In order to prepare for the Gallery Walk, place the following photos on posters around the room depicting segregation and inequality as well as progress and Black achievement during the 1940s. 

• Segregated Unit of the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1934
• Black Americans Standing in Line in Louisville, 1937
• Chicago Apartment Building, 1941
• Chicago Protest, 1941
• Tuskegee Airmen, 1945
• Black Marines in Harlem, 1943

Have students do a gallery walk as a class. Instruct students to walk around the room in three rounds, answering each round’s question directly on each poster.

• Round 1: What do you observe in the photo? List at least 3 observations.
• Round 2: How does this photo connect to your learning about the New Deal and/or the Double Victory campaign? Explain.
• Round 3: Do you think this photo represents progress for Black Americans or not? Explain.

Assign 3-4 students to each poster, and have them read through all the comments on their assigned poster and report out to the class. They should share the main idea of the document and at least one student comment that resonated with the group.

Have students write a paragraph in response to the following question:

• To what extent did the New Deal change structural racism in the United States? Use evidence from the photos in your response.