Unit Objectives (Content)
All students will be able to:
1) Identify and describe key historical background, laws, events and people of the Civil Rights movement
2) Trace the evolving nature of citizens' rights
3) Describe examples of laws that have been modified to meet the changing needs of society
4) Analyze how the arts, music and literature of the United States reflect its history and the heterogeneity of its culture
5) Assess the role of protesting and citizen boycotting in shaping legislation
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Unit Objectives (Skills)
All students will be able to:
2.1 Access and gather information from a variety of primary and secondary sources
2.2 Interpret information from a variety of primary and secondary sources
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Lesson #1
1. View 25-30 minutes of segments from the Civil Rights Movement video series Eyes on The Prize
2. Review and analyze Cartoon #1 and Cartoon #2
3. Answer the questions attached to each image
Lesson #2
1. Create a skit about the following scene on a bus:
- Bus Driver – Two African-Americans sit in the front of your bus. They belong in the back. You need to try your best to get them to move to the back of the bus. What would you do?
- Passenger #1 – You are an African-American citizen. You sit in the front of the bus when you know you belong in the back. You refuse to move to the back. You remain polite, kind, and gentle. But no matter what, you will not move. You always handle conflict peacefully.
- Passenger #2 – You are an African-American citizen. You sit in the front of the bus, and you refuse to move to the back. When people try to force you to do something – you have a fit – you argue – throw a temper-tantrum and absolutely refuse to cooperate! You are angry and violent.
- Work with your partner to create a skit/dialogue between these characters.
2. You will choose three of the following topics for independent research:
CORE
Little Rock 9
Segregation
Freedom Riders
Freedom Summer
1964 Civil Rights Act
Selma-to-Montgomery March
non-violence
KKK
Black Panthers
2. Use the computers to conduct preliminary research about your topics.
3. Complete the “Entrance Ticket” before our next class meeting.
Lesson #3
1. Participate in background lesson on Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.
2. Read selected quotations from handout (copies available)
3. Read "Necessary to Protect Ourselves" by Malcolm X (copies available) and the "I Have a Dream" speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.
4. Watch video clip of Martin Luther King Jr.
5. Watch video clip of Malcolm X
6. Write response to comparison
7. Using the style of the speaker you admire most, write your own speech addressing the injustices of the Civil Rights movement.
Lesson #4
1. Complete the following background readings
2. Answers questions #7-10 in the assessment section online
Lesson #5
1. Read "Strange Fruit" by Abel Meeropol
2. Listen to recording by Billie Holiday at http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/strangefruit/film.html
3. Read Gwendolyn Brooks poetry on Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
4. Write a poem or song lyrics that express the emotional distress of African-Americans during the Civil Rights movement.
Lesson #6
1. Read "The Movement" by Anne Moody (copies available)
2. Complete ICE assessment
Lesson #7
1. View "Mississippi Burning" movie clips
2. Complete note-taking assignment while viewing the film clips
3. Write journal entry
Lesson #8
1. Complete Animoto final project
2. Final project rubric
Anchor Activities:
If you finish lessons #1-8 early you can begin working on any of the anchor activities provided for your group. Follow the directions provided for each activity you choose.
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