The Civil Rights Movement

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The Civil Rights Movement

• Jennifer Anderson
• Social Studies Technology Project
• 7th Grade
• ED 417-01

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American Heritage
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Web sites and Activities http//www.stanford.ed
u/group/King Contains an interactive chronology
wherein the students will be able to explore the
years of Kings life and view historical
documents, photos, audio and video http//www.ne
wsofthecentury.com/ Challenges students to
select and research the people, places, and
events that impact a specific year of the 20th
century and then allows them to create their own
newspaper.
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Http//lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/97/dre
am/toc.html This site challenges students to
investigate the American Dream by using
occurrences in the past as guides. This activity
will encourage the students to create projects
that show their understanding of others dreams
and then share their dream for the future.
Http//lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/99/sin
g/intro.html This site will enable students to
analyze issues related to reform to answer the
question, How does society respond to change?
by exploring sheet music. Http//lcweb2.loc.gov/a
mmem/ndlpedu/lessons/98/mock/intro.html This
site will encourage students to write creative
works that reflect themes of racism, compassion,
and tolerance.
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People In Societies
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Web Sites and Activities http//www.cr.nps.gov/n
r/travel/civilrights/mainmap1.htm This
interactive site allows the students to explore
many important sites in the civil rights movement
in the United States. Http//seattletimes.nwsourc
e.com/mlk/movement/PT/phototour.html This is a
site with a photo tour of the civil rights
movement that encourages further research by
bringing the people and events to life.
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Http//www.lessontutor.com/belm16.html This site
includes 17 activities for students to do
regarding Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the
timelines and people of the civil rights movement.
Http//lessonplanspage.com/SSLABlackHistoryMonth59
.html This page contains an entire unit of
activities on important African Americans who
have made special contributions to American life
and society.
Http//www.nara.gov/education/teaching/robinson/jr
les1.html This site is an activity focusing on
Jackie Robinsons contribution to the civil
rights movement.
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World Interactions
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Http//www.prof-dev.okcps.K12.ok.us/coreunits/82o
hg 20civil20rights.htm This site includes a
large well intergrated lesson plan detailing
activities relating to the people and places
involved in the civil rights movement.
Http//www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/lesso
ns/82K_ American_Civil_Rev.pdf This website is a
comprehensive unit covering many aspects of the
civil rights movement. After this lesson
students will understand the steps toward
desegragation and the people and places involved.
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Http//school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/t
pl_anyplacebut there/index.html This is an
activity on African American population shifts
througout history. The students will explore
the economic and social reasons for the changes.
Http//school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/f
reeatlast/index .html This lesson encourages the
students to understand that many ordinary men
and women struggled and fought for their
beliefs along with the leaders of the movement.
Http//teacher.scholastic.com/roas/index.htm This
site enables students to explore the role that
Rosa Parks played in the movement, and then
publish online how they feel about her situation.
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Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
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Http//atozteacherstuff.com//lessons/BeingTreatedE
qually.shtml This activity, though designed for
primary grades, could easily be modified for
middle school to allow students to experience
predjudice first hand.
Http//www.civicmind.com/summits.htm This
activity enables young people to address issues
that affect them through dialogue with policy
makers. It will give them an understanding of
how the individuals felt while fighting for
their beliefs during the civil rights movement.
Http//www.civilrightsforum.org/compolfull.htm Th
e students will write a reflection essay after
reading Communications Policy Is a Civil Rights
Issue, paying close attention to the section
called Past is Prolouge.
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Http//www.noacsc.org/auglaize/wk/cos/socialst/hs/
amhist.htm This activity will encourage students
to analyze government actions with respect to
individual rights and explain the importance of
individual rights and responsibilities in a
free society.
Http//www.wcnet.org/bgschool/Curriculum/SOCIAL2
0 STUDIES/eighth.htmlanchor136309 In this
activity, the students will discuss the
importance of the changes made during the civil
rights movement.
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Democratic Process
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Http//www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/Ftrials/p
ricebowers. Htm This interactive website will
evable students to explore the facts and details
surrounding the Mississippi Burning trial.
Http//www.lwvnj.org/ This site promotes the
political responsibility and active
participation of citizens in government. The
students will learn about the importance of
voting and then use the voting process in the
classroom.
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Http//www.mcps.K12.md.us/curriculum/socio.htm Th
is site contains activities about the election
and the Presidency. The students will learn the
importance of voting in order to help shape the
running of this country.
Http//hg.org/civilrgt.html The students will
examine the US Constitution as a contract between
the national government and the people of the US.
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Decision Making
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Http//www.onlineclass.com/shorts/ss.htmlcivil I
n this activity students will create a text and
photo journal display of major events of the
civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
Http//edsitement.neh.fed.us/lessonplans/kingdream
.html Students will create books about their own
dreams of freedom for Americans today.
Http//turnerlearning.com/cnn/election/lesson1.htm
l Students will examine issues involving the
rights, roles and status of the individual by
pretending to be new voters who need to become
eligible to vote.
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Http//www.worldbook.com/fun/aajourney/html/bh005.
html The students use a graphic organizer to
display the three major factors that encouraged
the beginnings of the civil rights movement.
Http//www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/crt/crtmenu.htm The
students will write a reflective paper
describing why they think the Declaration of
Independence was not true for all people before
the civil rights movement.
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Science, Technology, and Society
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Http//www.sfsu.edu/hrdpu/chron.htm The
students will list how technology has improbed
the capabilities and the rights of disabled
persons.
Http//switch.sjsu.edu/web/v6n2/articles/wright.ht
ml The students will debate the issue of the
affect of tech- nology on the growth or decrease
in the amount of racism.
Http//www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/tell_12/apcmul.htm
The students will discuss how the Internet has
increased the amount of cultural awareness and
multiculturalism.
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Http//www.princeton.edu/mcbrow/display/faces.htm
l The students will list African American men
and women who have contributed to the advancement
of science and engineering.
Http//www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/depts/edu/projects/hy
perstudio .html The students will each create a
hyperstudio presentation on what they learned
about the civil rights movement.