the modern civil rights movement (1954-1965)
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the black power movement
(1966-1969)
This unit lasts about twelve school days and is broken into two themes: the NAACP's legal efforts to desegregate schools and the grassroots movement that featured many notable activists, including Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Ella Baker, Medgar Evers, John Lewis, Claudette Colvin among others. Most classes begin with a short video followed by a lecture about topics identified on the study guide. This webpage includes only parts of the unit's teaching strategies and topics.
End of the Civil Rights Movement - Assigned Reading
ACTIVITY 1
NINETEENTH CENTURY EFFORTS FOR EQUAL EDUCATION Students should read and discuss this article about the desegregation of public schools in Pennsylvania. This reading, targeted toward an older audience, should be used to gage the two-week unit, particularly how the difference between state and federal law and how courts are used to change the law. Todd M. Mealy. Pennsylvania Heritage. Breaking the Color Line: The Trial that led to the end of Legal Segregation in Pennsylvania's Schools." June 2016. Article Article Worksheet Listen to a lecture Lecture Title: "The Civil Rights Movement, An Introduction." (April 2015) Connecting Reading: Robert Reese and Heather O'Connell, "Segregation Forever?" Teaching Tolerance Article |
ACTIVITY 2
CHARLES HAMILTON HOUSTON & THE ROAD TO THE BROWN DECISION Students will read about some of the court cases won by Houston between 1935 and 1950. Students will also read about the Brown v. Topeka Board of Education trial 1952-54. Listen to a lecture Lecture Title: "Charles Houston on the road to Brown." (November 2016) Listen to a lecture Lecture Title: "All Deliberate Speed" and the Reaction to the Brown Decision." (April 2016) Worksheet "Charles Houston & The Road to Brown"
State Bar of Georgia. "Brown v. Board of Education." YouTube. May 21, 2016
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ACTIVITY 3
LITTLE ROCK NINE Students will take a deep dive into the story of the Little Rock Nine. After a discussion about the Little Rock Nine, Students should annotate the following texts. 1. Civil Rights Museum 2. Watch the Eyes on the Prize video about the Little Rock Nine (below) 3. The NPR interview with Daisy Bates. (see the timeline at the bottom of this webpage) 4. NPR Interview with Elizabeth Eckford 5. Read the story behind the Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan photograph Eyes on the Prize: The Little Rock Nine
A Courageous Faith | Ruby Bridges
Barbara Henry, A civil rights crusade
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ACTIVITY 4
SKILLS: SEQUENCING AND READING COMPREHENSION The Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955 Begin with a discussion about Emmett Till and watch the Till documentary (below). Start the video at 18 minutes. Click here (American Experience. "The Murder of Emmett Till." YouTube, Little Dred, May 4, 2013.) Film: Legacy of a Dream click here After the video, discuss the connection between Till's murder and the actions taken by Rosa Parks. Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus three months after the verdict of the Till trial. Students should then complete the reading comprehension activity about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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ACTIVITY 5
Optional Reading about the Sit-Ins, Freedom Rides, Project C and the Children's March, March on Washington, and the Selma March, Text 1 Text 2 Text 3 Text 1 - worksheet
Ella Baker legacy
The Sit-Ins, June 1960
See textbook pages 455-456 The Freedom Rides, May 1961
See textbook pages 456-457 Project C & the Children's March, April and May, 1963
See textbook pages 458-459 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963
See textbook pages 459-460 MLK's "Promissory Note" speech (I Have a Dream speech) at the March on Washington
Bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, Sept. 15, 1963
See textbook page 460 Freedom Summer, 1964
See textbook pages 462-463 Selma March, March 1965
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ACTIVITY 6
SKILL: TEXT STRUCTURE After reading about the Children's March in Birmingham, AL in May 1963, students should look at these two Charles Moore images. Students must write a 150-200-word essay about what they see in the two pictures below. Here is an article from NPR about Charles Moore, the photographer of these two images. Image 1 / Image 2 Here is a CBS Evening News video about the Children's March. (3 minutes) Here is a link to a YouTube video of Malcolm Gladwell speaking about these photographs. |
Black power movement, 1966-1969
Text: "The Movement Takes a New Turn"
Worksheet: click here
Structuring Worksheet: click here
Black Panther Party's "10 Point Program": Click here / Bobby Seale's Presentation on the 10 Point Program: Click here
Reading Enrichment: "Who is the man in the photo?" Click here
Worksheet: click here
Structuring Worksheet: click here
Black Panther Party's "10 Point Program": Click here / Bobby Seale's Presentation on the 10 Point Program: Click here
Reading Enrichment: "Who is the man in the photo?" Click here
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"Who was Malcolm X?" TRT World, Feb. 21, 2020
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New York Times. "The Black Panthers Revisited." 1/23/15
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Movie Selection
RACE
1) Write biographical profiles in notebook:
- Eulace Peacock - Leni Riefenstahl - Carl "Luz" Long - Joseph Goebbels - Larry Snyder 2) Read History vs. Hollywood Click Here - In your notebook, write down at least 5 similarities or differences between reality and the movie. 3) Watch Leni Riefenstahl's Olympic footage of Jesse Owens - 100 meter sprint Click Here - Long Jump Click here |
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1) Nov. 27, 2018: Write biographical profiles in notebooks
- Pee Wee Reese - Branch Rickey - Wendell Smith, Pittsburgh Courier - Ben Chapman - Ed Charles (young boy) 2) Nov. 28, 2018: Read History vs. Hollywood Click Here - In your notebook, write down at least 5 similariteis or differences between reality and the movie. 3) Nov. 29, 2018: Watch - 1-minute interview with Jackie Robinson Click Here - 2-minute footage of Robinson Click Here Film: The Jackie Robinson Story - watch here
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Harlem Globetrotters Documentary, Click here
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SELMA
1) Write biographical profiles in notebooks
- Governor George Wallace - Jimmie Lee Jackson - John Lewis, SNCC - Ralph Abernathy, SCLC - Coretta Scott King 2) Read History vs. Hollywood Click Here 3) Watch John Lewis talk about Bloody Sunday - Click Here |
Story Map assignment
Students should create their own Story Map about the Civil Rights Movement. Click here to see an example: "William Howard Day: A Man Destined" Click here to see directions for the project. View the eight-minute tutorial (right) for tips on how to get started making a StoryMap! (Tutorial - StoryMap JS - Mapping, Jan Serie Center's Digital Liberal Arts initiative at Macalester College) |
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2nd Wave feminism and other "power" movements
1) List to the lecture, 2) read and outline the text, and watch the videos below.
Lecture: "What was the Feminist Movement?" (Dec. 7, 2015)
Textbook - The Women's Movement
Worksheet - The Women's Movement
Lecture: "What was the Feminist Movement?" (Dec. 7, 2015)
Textbook - The Women's Movement
Worksheet - The Women's Movement
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Betty Friedan & Feminine Mystique
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Title IX
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Roe v. Wade
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Gloria Steinem interview with PBS: NEED TO KNOW | Gloria Steinem on men, women and power | PBS, YouTube. Uploaded on July 19, 2011.
THE AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT (AIM)
Video (below): History of the American Indian Movement. Interviews with Dennis Banks, Floyd Westerman and Bill Means. The first meeting in Minneapolis to Wounded Knee. Five years that changed history. YouTube. Uploaded on Nov 10, 2008
Video (below): History of the American Indian Movement. Interviews with Dennis Banks, Floyd Westerman and Bill Means. The first meeting in Minneapolis to Wounded Knee. Five years that changed history. YouTube. Uploaded on Nov 10, 2008