Civil Rights Movement
Major Events
May 1954 – April 1968
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Students will view/listen to print and video/audio
accounts of the Civil Rights Movement.
Students will be assigned a new identity.
Students will select and review one of the Major
Events and its link(s).
Students will create and present a Power Point
Presentation.
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PDE Standards Aligned Systems
English – Grade 12
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PDE Standards Aligned Systems
Civic and Government - Grade 12
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ISTE Student Standards
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Introduction
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Task
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Process
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Conclusion
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Evaluation
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Resources
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May 1954
December 1955
September 1957
February 1960
November 1960
May 1961
September 1962
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June 1963
August 1963
1964
June 1964
July 1964
March 1965
October 1967
April 1968
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PDE SAS1.1.12.C: Analyze textual context to
determine or clarify the meaning of unfamiliar or
ambiguous words and to draw conclusions about
nuances or connotations of words.
PDE SAS 1.1.12.E: Demonstrate fluency in silent
reading based upon specific grade level text.
PDE SAS 1.2.12.A: Evaluate and critique text
organization and content to determine the author’s
purpose and effectiveness according to the theses,
accuracy, thoroughness, logic, and reasoning.
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PDE SAS 1.2.12.C: Examine the author’s explicit and implicit
bias and assumptions, beliefs about a subject, use of fact
and/or opinion, and/or the author’s argument or defense of a
claim as related to essential and non-essential information.
PDE SAS 1.2.12.D: Evaluate textual evidence to make subtle
inferences and draw complex conclusions based on and
related to an author’s implicit and explicit assumptions and
beliefs about a subject.
PDE SAS 1.2.12.E: Identify, analyze, and evaluate the structure
and the format of a variety of complex informational texts for
clarity, simplicity, and coherence, as well as appropriateness
of graphics and visual appeal.
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PDE SAS 1.5.12.A: Write with a clear focus, identifying topic,
task, and audience.
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PDE SAS 1.5.12.B: Develop content appropriate for the topic.
 Gather, organize, and determine validity and reliability of
information.
 Employ the most effective format for purpose and
audience.
 Write fully developed paragraphs that have details and
information specific to the topic and relevant to the focus.
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Standard 5.1.12.A: Analyze the sources, purposes,
functions of law, and how the rule of law protects
individual rights and promotes the common good.
Standard 5.1.12.B: Employ historical examples and
political philosophy to evaluate the major arguments
advanced for the necessity of government.
Standard 5.1.12.C: Evaluate the application of the
principles and ideals in contemporary civic life.
Standard 5.1.12.D: Evaluate state and federal powers
based on significant documents and other critical
sources.
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Standard 5.2.12.B: Examine the causes of conflicts
in society and evaluate techniques to address those
conflicts.
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Standard 5.2.12.C: Evaluate political leadership and
public service in a republican form of government.
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Standard 5.3.12.C: Evaluate how government
agencies create, amend, and enforce regulations.
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Standard 5.3.12.D: Evaluate the roles of political
parties, interest groups, and mass media in politics
and public policy.
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Standard 5.3.12.F: Analyze landmark United States
Supreme Court interpretations of the Constitution
and its Amendments.
Standard 5.3.12.G: Evaluate the impact of interest
groups in developing public policy.
Standard 5.3.12.H: Evaluate the role of mass media
in setting public agenda and influencing political
life.
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Demonstrate creativity and innovation
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Communicate and collaborate
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Conduct research and use information
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Think critically, solve problems, and make
decisions
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Use technology effectively and productively
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From May 1954 to April 1968, marked a
tumultuous time in our countries’ history.
Even though the U. S. Supreme Court outlawed
school segregation in 1954, it would be years
before African Americans would have equal
access.
This webquest will provide you with print and
video/audio accounts of fifteen major events as
listed in Ruby Bridges’ autobiography Through
My Eyes.
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As a class, we will review the Major Events of
the Civil Rights Movement within the
webquest.
Each student will be given a new identity
including gender, race, age, and
socioeconomic status.
