:07
Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: New June 2002! Reena Evers-Everette tells of the strengths of her community in the Delta and its weaknesses.
Type of Video: Segment*
Unique Video ID: Civil Rights-78**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- There are many first person Civil Rights videos on the Educate.Today website. 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.
Have students create a classroom exhibition of segregation era images.
To learn more about segregation, the Blues and the Delta, check out the full program this segment is edited from: History in the First Person: Music Moved the Movement – Civil Rights and the Blues 2.
*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.
