ACTIVITY 3: COMPARE AND CONTRAST​

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Building off of what students have learned about both defenders and the context in which they worked or are working, have students create a visual representation that answers/addresses the following questions:

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• How does John Lewis’s work intersect with that of RFK? How does Jewell Jones’s work intersect with that of RFK? Which parts of RFK’s legacy are present in the work of each of these defenders?

• Analyze the similarities and differences in the tactics and approaches of these two defenders. Why do you think these similarities/differences exist? In this instance, re-read John Lewis’s unedited speech and Jewell Jones’s NBC interview. What is striking about these two documents when read side by side

• How would John Lewis react to the work of Jewell Jones? What would he say about the work that is being done surrounding this issue? How would RFK react to the work of Jewell Jones? What would his approve of? What would he disapprove of?

• How did John Lewis’s activism pave the way for Jewell Jones?

• What are the similarities and differences between the political/social/economic contexts in which John Lewis and Jewell Jones worked?

• Why do you believe this issue is still a problem?