Mississippi Studies- Resources

MS.1 Examine the geographic features of
Mississippi.

1. Identify the physical features, landforms, and soil regions of Mississippi.

2. Differentiate between the geographic regions of Mississippi.

3. Describe how the geographic and physical features set Mississippi apart from other
states.

4. Explain how the geographic features and processes of Mississippi contribute to social,
technological, and economic development throughout the state (e.g., Mississippi
River, Gulf Coast, Pine Hills, Delta, Great Flood of 1927, Hurricanes Camille and
Katrina, etc.).

Geography of Mississippi – Primary Source Set

Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi- MDAH – Primary Source Set

MS.5 Analyze the characteristics of antebellum Mississippi, with an emphasis on the plantation system and the evolution of slavery.

1. Trace the evolution of slavery in Mississippi, including the significance of the
Forks of the Road slave market in Natchez.

2. Analyze the relationship between cotton and the evolution of the plantation
economy in antebellum Mississippi.

3. Examine the culture and social structure that developed in Mississippi during
the antebellum period.

Slave Quarters (BB) Assessment

Antebellum South (BB) Assessment

MS.6 Analyze the role of Mississippi during
the Civil War and evaluate the effects of Reconstruction in the state.

4. Analyze the impact of Congressional Reconstruction on Mississippi, including
the new Mississippi Constitution of 1868.

5. Describe the changing roles and contributions of African American
Mississippians during Reconstruction.

Post-Civil War South (BB) Assessment

Reconstruction Riots (BB) Assessment

MS.7 Examine the economic, political, and
social changes in the Jim Crow Era Mississippi from the end of Reconstruction through World War II.

3. Analyze reforms that contributed to social and economic changes after the
Civil War (e.g., Jim Crow, poll taxes, literacy tests, segregation, etc.).

Jim Crow and Segregation – Primary Source Set

Mississippi: Selected Library of Congress Primary Sources – Primary Source Set

MS.8 Evaluate the role of Mississippi in the Civil Rights Movement.

1. Analyze the significant figures, groups, and events of the Civil Rights
Movement in Mississippi (e.g., Emmett Till, Medgar Evers, James Meredith,
Fannie Lou Hamer, etc.).

2. Discuss the significant strategies used within the Civil Rights Movement.

3. Examine organized resistance to the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi and
how it shaped the conflict between the State and Federal governments
during the Civil Rights Era (e.g., Citizen’s Council, MS State Sovereignty
Commission, Ross Barnett, etc.).

4. Evaluate the lasting impact of the Civil Rights movement on Mississippi.

Civil Rights Movement in Context (BB) Assessment

The Civil Rights Movement- Primary Source Set