1. After reading about the life of W.E.B. Du Bois, make a time-line of important events and achievements in his lifetime. Include an illustration with each entry.



2. W.E.B. Du Bois published many works including The Philadelphia Negro, The Souls of Black Folk, John Brown, and Black Reconstruction. He also wrote two autobiographies, essays on race and history, and was published in various journals. Read one of his works and summarize its content in an essay of your own. Give the main points of the work and conclude with your opinion of his ideas and writing style.



3. Increasingly radical in his views as he aged, do you think W.E.B. Du Bois helped or hindered the advancement of blacks with his staunch position on segregation? Outline your opinion in an essay giving specific examples of his views and yours.

Ideas submitted by Debbie Dickerson, a social studies teacher in Kansas.