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Connecting Struggles for Liberation

Driving Question: How were local fights against injustice connected to global trends in decolonization?

The fight for justice didn’t stop with independence. See how civil rights and anti-apartheid movements challenged racism, inequality, and oppression while drawing strength from global connections.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Use close-reading skills to analyze how liberation movements were connected to decolonization.
  2. Create arguments using historical evidence to support claims and communicate conclusions through informal writing.
STEP 1

Opener: Connecting Struggles for Liberation

Teaching Tools

To teach this lesson step, refer to page X of the Lesson 8.7 Teaching Guide Locked .

Check out the OER Project Writing Guide to learn more about how to support your students’ writing.

STEP 2

Civil Rights and Apartheid

Teaching Tools

To teach this lesson step, refer to page X of the Lesson 8.7 Teaching Guide Locked .

Looking for a compliment to the Apartheid article. The Mandela Effect from NPR’s Throughline External link is a great audio resource, learn more in the Community.

Use these articles and an activity to examine how struggles for racial justice in the United States and South Africa were part of larger global movements for freedom.

STEP 3

Closer: Connecting Struggles for Liberation

Teaching Tools

To teach this lesson step, refer to page X of the Lesson 8.7 Teaching Guide Locked .

Closers are a great way to assess student learning, and the Unit 8 Notebook is a perfect way to see progress. Read more in the OER Project Assessment Guide.

Use this informal writing opportunity to reflect on how local and global struggles for justice were connected and what those connections reveal about the world today.

Extension Materials
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See how liberation movements unfolded in Latin America. You’ll explore how Cold War politics shaped both local struggles and international responses.
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Cold War in Latin America

Teaching Tools

To teach this lesson step, refer to page X of the Lesson 8.7 Teaching Guide Locked .

Land reform, resistance against authoritarian rule, Cold War influences, decolonization, and the fight for democracy all came together in Latin America.