Civil Rights

Objectives

• 5.4.spi.3- Recognize the rights established by the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments

• 5.5.spi 8- Recognize examples of how the US confronted Civil Rights issues (Brown vs. B.O.E., Montgomery Bus Boycott, Birmingham Civil Rights March, AIM, and Civil Rights Act of 1964).

• 5.6.spi.1- Recognize people who contributed to reform in TN and American society (MLK, Jr.)

Do you know who these important civil rights leaders are?

W.E.B. DuBois Malcolm X

Martin Luther King Jr. Rosa Parks

assassinated

assassinated

Let’s take a look back into history…

Black History Timeline

Discuss: What do you already know about the Civil Rights Movement?

Lesson #1

Remember: Goin’ Someplace Special ?

~ Leader of Underground Railroad ~Abolitionist and founder of the North Star~The first African American appointed to Supreme Ct.~ Worked for Mexican American rights and formed a farm workers’ union to improve working conditions ~ Leader of the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement ~Arrested for refusing to give up seat on bus

Cesar Chavez-

Frederick Douglass-

Martin Luther King, Jr.-

Thurgood Marshall-

Rosa Parks-

Harriet Tubman-

Amendment 13: _______

Amendment 14: _______

Amendment 15: _______

Brown vs Board of Education: ______

Montgomery Bus Boycott: _______

March on Washington D.C.: ________

Civil Rights Act: _______

Civil Rights Events

**Write the year beside each event- when it occurred; then, write a brief description.

Write the description under each Important person below:

Civil Rights People

Glue into spiral-Fill out/match

What you already know….w/ a pencil!

As we go through each lesson, fill in your notes aswe discuss these topics…

~ Leader of Underground Railroad ~Abolitionist and founder of the North Star~The first African American appointed to Supreme Ct.~ Worked for Mexican American rights and formed a farm workers’ union to improve working conditions ~ Leader of the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement ~Arrested for refusing to give up seat on bus

Cesar Chavez-

Frederick Douglass-

Martin Luther King, Jr.-

Thurgood Marshall-

Rosa Parks-

Harriet Tubman-

Amendment 13: _______

Amendment 14: _______

Amendment 15: _______

Brown vs Board of Education: ______

Montgomery Bus Boycott: _______

March on Washington D.C.: ________

Civil Rights Act: _______

Civil Rights Events

**Write the year beside each event- when it occurred; then, write a brief description.

Write the description under each Important person below:

Civil Rights People

Remember 1800’s

• Abraham Lincoln signed Emancipation Proclamation (refer to text 118,125)

• Amendment 13 added to Constitution in 1865 abolishing slavery

• Harriet Tubman-Underground Railroad helping slaves escape

• Frederick Douglas-abolitionist and founder of newspaper, North Star

• Read WB 131

• Complete WB 133 (finish for HW)

Watch Brain Video on Civil Rights

Brainpop

Lesson #2

Discovery Video- 5:08 or

Will need user / pwd

Key Issues in the Supreme Court’s ruling on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

• Thurgood Marshall began to focus on desegregating the nation’s elementary and high schools in the 1950s.

• He found a case in Linda Brown of Topeka, Kansas.

• The Supreme Court combined several school segregation cases from around the country into a single case: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.

• The Supreme Court was aware of this case’s great significance.

Thurgood Marshall was the lawyer who fought for desegregating schools For Linda Brown in Brown vs. Board of Education. He also became the First African American Supreme Court Justice.

School Desegregation

• In May 1954, the Court issued its landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka stating racially segregated education was unconstitutional.

• Brainpop (watch at a later date—if time permits) Desegregate the schools! Vote Socialist Workers :

Peter Camejo for president, Willie Mae Reid for vice-president.

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The Montgomery Bus Boycott

• In December 1955, Rosa Parks was told to give up her seat on a city bus to a white person. When Parks refused to move, she was arrested.

• A Baptist minister named Martin Luther King, Jr. helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

• His involvement in the protest made him a national figure and a leader in the Civil Rights Movement.

Woman fingerprinted. Mrs. Rosa Parks, Negro seamstress, whose refusal to move to the back of a bus touched off the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala.

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March on Washington

• The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. Attended by some 250,000 people, it was the largest demonstration ever seen in the nation's capital, and one of the first to have extensive television coverage.

Martin Luther King Jr. Photos (16 photos with captions)

The Death of Martin Luther King Jr.

King became aware that economic issues must be part of the civil rights movement.

King went to Memphis, Tennessee to help striking sanitation workers. He led a march to city hall.

James Earl Ray shot and killed King as he stood on the balcony of his motel.

Within hours, rioting erupted in more than 120 cities. Within three weeks, 46 people were dead, some 2,600 were injured, and more than 21,000 were arrested.

