The Civil Rights Movement

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The Civil Rights Movement

• We hold these truths to be self evident, that
  all men are created equal Declaration of
  Independence
• Grade 5-6
• Erika Moore
• ED 417 (01)

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Table of Contents

• American Heritage
• People in Societies
• World Interactions
• Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
• Democratic Processes
• Decision Making and Resources
• Science, Technology, and Society

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American Heritage
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Web Sites

• Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
• http//www.wmich.edu/politics/mlk/
• This site contains a chronology of the civil
  rights
• struggle with descriptions and photographs of
• key events.
• Photo Tour of the Civil Rights Movement
• www.seattletimes.com
• A collection of photographs of important events.

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Web Sites (cont.)

• African American Odyssey
• http//lcweb2.1.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/
• Library of Congress exhibition that provides an
  overview
• of historical documents and other artifacts.
• Africana.com-Civil Rights Movement
• http//www.africana.com/tt_199.htm
• Guide providing details and accomplishments of
  the
• movement

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Web Sites (cont.)

• National Civil Rights Museum Virtual Tour
• www.mecca.org
• Tour of an exhibit noting the major events of the
  
• movement.

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Activities

• Students will do research on key people involved
  and note their significance to the movement.
• Students will read Just Like Martin by Ossie
  Davis and discover how Dr. Kings messages can be
  applied to our everyday lives.
• Students will compare and contrast the different
  tactics some of the leaders utilized.
• Students will interview relatives or others
  living during the times.
• Students will take a field trip to the National
  Civil Rights Museum

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People in Societies
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Web Sites

• March to Freedom Selma 1965
• http//www.msnbc.com//onair/modules/selma.asp
• The story of the 54 mile walk, led by Dr. King
  from
• Selma to Montgomery Alabama.
• African-American History and Culture
• http//lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/guide/african.html
• Illustrated guide to the Library of Congress
  manuscript
• and photograph collection

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Web Sites (cont.)

• Webcorp-Voices of the Civil Rights Era
• http//www.webcorp.com/civilrights/voices.htm
• Audio clips from leaders of the movement.
  Included
• are Dr. King, Malcolm X, and John F. Kennedy.
• American civil rights
• http//www.geocites.com/Athens/Aegean/8443/pa.html
  
• Site explores the history of the Black Panthers,
  including
• methodology, principles, and programs, within the
• civil rights movement.

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Web Sites (cont.)

• Rosa Parks-Biography
• http//www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1
• Site tells of the woman responsible for the
  beginning of
• the civil rights movement. Includes photographs
  and
• an interview with Rosa.

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Activities

• Students will use maps of the United States and
  locate areas where the movement occurred.
• Students will read biographies about different
  people and leaders.
• Students will discuss the impact the movement had
  on our society today
• Students will find out the local support during
  the movement.
• Students will compare and contrast enrollment by
  African-Americans at universities affected or
  involved in the movement.

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World Interactions
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Web Sites

• Mt. Zion Albany Civil Rights Movement Museum
• http//members.surfsouth.com/mtzion/
• Site commemorates the movement in Albany and
• southwest Georgia.
• Powerful Days The Civil Rights Photography of
  Charles
• Martin
• http//www.civilrightsphotos.com/
• Photos by Charles Martin helped put public
  opinion
• behind the civil rights movement.

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Web Sites (cont.)

• Jackie Robinson in Politics and the Civil Rights
• Movement
• http//www.utexas.edu/students/jackie/robinson/pol
  itics
• .html
• Article about the player who etched himself in
  American
• consciousness as a great black baseball player.
• Representation of Women in the Movement
• http//nimbus.ocis.temple.edu/rkarras/winters2.ht
  m
• Site documents women representation in the
• movement.

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Web Sites (cont.)

• Martin Luther King Jr.
• http//seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/index.html
• An in depth look at MLK Jr and the movement he
• inspired. Includes pictures and sound bytes from
  his
• famous speeches.

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Activities

• Students will identify the major cities where the
  movement took place on a map.
• Students will compare and contrast the size of
  the cities where the movement occurred.
• Students will compare and contrast this movement
  with others that occurred around the world.
• Students will locate the cities where leaders
  were from and their significance to the movement.
• Students will locate travel routes and distance
  traveled of freedom riders.

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Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
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Web Sites

• African American Journey The Modern Civil Rights
• Movement
• www.worldbook.com
• A look at how African Americans organized to end
• centuries of discrimination in black history and
  secure
• their civil rights.
• The Civil Rights Movement in Selma
• http//www.myselma.com/ciivil rights
• Details of events in Selma including a march to
• Montgomery to demand voting rights.

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Web Sites (cont.)

• Montgomery Bus Boycott
• http//www.sparatacus.schoolnet.co.uk/usamontgomer
  y
• B.htm
• Site about the boycott in Montgomery following
  Rosa
• Parks refusal to give up her seat to a white man.
• The Montgomery Bus Boycott Page
• http//socsci.colorado.edu/jonesm/montgomery.html
  
• Info on boycott as well as quotes from elementary
  
• school students on their impressions of who Rosa
  Parks
• is.

