Mount Hope's Story | The Cheerleaders

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Classroom Material
Keywords
mount hope west virginia segregation integration school cheerleading diversity oral history catalyst for change African-Americans racism black history football WVPB West Virginia Public Broadcasting activism African American history
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History-Social Science
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Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Classroom Teacher / Educator
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Mount Hope's Story | The Cheerleaders

Introduce students to issues of school segregation and integration in Mount Hope, West Virginia.  Examine how students and school administrators handled the integration of the school's cheerleading squad.  This program is a segment of the longer episode of Inside Appalachia "Football as a Catalyst for Change in Mount Hope, West Virginia".
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PBS Learning Media

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