In the summer of 1964, about a thousand young Americans, black and white, came together in Mississippi for a peaceful assault on racism. "They had to be prepared to go to jail, they had to be prepared to be beaten, and they had to be prepared to be killed," says Freedom Summer veteran Hollis Watkins. For February, Sound Learning features the American RadioWorks documentary "Oh Freedom Over Me," complete with interviews and lesson plans to help your students learn from one of the most remarkable chapters in the Southern Civil Rights movement.

This month's feature includes a series of questions and activities to help you use the documentary in a class discussion about race relations during and after Freedom Summer. Also included are lesson templates for using the documentary to practice reading comprehension and resources to help your students develop a National History Day presentation. All activities correlate with the Minnesota Graduation Standards in language arts or social studies and are adjustable to fit within your schedule.