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Post-War Challenges for African American Soldiers: GI Bill Solutions

Learn how African American soldiers dealt with discrimination post-WWII and opportunities provided by the GI Bill, and the challenges they faced. Create a poster highlighting the GI Bill's benefits and solutions to the hurdles they encountered.

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Post-War Challenges for African American Soldiers: GI Bill Solutions

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  1. Do Now 1) Once the war is over, what do you think African Americans soldiers will do?2) What problems might they encounter?

  2. Reminders • News Article Analysis due TOMORROW!

  3. 9.4- Returning from War • African American soldiers who returned from World War II found many new opportunities available to them. • GI Bill- an act designated to help soldiers attend college or receive advanced training in a career. • It also provided loans to returning soldiers who wished to buy homes

  4. GI Bill • African Americans found it difficult to take full advantage of the bill. • It was difficult for many soldiers to attend college with a family. • College admission boards discriminated against African Americans.

  5. Effects of the GI Bill • Black college enrollment increased greatly. • Many attended HBCUs. • United Negro College Fund (UNCF)- created to give financial support to AA students

  6. Guided Practice • GI Bill

  7. Independent Practice • Create a poster explaining the GI Bill to newly returned soldiers • Must include: • - what the GI Bill could give them (2) • - Problems they might encounter (2) • - Solutions to these problems (2) • - What there overall benefits would be (2) • Heading • Visual

  8. Homework • News Article Analysis due TOMORROW!

  9. Exit Ticket • 1) What was the GI Bill? • 2) How did it help African American soldiers after the war?

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