I shared with the students a few artifacts found years ago in the old bus barn that relate to the Ku Klux Klan and also to the earliest days of women voting in IL -- students were invited to add CQs to their page for possible options on research day. We also read, took notes, and discussed the short article about the Confederate battle flags, added notes that I shared with them about some basic history of Confederate monuments, and then we discussed Symbolic Interactionism with regard to symbols having multiple, strong meanings and the misunderstandings and conflict that can result. Students then viewed the SLPC map of contemporary hate groups, recording the total number in their notes and then having a few minutes to look it over to see if their are some CQs to add to that page.
