Lesson Plan
I. Topic/Title:
Civil Rights Digital Storytelling
II. Grade/Subject:
8th grade Social Studies
III. Purpose/Objectives/Outcomes
a. The students will gain a general historical understanding of the events of the Civil
Rights Movement and its context in Georgia history.
b. The students will choose a topic from the following list to use for their digital
story:
Benjamin Mays
Brown v. Board of Education
Martin Luther King Jr.
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Admission of Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter to UGA
Albany Movement
March on Washington
Civil Rights Act
Andrew Young
Freedom Rides
c. The students will conduct research on their chosen topic and outline the
contributions of that figure/event.
IV. Essential Question:
What was the impact of the Civil Rights movement on local communities within the
United States?
V. Georgia Performance Standards addressed:
SS8H11 The student will evaluate the role of Georgia in the modern civil rights
movement.
a. Describe major developments in civil rights and Georgia’s role during the 1940s
and 1950s; include the roles of Herman Talmadge, Benjamin Mays, the 1946
governor’s race and the end of the white primary, Brown v. Board of Education,
Martin Luther King, Jr., and the 1956 state flag.
b. Analyze the role Georgia and prominent Georgians played in the Civil Rights
Movement of the 1960s and 1970s; include such events as the founding of the
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Sibley Commission, admission
of Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter to the University of Georgia, Albany
Movement, March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, the election of Maynard Jackson
as mayor of Atlanta, and the role of Lester Maddox.
c. Discuss the impact of Andrew Young on Georgia.
VI. Materials/Resources/Technology:
a. Students will need access to reference books and computers for research
purposes.
b. Students will need access to digital storytelling folder containing photographs,
videos and audio segments provided by teacher and/or media specialist.
c. Students will each need a blank copy of the storyboard.
d. Students will also need access to computer lab and have Movie Maker software
available to them.
VII. Instructional Strategies, Accommodations, and Student activities:
a. Students will choose a topic from the above list of civil rights people and events.
b. Students will research their topic using reference books in the media center or
online using the Cobb Virtual Library.
c. While researching their topic, have students answer the question, “What effect
did my person or event have on the state of Georgia during the Civil Rights
movement?”
d. Once they have compiled all their data, students will create a digital story in
Movie Maker to present to the class.
VIII.
Assessment:
Student’s digital story will be assessed using a teacher/media specialist created
rubric based upon lesson concepts.