ANALYZING PRIMARY SOURCES: Evidence, Analysis, Relevance TEACHER KEY Focus Question: How did the freedom schools attempt to correct the long history of discrimination in Mississippi? Title of Source: __Prospectus for a Freedom Summer Program Author: _Charles Cobb___ Genre (letter, cartoon, photo, etc.): __prospectus_ WHEN & WHERE WHO Place and Time: December 1963 Author: Where and When was it published? Background, sex, race, social class, education; What is his/her Black college student, activist perspective? Historical Context: Audience: What was going on during this event or era/period? Who is the intended audience? It was submitted, but know to whom. The audience could be funders, we don’t COFO is working together to change the situation for black Mississippians. COFO, or potential volunteers. In general, it is probably to supporters and SNCC was founded a few years earlier. COFO is recruiting a large number of planners of the freedom movement. volunteers to come to Mississippi. Directions: Select the three pieces of evidence that most help you answer the focus question. Evidence: Analysis: Relevance to focus question: Questions: Facts and Quotes This means that . . . This proves that . . . I wonder… This reveals that . . . This is relevant because . . . education, for black The situation in Mississippi, It helps to identify a particular What do schools look like? Do “Mississippi and white, is grossly inadequate in particularly education for black problem of discrimination in students like school? comparison with education around students, is bad. Mississippi education – the country. Negro education in Mississippi is the most inadequate and inferior in the state.” Northern volunteers of the – “some best minds in the Take advantage of a resource Bringing in the minds of the country” How will the students in “best coming to the state. to address the problem of Mississippi feel about the new country” what they black education in Mississippi. “supplement aren’t people? Need more than they are currently learning” Do they want to learn these being taught in school. things?
ANALYZING PRIMARY SOURCES: Evidence, Analysis, Relevance TEACHER KEY Focus Question: How did the freedom schools attempt to correct the long history of discrimination in Mississippi? Title of Source: __Prospectus for a Freedom Summer Program Author: _Charles Cobb___ Genre (letter, cartoon, photo, etc.): __prospectus_ WHEN & WHERE WHO Place and Time: Where and When was it published? December 1963 Author: Background, sex, race, social class, education; What is his/her perspective? Black college student, activist Historical Context: What was going on during this event or era/period? COFO is working together to change the situation for black Mississippians. SNCC was founded a few years earlier. COFO is recruiting a large number of volunteers to come to Mississippi. Audience: Who is the intended audience? It was submitted, but we don’t know to whom. The audience could be funders, COFO, or potential volunteers. In general, it is probably to supporters and planners of the freedom movement. Directions: Select the three pieces of evidence that most help you answer the focus question. Evidence: Facts and Quotes Analysis: This means that . . . This reveals that . . . Relevance to focus question: This proves that . . . This is relevant because . . . Questions: I wonder… “Mississippi education, for black and white, is grossly inadequate in comparison with education around the country. Negro education in Mississippi is the most inadequate and inferior in the state.” Northern volunteers – “some of the best minds in the country” “supplement what they aren’t learning” The situation in Mississippi, particularly education for black students, is bad. Take advantage of a resource coming to the state. Need more than they are currently being taught in school. It helps to identify a particular problem of discrimination in Mississippi – education Bringing in the “best minds of the country” to address the problem of black education in Mississippi. What do schools look like? Do students like school? How will the students in Mississippi feel about the new people? Do they want to learn these things?