High School
This set of documents and exercises is designed for 10-12 grade students. These sets can be used to fulfill Common Core Standards CCSS.ELA-Literacy RH.11-12(1-10) and RH.9.10(1-10).
A History or Social Studies course should plan to spend 2-3 class sessions working through this unit, though teachers may find it appropriate to mix and match the material provided depending on existing curriculum and readings.
Students will develop critical thinking skills, compare various perspectives, and practice interrogating primary sources related to the social and political life of 1960s through the lens of Detroit.
Carmen Cosmetics to Detroit Branch NAACP, May 1967.
Letter from Carmen Cosmetics to Robert Tindel at the NAACP Detroit Branch asking for an expanded product line at J. L. Hudson's Department Store.
