What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?

Barbara Jordan

Overview

Pair the picture book, What Do You Do with a Voice Like That, with primary sources to have students investigate Representative Barbara Jordan and the role she played in a changing political landscape in the 1960s and 1970s and during the Watergate investigations of President Nixon. After, students may share, in words or pictures, an example of how they have used their voice to affect positive change at home, school or in their local community.

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Grade

Elementary, Middle School

Subjects

Civics, English Language Arts

Length

40-60 minutes

Topics

60s, 70s, Barbara Jordan, Congresswoman, President Nixon, Richard Nixon, Watergate, civil rights, congress, picture books, speech

Author

Tom Bober

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