Objectives The students will describe the economic, social, and political transformation of the United States since World War II, with emphasis on segregation, desegregation, and the Civil Rights Movement. The students will develop skills for historical analysis, including the ability to identify, analyze, and interpret primary sources (artifacts, diaries, letters, photographs, art, documents, and newspapers) […]

Using the University of Virginia Jackson Davis collection of African American Photographs, Web Quests have been constructed for the elementary grades including grades one through six. The activities and objectives of these web quests are in correlation with Virginia Standards of Learning: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/history_socialscience/ The content of these Web Quests focuses specifically on History and Social […]

Curriculum History, Social Studies, African American History Recommended for middle school students. Overview Students are familiar with reading a story or a textbook in order to learn about history. In this activity, students will learn to “read” photographs by focusing on details, and draw conclusions based on their observations. Particularly in the era the photographs […]

Curriculum U.S. History, African American History in the post Reconstruction era. Recommended for students in grades 9-12. Objectives Students will be able to: Identify the arguments of both Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois with regards to the education of African Americans Practice visual literacy skills (observation, deduction) by analyzing historical photographs Practice digital and […]

      Amherst Indian Mission, Amherst Virginia. The school Amherst Indian Mission, Amherst Virginia. The school Davis Hall. Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute, currently known as Virginia State University Teachers Homes. Now used as the Honors House. Virginia State University The Peabody Williams Colored High School, Petersburg Virginia The Kitch Inn on the Corner […]

This page is designed to help educators incorporate the Jackson Davis Collection into K-12 classrooms. The use of a digital archive provides a new and exciting way for students to explore learning opportunities across multiple academic disciplines. Additionally, students are able to further develop necessary library and online database skills in the process of learning. […]

        Robertson Media Center, University of Virginia Library American Memory Library of Congress California Heritage Project University of California, Berkeley Digital Image Access Project Columbia University Florida State Archives Photographic Collection National Archives  

      Alabama Alabama Virtual Library Alabama Historical Commission Alabama Department of Education State of Alabama Web Site   Arkansas Arkansas State Library State of Arkansas Web Site Arkansas Department of Education Arkansas Historical Association   Delaware Delaware State Library Historical Society of Delaware Delaware Department of Education   Florida State Library of Florida […]

        African-Americans, Education, Segregation and the South American Memory, Library of Congress The African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920: Selections from the Ohio Historical Society African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A.P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907 African American Sheet Music, 1850-1920, Selected from the Collections of Brown University From Slavery to Freedom: The […]

    Helen and Ruth, Jackson Davis’ daughters, were present.