Second Grade Unit Five:
Georgians & Civil Rights
Sarah Blascovich Brown
Teacher on Assignment
What really matters in Unit Five?
• Who are Dr. King & Jackie Robinson?
• Why do we remember them today?
• How did where they lived affect
them?
• How did they influence our state &
nation (even today)?
• What choices did they have to make?
• What were the results of those
choices (positive & negative)?
• How are our lives different from
theirs?
In addition:
*Use Unit Five as a review
of economics concepts
like scarcity & opportunity
cost.
*Review the regions of
Georgia to discuss
differences in where Dr.
King & Jackie Robinson
lived in the state.
*Movement (as a
geographical concept) is
very important in the lives
of both men, and tracking
where they lived provides
great map skill practice.
• Born in Cairo, GA
• Moved to Pasadena, CA as a
toddler
• Went to UCLA
• Served in US Army
• Played for Kansas City Monarchs
• Signed to play for Brooklyn
Dodgers; first African-American to
play in modern Major Leagues
• Active with NAACP & Civil Rights
Movement causes
• Died in Stamford, CT
Pictures: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jackie Robinson
Georgians Active in Civil Rights:
• Born in Atlanta, GA
• Grew up in Atlanta’s Sweet
Auburn neighborhood
• Went to Morehouse College &
Boston University, as well as
Crozier Theological Seminary
• Led Montgomery Busy
Boycott
• Chaired Southern Christian
Leadership Conference
• Led Albany (GA) Movement
• Spoke at March on
Washington
• Assassinated in Memphis, TN
From the Unit Five Framework:
From the Unit Five Framework:
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/jackie-robinson/
From the Unit Five Framework:
A little more than just Georgia…
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Map_of_USA_with_state_names.svg/700pxMap_of_USA_with_state_names.svg.png
A little more than just Georgia…
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Map_of_USA_with_state_names.svg/700pxMap_of_USA_with_state_names.svg.png
Resources:
• The New Georgia Encyclopedia (Robinson):
http://www.newgeorgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1969&sug=y
• The New Georgia Encyclopedia (King):
http://www.newgeorgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1009&hl=y
• The New Georgia Encyclopedia (segregation-teacher
reference & photographs):
http://www.newgeorgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3610&sug=y
Resources:
• The King Papers Project @ Stanford:
http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/
• Kid-Friendly MLK Biography from the Library of
Congress: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/king
• Slide Show from later in MLK’s life at Scholastic:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/mlk/news/index.asp?article=previews#
• Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site:
http://www.nps.gov/malu/
• The King Center for Non-Violent Social Change:
http://www.thekingcenter.org/
Resources:
• Official Jackie Robinson Website:
http://www.jackierobinson.com/
• Kid-Friendly Robinson Biography from the Library of
Congress: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jp/bball/jackie_1
• Robinson Timeline from Scholastic:
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4797
• BioCube Lesson plan from ReadWriteThink:
http://www.readwritethink.org/calendar/calendar_day.asp?id=409
• Time for Kids articles & lesson help:
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/articles/0,6709,714576,00.html
Literature Resources:
Martin Luther King, Jr., by Jill Ward &
Jackie Robinson by Dorraine Bennett
{State Standards Publishing}
~Also has books about the other Georgia
historical figures.~
Jackie Robinson:
Strong Inside & Out
by Denise Lewis
Patrick
{Time for Kids}
Promises to Keep: How Jackie
Robinson Changed America
by Sharon Robinson
{Scholastic}
Jackie Robinson
by Phillip Abraham
{Children’s Press}
Literature Resources:
Martin’s Big Words
by: Doreen Rappaport
{Hyperion}
My Brother Martin
by: Christine K.
Ferris
{Simon & Schuster}
I Have a Dream
by: M. L. King, Jr.
{Scholastic}
Happy Birthday,
Martin Luther King
by: Jean Marzollo
{Scholastic}
Literature Resources:
Martin Luther King &
the March on
Washington
by: Frances Ruffin
{Penguin}
As Good As Anybody
by: Richard Michelson
{Random House}
Martin Luther King,
Jr.
by: Wil Mara
{Rookie Reader}
March On!
by: Christine K.
Ferris
{Scholastic}
Literature Resources:
The Other Side
by: Jacqueline Woodson
{Penguin}
Rosa
by: Nikki Giovanni
{Henry Holt & Co.}
Freedom Summer
by: Deborah Wiles
{Simon & Schuster}
Freedom on the
Menu
by: Carole Boston
Weatherford
{Dial}
United Streaming Resources
• Search “baseball’s jackie robinson” – archival footage
of Robinson, including a shot of him signing his first
contract w/Branch Rickey (2.5 min.)
• Search “martin’s big words” – video version of
Doreen Rappaport’s award-winning book (8 min.)
• Search “heroes of american history” and select King
excerpt – concise & elementary biography including
footage from King’s “I Have a Dream” speech
• Use links in Unit Five document!
Teaching Unit Five:
Individuals, Groups, & Institutions:
Contributions of Jackie Robinson & Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Character traits of figures
How these figures worked to change institutions (laws/customs)
Location
Review ways that geography impacts lifestyle
Discuss movement of figures & its impact on their lives
Use movement of figures to expand students’ understanding of
influence of region on people’s lives
Teaching Unit Five:
Scarcity
Review scarcity & opportunity cost
Discuss choices made by historical figures & what the
opportunity cost was for those choices
Discuss choices that were & were not available for figures,
& why that was
Time, Change, and Continuity
Differences in Robinson & King’s lives & ours
Commonalities in experience, especially in childhood
Many opportunities for discussing change for individuals,
communities, & larger society