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Web Sites (cont.)

• Greensboro Sit Ins Launch of a Civil Rights
  Movement
• www.greensboro.com
• Greensboro library provides a history of the 1960
  sit
• ins. Includes RealAudio interviews.

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Activities

• Students will conduct mock elections, and learn
  of the importance of voting.
• Students will watch The Long Walk Home to gain a
  better understanding of the effect of the bus
  boycott.
• Students will write poems on how they would feel
  if they participated on a sit in.
• Students will review the constitution and
  declaration of independence, thinking about the
  meaning .
• Students will write papers comparing and
  contrasting freedoms of African Americans today
  with that of the past.

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Democratic Processes
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Web Sites

• The Netactivist
• http//www.netactivist.dk/
• Provides info on political prisoners, protests,
  civil rights,
• labor rights, globalization and the antiwar
  movement.
• We Shall Overcome-Introduction
• http//www.cr.nps.gov/hr/travel/civilrights/intro.
  htm
• Article discussion on significance of words from
• Declaration of Independence and the actual
  treatment
• of the African-American race.

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Web Sites (cont.)

• Civil Rights Movement Veterans
• http//www.crmvet.org/
• Site contains testimony and contact information
  for
• veterans of the Southern Freedom Movement.
• Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
• http//www.unbrokencircle.org/
• An audio history of the civil rights movement in
  five
• southern communities and the music of those times.

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Web Sites (cont.)

• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• http//longman.awl.com/nash/primarysource_29_3.htm
  
• Site has words of the civil rights act of 1964.

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Activities

• Students will learn about the 3 branches of
  government and the role each plays.
• Students will learn the process a bill goes
  through in order to become law.
• Students will take a trip to Columbus and see
  important buildings etc. related to Ohios
  government.
• Students will read the civil rights act of 1964
  and compare and contrast it with another act.
• Students will to the governor addressing any
  issues of concern they may have.

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Decision Making and Resources
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Web Sites

• Plessy v Ferguson 163 U.S. 537 (1896)
• http//www.bowdoin.edu/sbodurt2/court/cases/pless
  y
• .html
• Site is a petition of for writs of prohabition
  and certiorari
• originally filed in the supreme court by Plessy.
• Integration of Little Rock Central High School
• www.journalism.indiana.edu/gallery/faculty/counts/
  
• integration.html
• Photographs of famous desegregation battle.

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Web Sites (cont.)

• March on Washington, 1963
• http//www.angelfire.com/pa/marchonwashington/
• Site examines the history of the march and its
• significance to the civil rights movement.
• Problem Solving One Problem, Many Solutions-The
• Fight for Civil Right
• http//www.uiuwa.edu/socialed/lessons/civilrights
  .htm
• Site provides an a lesson with a thematic strand
• addressing time, continuity, and change.

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Web Sites (cont.)

• Civil Rights Brown v Board of Education
• http//www.nationalcenter.org/brown.html
• Outline of the appeal of the lower court
  decision, and
• the majority opinion of the Supreme Court.

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Activities

• Students will work in groups on various case
  studies related to the movement.
• Students will lean about the election process for
  the presidency.
• Students will listen to a guest speaker from the
  local chapter of the NAACP to learn their role in
  any racial conflict.
• Students will problem solve on the best form of
  assessment for the unit.
• Students will use the resources in their
  classroom and write and present a play related
  to the movement.

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Science, Technology, and Society
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Web Sites

• Black History
• http//www.sdbp.com/
• Site has information on stories not usually told
  in history
• about African Americans.
• This Day in History
• http//search/vulushistory.html
• Site that provides access to info on a certain
  day in
• history.

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Web Sites (cont.)

• Early American Literature Resources K-12
• http//falcon.jmu.edu/ramseyil/amlit.htm
• Site covers early American literature from the
  1600s to
• the 1900s. Contains collections, further
  readings and
• movements in American Literature.
• Alabama Archives Teacher Packet Civil Rights
• Movement
• http//www.archives.state.al.us/teacher/rights.htm
  l
• Using primary sources in the classroom, this site
  
• provides a unit on the movement.

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Web Sites (cont.)

• Biography
• www.biography.com/
• Web site for the AE television show with a
  searchable
• database with short biographies on just about
  anyone.

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Activities

• Students will read Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
  and other books by Mildred D. Taylor to get a
  feel on why the movement occurred.
• Students will compare and contrast this movement
  with the recent unrest in Cincinnati.
• Students will create power point presentations on
  an event or person from the civil rights
  movement.
• Students will distinguish between fact and
  opinion by looking at some of the attitudes of
  people in literature.
• Students will form focus groups and come up with
  solutions to help people get along.

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Conclusion

• We hold these truths to be self
• evident, that all men are created
• equal... Declaration of Independence