Objective
Students will obtain information concerning funding for black and white schools in the Cotton Belt region of the South by reading a table.
Material
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Table
) Funding of Black and White Rural Schools In the Cotton Belt Region (1917).
Source
U.S. bureau of Education,
Negro Education in the United States
, Vol. I, Chap. II. 1920
(figure available in print form)
Procedure
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A. Teacher will introduce the vocabulary words. Teacher will explain the meaning of the words.
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B. Teacher will go over each column of the table with the student.
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C. Students will answer the following questions.
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1. At what point is the amount of money spent on Teachers salaries in white schools more than 3 times that allocated for Teacher salaries in black schools? Ten times as much?
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2. Complete
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A. When Negroes are less than ___ percent of the population in a county the amount of money spent on teacher Salaries in Black and White schools is almost the same.
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B. As the Negro population in a county increases the amount of money spent for teacher salaries in Negro schools.
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1. increases
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2. decreases
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3. stays about the same
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4. none of the above
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C. Based on the information given in the table write a statement to be placed on the service chart in regard to educational opportunities for Negroes in the Cotton Belt region.
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D.
Optional
The teacher can take this opportunity to show students how to construct a bar graph based on the information in the table.