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Small groups, research and collect data and illustrations which document changing economic roles.

Objective: The learner will gather data to document the changing economic roles of minorities and women in the U.S. before and after the Civil Rights Movement.

Activity: Divide students into small groups. Have them research to collect data and illustrations on the economic roles of minorities and women before the Civl Rights Movement and after the legislation of the 1960s. They may use the Internet, Census information, almanacs, media center reference materials, National Geographic, textbooks, etc. The collected data should be collated.

Assessment; Small group participation and evidence of research by data collected.