CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

MAY 5 & 6, 2015

• Objective:• SWBAT explore the historical significance

of the Civil Rights Movement through its leaders.

• Purpose:• To understand the changing social

atmosphere of the United States and its relation to social justice and the struggle for absolute equal & civil rights.

• Standard(s):• 7.2 - Students will describe the major

issues, events, and people of the Civil Rights Movement including non-violence, freedom summer, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Black Power Movement, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X by utilizing one of the big 11 social studies skills.

• H3.[9-12].9 - Identify and describe the major issues, events, and people of minority rights movements, i.e., Civil Rights Act of 1964, Black Power Movement, United Farm Workers, American Indian Movement, Viva La Raza, and Women’s Rights Movement.

WARM-UP: ANTICIPATION QUIZ

• Civil Rights Anticipation Quiz.• Answer True or False and say WHY you answered true or false?• I want to know what you know.

• 10 minutes.

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VIDEO – BRAIN POP: VIETNAM WAR• Watch Video:• Introduction to the Civil Rights movement, its accomplishments & controversies.

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VIDEO – BRAIN POP: CIVIL RIGHTS• Watch Video:• Introduction to lesson & unit.

• 1. Jackie Robinson• Joined the Brooklyn Dodgers.• 1st A.A. in Maj. Leag. Baseball.

CIVIL RIGHTS:AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERS

• 2. Thurgood Marshall• National Association for the

Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Leader.

• Brown vs. Board of Edu. – End Segreg.

• 3. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.• Baptist Pastor

• Infl. by Nonviolence

CIVIL RIGHTS:AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERS

• 4. Robert Moses• Student Nonviolent

Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Leader

• 5. James Meredith• College Student

• Wanted to attend a white school

CIVIL RIGHTS:AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERS

• 6. Malcolm X• Black Nationalist

• N. of Islam

• 1. For whom is the letter written?• 2. Where was King when he wrote the letter?• 3. Why did he select Birmingham and what was unique about this

city?• 4. How does King justify his tactics, rather than slow negotiation?• 5. How does King justify his timetable (now, rather than later)?• 6. How does he justify breaking the law to achieve freedom?• 7. According to King, what must a person who breaks an unjust law

be willing to do? Why?

ACTIVITY:LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL

AMERICAN PORTRAIT – DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.2-4 Complete sentences EACH !1. What event first brought Dr. King

national attention? Paragraph 3.2. How did King’s methods for civil

rights differ from white moderates’ and black militants? Paragraph 5.

3. Write a letter to either white moderates or black activists in the 1960’s, explaining why Dr. King’s methods are more likely to succeed.

CLOSURE: EXIT SLIP•Lesson Tweet

WARM-UP: CNN STUDENT NEWS• Receive Notebook and write NAME & CLASS PERIOD # on the front (if possible) and back.•Write down 5 IMPORTANT facts as you watch the video.•1 point = 1 correctly written fact.• I need to see at least (a minimum of) 5 facts.