Volume I page by page The first volume in Lillian’s collecting journals opens by addressing the interesting question of defining American literature. Since she had decided that her collection would comprise bestselling American fiction, she had to make judgments on what constituted bestselling, what constituted American, and what constituted fiction. Her very first entry is […]

Volume II page by page Lillian’s second collecting volume continues to ask questions central to the first volume, such as what qualifies as fiction or who is an American author. It also includes many amusing comments and informative notes for particular books in the collection. For instance, for James Fenimore Cooper’s The Pioneers she tracks […]

Article 1 Negro Race Opens Great Exposition Richmond Times Dispatch. July 5, 1915 About the electronic version: Negro Race Opens Great Exposition Author: Richmond Times Dispatch. July 5, 1915 Editor: unknown Creation of machine-readable version: Special Collections, University of Virginia Creation of digital images: Special Collections, University of Virginia Conversion to TEI.2-conformant markup: Margo C. […]

        Objective The students will compare contemporary American life with American life in previous time periods as well as comparing current school and community with past school and community. SOL Correlation History 1.1, 1.2, 2.2 Time Needed A total of approximately three hours, possibly 2.5- 3 class periods. Resources Needed Camera or […]

The Advancement of African- Americans in the Jim Crow World of Education   The Task Today you will be learning about what it was like to go to school in the South. You will also learn about the differences in the lives of white and African-American children when growing up and going to school. Resources […]

The Advancement of African Americans in the world of Education Objectives The students will examine the fundamental ideals and principles that form the foundation of our republican form of government including unalienable rights (“life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”), the rule of law, justice, and equality under the law. The students will identify examples […]

Industrial Expositions and African American Education Objectives Identifying, analyzing, and making generalizations about the life in Virginia using primary sources including artifacts, diaries, letters, photographs, art, documents, and newspapers. The students will trace the history of Virginia in the 20th century with emphasis on: Social and political events linked to desegregation and massive resistance and […]

Davis Hall. Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute, currently known as Virginia State University             The Task Pretend that you are a detective, and you have been asked to research your school or community history. Your task is to discover how your community has changed throughout the years. To do this, […]

Industrial Expositions and African American Education         The Task Through these activities, you will learn about the “Industrial Training”method of education, who it was for, and what types of skills were learned through this form of education. You will also discover, through reading newspaper articles, how the products of this type of […]

The Task To learn more about the history of education you will be researching some influential members of educational history and creating timelines to document their progress and accomplishments.   Resources To get you started on your travels through history, you will be asked to view the Jackson Davis Educational Timeline where you will see […]