Formative Assessment: African American Civil Rights
Essential Question: When considering the different solutions proposed by W.E.B Dubois and Booker T.
Washington, who was the stronger advocate for African American Civil Rights at the time, and whose
influences has endured today?
Directions: Please get out the following materials:
● Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois primary sources
● Graphic Organizer
● Movie questions
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Quickwrite w/ wordbank
*You must use the primary sources in your responses and you may pull from all materials for your
answers
Prompt: In responding to the essential question above, please state a clear and direct claim addressing
both parts of the question and provide evidence (from both documents) and reasoning for each. (250
words or 11 - 14 sentences)