Lamar Causey Joseph Hinton Brenda Williams History occurs in time and space History is the interpreted record of the development of the institutionalized activity of humankind in specific geographic locations during specific periods of time. Institutions are our way categorizing human activities for the sake of studying and analyzing those activities. Subject: Social Studies Grade: Middle School (8 th grade Georgia Studies) Overview of lesson: Students will use primary sources to compare W. E. B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington. Standard: SS8H7 The student will evaluate key political, social, and economic changes that occurred in Georgia between 1877 and c. Explain the roles of Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. DuBois, John and Lugenia Burns Hope, and Alonzo Herndon. Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois: Two different paths trying to achieve the same vision! Two African Americans, Two Diverse Backgrounds Booker T. Washington W.E.B. DuBois Booker T. Washington Outlined his views on race relations in a speech at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta Atlanta Compromise Felt that black people should work to gain economic security before equal rights Believed black people will earn equality Booker T. Washington Developed programs for job training and vocational skills at Tuskegee Institute Asked whites to give job opportunities to black people Was popular with white leaders in the North and South Booker T. Washington Was unpopular with many black leaders Associated with leaders of the Urban League which emphasized jobs and training for blacks Born a slave in southwestern Virginia Believed in vocational education for blacks Founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama Believed in gradual equality Accused of being an Uncle Tom Received much white support Wrote Up From Slavery (1901) Booker T. Washington W.E.B. DuBois Views given in The Souls of Black Folks and The Crisis Strongly opposed Booker T. Washingtons tolerance of segregation Demanded immediate equality for blacks W.E.B. DuBois Felt talented black students should get a classical education Felt it was wrong to expect citizens to earn their rights Founded the NAACP along with other black and white leaders Well educated-First African American to receive Ph.D. from Harvard Born in 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts Wanted immediate equality between blacks and whites Wanted classical higher education for blacks Wrote The Souls of Black Folk (1903) The Niagara Movement led to NAACP W.E.B. DuBois What is the purpose of a traditional four-year college education? What is the purpose of a trade school education? Is either type of post-high school education more valid than the other? You have an assignment on the horizon! And just incase you forgot what an acrostic poem was The Ingredients for writing an Acrostic Poem Acrostic poems are simple poems in which the first letter of each line forms a word or phrase (vertically). An acrostic poem can describe the subject or even tell a brief story about it. This type of poem is one of the simplest written forms for students to write because it gives the students (you) a concrete format to use. You can write an acrostic poem based on your name, a favorite hobby, or something or someone who is important to you! S hining sun P retty hot R un outside! I ce cream melts N ot inside G o outside By Danny Booker Taliaferro Washington Please complete the following acrostic poem. History occurs in time and space Thank you for your time!