Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, Jr. about his father WWI veteran James “Jim” Guy Tucker, Sr.
Alex Crawford interviews former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, Jr. about his grandfather. Captain James “Jim” Guy Tucker, Sr. served in 353rd Infantry in frontline combat during Meuse-Argonne Offensive, suffering injury from German shelling and gas attack on November 1,
The Arkansas African American History Makers Coloring Book from the the Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission is an important resource to educate youth about the accomplishments of some important Arkansans.
This video was displayed at the Old State House Museum during 2007 as part of the exhibit A Piece of My Soul: Quilts by Black Arkansans, as well as numerous additional works.
Courtesy of the Old State House Museum
This lesson is designed to help students develop a mental picture of Arkansas’ location in relation to the states that surround it by associating the outline of Arkansas with a familiar object—the face of a clock.
Courtesy of CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
Grade Level: K-4 Elementary School
Time period: Modern Era 1968 to Present
Arkansas Academic Standards are subject to revision every six years by the Arkansas Department of Education.
Students will analyze primary source documents to understand the Jim Crow south and the role it played in Arkansas education. Students will take this information and see how it connects with the teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. and the influence he had on individuals, such as Ernest Green.
Courtesy of CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
Grade Level: 9-12 High School
Time period: World War II Through the Civil Rights Era 1941-1967
Arkansas Academic Standards are subject to revision every six years by the Arkansas Department of Education.
The goal of the lesson plan is to provide students with background knowledge of the segregation/desegregation issues in Arkansas during the World War II through the Faubus Era (1967).
Courtesy of CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
Grade Level: 5-8 Middle School
Time period: World War II Through the Civil Rights Era 1941-1967
Arkansas Academic Standards are subject to revision every six years by the Arkansas Department of Education.
The lesson plan utilizes A Pryor Commitment: The Autobiography of David Pryor, published by the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies and distributed by the University of Arkansas Press. The lesson plan also utilizes a timeline poster, David Pryor in Arkansas History: A Life of Service to His State and Country, which is available free to Arkansas educators from the Butler Center through a Taylor Foundation Grant.
Students will examine how art can reflect the history and culture of a family, a community, or the state of Arkansas.
Courtesy of CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
Grade Level: K-4 Elementary School; 5-8 Middle School; 9-12 High School
Time period: Modern Era 1968 to Present
Arkansas Academic Standards are subject to revision every six years by the Arkansas Department of Education.
Educators may wish to utilize Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt, a novel of historical fiction about the experiences of a farm family living in Illinois during the time of the Civil War. This fictionalized account could have been written about an Arkansas farm family of the time. Copyrighted in 1964, this book has been reissued several times and is available in public and school libraries and can be used as a classroom set for instructional purposes.
Students will observe and reflect on the personal experiences of Arkansans as they study the Korean War.
Courtesy of CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
Grade Level: 9-12 High School
Time period: World War II Through the Civil Rights Era 1941-1967
Arkansas Academic Standards are subject to revision every six years by the Arkansas Department of Education.
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