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"Dramatic play" centers promote social interaction, role exploration, and abstract thinking. [15] Children are given the opportunity to deeply explore roles of people in their family and community. [16] Pretending is an important part developing abstract thought, such as connecting symbols with real objects and events. [17]
All 6-year-old Ruby Bridges wanted was a friend when she walked into William Frantz Elementary in 1960 as the first Black child to desegregate the New Orleans school, flanked by four federal ...
Bridges was born during the middle of the Civil Rights Movement. Brown v. Board of Education was decided three months and twenty-two days before Bridges's birth. [8] The court ruling declared that the establishment of separate public schools for white children, which black children were barred from attending, was unconstitutional; accordingly, black students were permitted to attend such schools.
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Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges visited Topeka to commemorate the anniversary of the day she desegregated a school in the Deep South.
Ruby Bridges' new children's book tells the story of being one of the first Black students to attend a segregated school more than 60 years ago.
A series of Kennedy Center Seminars for Teaching Artists that focus on arts integration, as well as practices for developing strong arts-integrated residencies for students and workshops for teachers are available throughout the nation. A National Seminar for Teaching Artists is offered bi-annually at the Kennedy Center during the summer.
The exhibit is accompanied by the annual Power of Children Awards recognizing local children in grades 6–11 who have made a significant contribution to the local community. The exhibit has received critical acclaim among Museology professionals [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and received a 2009 American Association for State and Local History "award of merit".