As an individual, you will select one of the
Major Events and review the linked
information provided.
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Using the attached Rubric and Copyright Free
Images you will create and present to the class a
Power Point Presentation reflecting your findings
giving consideration to the following prompts:
– Provide a summary of individual, document, or situation.
– Given your new identity, what would your life have been
like during the time period of the Civil Rights Movement?
– How did you feel about your place in life?
– As yourself, how do you believe your life has been
affected today because of the courageous efforts of so
many?
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Each student will be assigned one of the following identities
and will create and prepare a Power Point Presentation using
the assigned Rubric.
1. Caucasian, female, elementary age child living with two
same-race parents in a middle-class community.
2. Caucasian, male, elementary age child living with one
same-race parent in a lower-socioeconomics community.
3. African American, female elementary child living with two
same-race parents in a middle-class community.
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4. African American, male high school student living with
one same-race parent in a lower-socioeconomic
community.
5. Caucasian, female, parent with an elementary aged
same-race student, living in an affluent community.
6. African American, male, parent with a high school aged
same-race student, living in a lower-socioeconomic
community.
7. Caucasian, male, parent of a middle-school same-race
student living in an affluent neighborhood and serves on
the local school board.
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Supreme Court outlaws school segregation in
Brown v Board of Education. Topeka, Kansas.
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Article
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Article
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Rosa Parks, a black woman, is arrested in
Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give
up her seat on a city bus to a white
passenger.
Biography of Rosa Parks
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President Eisenhower orders federal troops to
enforce school desegregation in Little Rock,
Arkansas.
Read the Executive Order and supporting
document information.
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Four black students sit in at a ‘‘whites only”
lunch counter Greensboro, North Carolina.
NPR’s radio program “All Things Considered.”
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Four black first-grade girls integrate two public
schools in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ruby Bridges is
one of the first graders.
Read the article entitled “With an Even Hand” Brown
v Board at Fifty.
Read the article entitled
“Norman Rockwell the truth
about his famous-painting
“The-Problem-We-All-Live-With.”
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Freedom Riders are attacked in Alabama
while testing bus desegregation laws.
NPR radio program “Fresh Air.”
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James Meredith is the first African American
to enroll at the University of Mississippi.
Biography of James Meredith.
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Medgar Evers, a civil rights leader, is killed in
Jackson, Mississippi.
Biography of Medgar Evers.
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250,000 Americans join in the civil rights
March on Washington.
Biographical video
“I have a dream” written speech and video.
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. receives the Nobel
Peace prize.
Questions and Answers presented by website
Nobel Prize.
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Freedom Summer brings one thousand civil
rights volunteers to Mississippi.
Read article “Freedom Summer’s Youthful
Revolution.”
View video Freedom Riders.
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President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of
1964.
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Video of President Johnson.
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Document.
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The civil rights march from Selma to
Montgomery, Alabama, is completed.
Article and Video.
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Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first
black Supreme Court justice.
Biography.
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“Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is assassinated in
Memphis, Tennessee.”
Listen to a newspaper and radio account of
the assassination of Dr. King.
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After completing the requirements of this webquest,
you hopefully have a greater appreciation for the
tumultuous times of the Civil Rights Movement and
the significant individuals and their actions who were
fiercely determined to see equality, justice, and peace
for everyone; sometimes at their own peril.
You also witnessed through print and video/audio
accounts how the enforcing of current laws can be
viewed by some as unwelcome change while others
feel the time is long over due. Whatever your
personal beliefs are about the Civil Rights Movement,
I hope that you can see how your life has been
positively affected by the efforts of so many people
over so many years.
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Each student’s presentation will be evaluated
using the attached Rubric.
Book
 Bridges, Ruby. "Some Major Events of the Civil
Rights Moment and Where New Orleans School
Integration Fits In." Through My Eyes. New
York: Scholastic, 1999. Print.
Webquest Sites:
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For a complete list of Webquest Sites please
see the TIP Bibliography.