You can make a difference!
Activists from the Civil Rights Movement
Martin Luther King Jr. was a social activist,
who led the Civil Rights Movement in the
United States from the mid-1950s until his
death by assassination in 1968.
Civil rights activist Rosa Parks refused to
surrender her bus seat to a white passenger,
spurring the Montgomery boycott and other
efforts to end segregation
You can make a difference!
Activists from the Civil Rights Movement
Whitney Young Jr. worked with and ran local
branches before becoming head of the National
Urban League in 1961. He was responsible for
greatly expanding the size of the organization while
overseeing the racial integration of corporate
workplaces.
Daisy Bates and her husband Christopher Bates
operated a weekly African-American newspaper, the
Arkansas State Press. Bates became president of the
Arkansas chapter of the NAACP and played a crucial
role in the fight against segregation.
Classroom Description
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My class is a sixth grade Social Studies classroom
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Around the same number of boys and girls
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About 60% of the class is white while 30% is African-American
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The other 10% is made up of Hispanic and Asian students
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The underrepresented group is African-American students
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The classroom is set up to promote cooperative learning. The desks are
in groups of four so students can discuss and work with each other
collaboratively.
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The lesson will focus on African-American activists during the Civil
Rights Movement in the United States. I will show students some key
figures and allow them to work in their collaborative groups to research
their assigned activist. They will also learn how these activists and
African-American citizens in the United States during this time were
facing extreme hardships and prevailed through it, showing them that
they can also make difference.
Links to Standards
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SS.6.H.CL5.1 – Students will trace the development of Civil Rights for minority
groups in the United States (e.g. women an African Americans)
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SS.6.H.CL5.2 – Students will identify key figures and key events in movements
for civil rights
Culturally Competent Teacher
This lesson is not only intended to teach students about the Civil Rights
Movement in he United States, but also to show students of the African American
race positive role models. This lesson will help Africa American students feel
pride within their culture and feel accepted and valued in the classroom. I feel
this lesson will help improve the achievement gap for under-achieving students
because it will show them that the activist worked hard, fought, and never gave
up for what they wanted even through all the hardships and struggles they faced.
This will show students that they too can achieve what ever goal they set for
themselves.
References
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http://www.biography.com/people/daisy-bates-206524
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http://www.biography.com/people/martin-luther-king-jr-9365086
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http://www.biography.com/people/rosa-parks-9433715
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http://www.biography.com/people/whitney-young-jr-9539757
Image References
• Daisy Bates http://blogs.rochester.edu/SBAI/wpcontent/uploads/2012/02/Daisy-bates2.jpg
• Martin Luther King
http://www.proquestk12.com/bulletins/09NOV/images/HH_1109_NPP_MLK.jp
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• Rosa Parks http://4.bp.blogspot.com/maACe7kz6CM/UYr9GLL_XAI/AAAAAAABB5Q/SZ482ZMIILA/s1600/url-4.jpg
• Whitney Young Jr.
http://www.defense.gov/DODCMSShare/NewsStoryPhoto/200202/scr_200202011a.jpg