Missouri State Archives
Progress Amidst Prejudice:
Portraits of African Americans in Missouri, 1880-1920

An Interactive Lesson Plan with Original Documents

Lesson Plan

• Lesson Overview
  
  
• History: An Introduction to the Collection
  
  
• Fact Sheet 
  
  
• African American Portrait Database
  
  
• Census Worksheet: Missouri's African American Population Shifts 
  
  
• Guided Discussion Questions
  
  
• The Johnson Family: What can a picture tell us?
  • Four Portraits -
    • Father and Three Children
    • Three Children
    • Young Man
    • Elderly Man
      
      
• Original Document Worksheets -
  • Johnson Family Photographs 
  • Explaining the African American Portrait 

 

For Educators

• Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Social Studies Framework
  • Show-Me Standards and Social Studies Strands Targeted by Progress Amidst Prejudice