The Friendship & The Gold Cadillac: Jim Crow, Mobility, Naming, Family, Resistance, and Historical Memory
This curriculum uses The Gold Cadillac and related historical themes to help students understand Jim Crow, mobility, safety, family, dignity, and resistance. Students examine how travel, race, and law shaped Black life in America while strengthening reading comprehension and written response skills. A strong fit for elementary or middle-grade civil rights instruction.
GRADES: Middle / HS
LENGTH: 10 lessons
DISCIPLINES: ELA • History • Geography
The Friendship & The Gold Cadillac: Jim Crow, Mobility, Naming, Family, Resistance, and Historical Memory
This curriculum uses The Gold Cadillac and related historical themes to help students understand Jim Crow, mobility, safety, family, dignity, and resistance. Students examine how travel, race, and law shaped Black life in America while strengthening reading comprehension and written response skills. A strong fit for elementary or middle-grade civil rights instruction.
GRADES: Middle / HS
LENGTH: 10 lessons
DISCIPLINES: ELA • History • Geography