Dig Deeper: Booker T. Washington and Du Bois

Your job is done. If you are looking to teach the similarities and differences between the work of W.E.B Du Bois and Booker T. Washington (and learn a few things yourself) you’ve found it. And there is NO work to be done by you beforehand.

Each slide is chalk-full of in-depth learning about the lives of these two men and the positions they took in advancing equality of Black Americans. The slides come with:

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You can spend as much as a few days on this resource or condense it to fit a much shorter time frame. Because it is a Google Doc you can edit it, add information, delete information, assign it through Google Classroom and add writing components to it. It’s all up to you.

This material is engaging because it includes links to videos and even a live audio recording of Booker T. Washington. Why just have students read his speech called “The Atlanta Compromise” when they can hear him give it?

Students will understand the life work of both men and understand how they differed in their approaches but not their objectives.

For all educators in every state.

For Georgia educators this teaches SS8H7: Explain the roles of Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. DuBois, and Alonzo Herndon in advancement of the rights of African Americans or Blacks in the New South Era.