Civil Rights Act

• Over fierce opposition from Southern legislators, President L. B. Johnson pushed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 through Congress.

• It prohibited segregation in public places as well as discrimination in education and employment.

Video- Civil Rights Act (2:57)

• Cesar Chavez worked for Mexican American rights and formed a farm workers’ union to improve working conditions

• AIM-American Indian Movement worked to improve civil rights for Native Americans

Timeline• Use your notes and textbook to label each

event with the correct year.

• Cut and paste your timeline together in the correct order.

If this is not finished in class, it will be hmwk

Lesson #3

Finish videos/ppt and notes prior to completing the timeline and/or assign students to finish notes/defs for homework.

~ Leader of Underground Railroad ~Abolitionist and founder of the North Star~The first African American appointed to Supreme Ct.~ Worked for Mexican American rights and formed a farm workers’ union to improve working conditions ~ Leader of the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement ~Arrested for refusing to give up seat on bus

Cesar Chavez- Worked for Mexican American rights and formed a farm workers’ union to improve working conditions

Frederick Douglass- Abolitionist and founder of the North Star

Martin Luther King, Jr.- Leader of the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement

Thurgood Marshall- The first African American appointed to Supreme Court

Rosa Parks- Arrested for refusing to give up seat on bus

Harriet Tubman- Leader of Underground Railroad

Amendment 13: 1865 abolished slavery

Amendment 14: 1868 gave rights as citizens (to African Americans, etc.)

Amendment 15: 1870 gave right for men to vote no matter color or creed

Brown vs Board of Education: 1954 Thurgood Marshall was the lawyer who fought for desegregating schools for Linda Brown in Brown vs. Board of

Education.

Montgomery Bus Boycott: 1955Rosa Parks arrested for not giving up her seat. MLK Jr.

came to lead this boycott which protestors stopped riding city buses for over a year.

March on Washington D.C.: 1963 The march was in an effort to regain equality with jobs and freedom among all races. It was the largest demonstration at the capitol. Also, MLK gave his famous, “I have a dream” speech.

Civil Rights Act: 1964 A bill that prohibited segregation in public places as well as discrimination in education and employment/

Civil Rights Events

**Write the year beside each event- when it occurred; then, write a brief description.

Write the description under each Important person below:

Civil Rights PeopleAnswers

Review for quiz

1. I was arrested in 1955 when I refused to give up my seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

Who am I ?

Rosa Parks

2. I signed the Emancipation Proclamation that allowed slaves to be set free.

Abraham Lincoln

3. In 1967, I became the first African American appointed to the Supreme Court, but do you also know what else I’m known for?

Thurgood Marshall – also known for being lawyer in Brown vs. BOE case

1. This is the month that is also known as “Black History Month.”

2. This is the year that MLK, Jr. gave the “I Have a Dream” speech.

3. This amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.

What / When am I ?

February

1963

Amendment 13

1. What is Harriet Tubman known for?

2. What did the case Brown vs. B.O.E. result in?

3. Who is Frederick Douglass?

Being the leader of the Underground Railroad

The desegregation of public schools

Abolitionist and founder of the North Star, an antislavery newspaper

1. What made segregation in public places illegal in the U.S.? When did this occur?

2. What do MLK, Jr. and Malcolm X have in common?

3. What event led to MLK Jr. becoming the leader of the Civil Rights Movement?

Civil Rights Act 1964

Both were African Amer leaders and both were assassinated in 1960s

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Academic Vocab• aviation- to design and use of an aircraft• debt- money that one person owes another• creditcredit- - a plan that allows buyers to take their a plan that allows buyers to take their

purchases home and pay for them over timepurchases home and pay for them over time• Great Depression- the period in U.S. history

when many people couldn’t find work and many businesses closed

• Civil Rights- rights that countries guarantee their citizens

• Boycott- to abstain from buying or using • Integration- to end segregation of people by

race by allowing races to be treated equally

• aviation- to ______ and use of an aircraft

• debt- money that one person _______ another

• creditcredit- - a plan that allows _________ to a plan that allows _________ to take their purchases ________ and pay take their purchases ________ and pay for them over timefor them over time

• Great Depression- the _________ in U.S. history when many people couldn’t find work and many businesses _______

• Civil Rights- ________ that countries guarantee their citizens

• Boycott- to _________ from buying or using

• Integration- to end segregation of people by race by __________ races to be ___________ equally

Harlem Renaissance• The Harlem Renaissance

was an African American cultural movement of the 1920s and early 1930s centered around the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. African American literature and arts surged. Jazz and blues music became very popular.

• brainpop• And show brainpop for Linda

Brown (Brown vs. BOE) [Grocery store, Harlem, 1940]

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