Social Studies Strands
Civil Rights Movement
10th Grade US. History
Linnea Bassin
ED 639
Dr. Helms
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Websites
History
People in Societies
Geography
Economics
Government
Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
Social Studies Skills and Methods
Science Technology and Society
Civil Rights Websites
Click book to go to the
National Underground
Railroad Freedom
Center Website
Click the picture above to
view an
overview of the Civil Rights
Movement.
Education World Website This site has
wonderful lesson plans
Websites (cont.)
EDSitement. The best
of the Humanities on the
Web.
Click the History icon to go to
a Yahoo directory of Civil
Rights Sites
History Activities
Activity #1: Birmingham Blues
Students review a case of a Klansmen being charged with a murder
from the 1960’s in 2002, they write their reflections in a journal.
Activity #2: Marching On
Students will learn about the Civil Rights Movement by researching
key issues, main organizations and top leaders.
Activity #3: Reading Textbook
Students will gather information from their textbook about the Civil
Rights Movement. This will be used in many activities later on.
History Activities Continued
Activity #4: Time capsule
Students will put together picture, stories and other items from the
Civil Rights Movement to put in a time capsule.
Activity #5: Newspaper
Students will create a Newspaper from the Civil Rights area either in
groups of two or three or by their selves. They must have a
pictures, maps and different types of stories.
People in Societies Activities
Activity #1: Jackie Robinson
Students will research Jackie Robinson and his importance to
baseball and the Civil Rights Movement.
Activity #2: Civil Rights an Investigation
Students will understand and evaluate the roles of President Lyndon
Johnson, Dr. Martin Luther King and J. Edgar Hoover in the Civil
Rights Movement.
Activity #3: Who are They?
Students will identify pictures of people from the Civil Rights
Movement. Students will work in pairs to identify the person, where
they lived and what contributions did they make to the Civil Rights
Movement.
People in Society Activities (cont.)
Activity #4: Malcolm X
Students will research Malcolm X and the series of different names
that he went by. There will be a classroom discussion on his names
and the time periods they went with. Students will discuss why he
had the various names and the significance of them in his life.
Activity #5: Bio Poems
Students will pick a person from the Civil Rights Movement, not
President Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jackie Robinson, Malcolm X
or J. Edgar Hoover. The students will then research the person and
fill out a worksheet for a poem about that person.
Geography Activities
Activity #1: Mapping the Civil Rights Movement
Students will mark on a map of the United States the important
places in the Civil Rights Movement.
Activity #2: Mapping the Life of MLK
Students will mark on a map the important places of Martin Luther
King’s life. They will also write short essays on why the places were
important to him.
Activity #3: Underground Railroad
Students will research where the underground railroad was and then
trace the roots on a map. The students will also write a short essay
describing the locations and conditions of travel on the underground
railroad.
Geography Activities (cont.)
Activity #4: Geography Quiz Bowl
Students will participate in a game of quiz bowl. The questions will
relate to the geography of the civil rights movement and the
locations important to the participants in the movement.
Activity #5: Where in the Civil Rights
Movement?
Students will play a guessing game where I will give them details of
an event, location or person in the Civil Rights Movement and the
students will compete on teams to guess the right answers.
Economics Activities
Activity #1: A Walk through History
Students will pick either an event or person from the Civil Rights
Movement, except for the Montgomery Bus Boycott and slavery, and
research the economic effect of the event or person. Students will
then give a presentation about the economics of the that event or
person.
Activity #2: From Jim Crow to Linda Brown
Students will look at the economic affects of Slavery and the
economic reasons behind the Jim Crow laws.
Activity #3: Montgomery Bus Boycott
Students will research and discuss the economic affects of the
Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Economic Activities (cont.)
Activity #4: Civil Rights Monopoly
Students will break up into groups and play Civil Rights Monopoly.
Activity #5: Budget Project
Students will create a family budget from the 1950’s. Students will
randomly draw race and job. Students will be given appropriate
salary and research the prices of everyday needs and create a
budget for their person. Students will keep a reflective journal about
their experiences and we will have a discussion at the end.
Government Activities
Activity #1: Revisiting ‘Separate but Equal’
Students review the Brown vs. the Board of Education case and the
affects it had on our country. The students will be keeping a
reflective journal to respond to questions and the classroom
discussion.
Activity #2: Civil Rights Movement
Students will experience discrimination first hand. We will discuss
the discrimination after the exercise.
Activity #3: Civil Rights Movement Pt. II
Students will research events of the movement and bring in pictures,
video and audio clips to add to our timeline.
Government Activities (cont.)
Activity #4: Court Cases
Students will research the various court cases of the Civil Rights
Movement and write a cause and effect paper discussing the
importance of the cases.
Activity #5: Federal Government’s Role
Students will research and discuss the Federal government's
various roles in the Civil Rights Movement and the different positions
that the administrations took during the movement.
Citizenship Activities
Activity #1: Looking Back to Move Forward
Student’s will read an article “American South: They just moved a
Brick, Because the Brick Was Right in Their Face,” and use it to
discuss the Civil Rights Movement. The students will keep a
reflective journal. The student’s will also interview someone about
the Civil Rights Movement. The students will create posters about
the interview and their journal.
Activity #2: Have Minorities Gained
Acceptance
Students will evaluate the portrayal of Minorities in newpapers and
Magazines. Students will write an essay answering the Question if
Minorities have gained acceptance?
Citizenship Activities (cont.)
Activity #3: Non-violence Approach
Students will look at the use of non-violence approach and decide if
it really works, if it works all of the time, and why was it important to
the Civil Rights Movement.
Activity #4: The Fight for Civil Rights
Students will look at primary sources from Martin Luther King and
Malcolm X and figure out if they were really different. Students will
write an essay on their opinion of the two leaders.
Activity #5: Reflective Journals
Students will keep a reflective Journal through out the entire Civil
Rights Movement Unit. They will reflect on the different people,
events and how they will feel if they were in that time period.
Students will have to decide what they would have done then.
Skills and Methods Activities
Activity #1: Straight to the Source
Students will read the article “Malcolm X Family Fights Auction of
Papers.” The students will then discuss the article and primary
sources.
Activity #2: Studying History through Journal
Keeping
Students will read excerpts from historic journals. Then student’s
will keep a journal throughout the entire Civil Rights Movement Unit.
Activity #3: ABC Book
Students will make an ABC Book of the Civil Rights Movement.
Skills and Methods Activities (cont.)
Activity #4: Crossword Puzzle
Students will complete a crossword puzzle with terms and events
from the Civil Rights Movement.
Activity #5: Evaluating Websites
Students will use a checklist for evaluating websites. Students will
then evaluate websites about Martin Luther King.
Technology Activities
Activity #1: The Civil Rights Movement
Students will take their written work and information gathered and
put it together on a website to be published through the school.
Activity #2: MLK Scavenger Hunt
Students will complete a scavenger hunt on the internet for
information about Martin Luther King, Jr.
Activity #3: Families in Bondage
Students will follow an African American Family and view racisms
from their perspective. Students will keep a journal of their feelings
and opinions.
Technology Activities (cont.)
Activity #4: MLK Web quest
Students will complete a MLK Web Quest.
Activity #5: Clothesline Timeline
Students will use the information and pictures that they gathered in
their research to create a Clothesline Timeline.